Piers Morgan @piersmorgan Stop it, snowflakes. The last thing Emma needs right now is weak-worshipping Twitter telling her 'you're still a winner even if you lose!' She's a winner if she wins - and she knows that which is why I think she'll win.
Hasn't dropped a set all tournament. From an 18 year old qualifier. Absolutely amazing. Nailed on SPOTY and rightly so. Congratulations to all who got on her at good odds.
Tennis is rough on losers, having to sit there for ages as crowds cheer and your opponent laps it up (though can be even worse - as when Serena acted like a baby and the crowd was not happy with Osaka so it was hard on the winner too).
These 2 are going to dominate women’s tennis for a decade. Only S Williams has ever hit the ball so hard so consistently. Very few others will be able to live with this.
She's only lost 34 games in 20 sets of tennis to win the championship.
That's an average set of 6-1.7 which is frankly unbelievable and must be one of the best of that stat ever achieved (if anyone's bothered to count it before!)
I am profoundly sad that some of you thought I was promoting an anti vax agenda here. As I said in this thread, the evidence on vaccination reducing SEVERE disease is clear and unambiguous. I am wholeheartedly in favour of vaccination. But Covid, even for the vaccinated, is…
That was something incredible to see. She is a well deserved winner and seems to have to the incredible raw natural talent that Raducanu could be a name we're hearing for many years to come.
She's only lost 34 games in 20 sets of tennis to win the championship.
That's an average set of 6-1.7 which is frankly unbelievable and must be one of the best of that stat ever achieved (if anyone's bothered to count it before!)
You play and win like that it almost feels like you retire immediately because how do you ever top that one again? Winning 10 matches at a Slam without dropping a set? Madness.
I am profoundly sad that some of you thought I was promoting an anti vax agenda here. As I said in this thread, the evidence on vaccination reducing SEVERE disease is clear and unambiguous. I am wholeheartedly in favour of vaccination. But Covid, even for the vaccinated, is…
Robert Peston @Peston Replying to @Peston not a trivial illness. And it is also not trivial if the vaccinated population spreads Covid to the unvaccinated or the immuno suppressed. So what I hoped to do was show that even for a vaccinated population, mask wearing and social distancing are important. I am very very…
No, sorry, I’m not changing my behaviour to protect anti-vaxxers.
I am profoundly sad that some of you thought I was promoting an anti vax agenda here. As I said in this thread, the evidence on vaccination reducing SEVERE disease is clear and unambiguous. I am wholeheartedly in favour of vaccination. But Covid, even for the vaccinated, is…
Robert Peston @Peston Replying to @Peston not a trivial illness. And it is also not trivial if the vaccinated population spreads Covid to the unvaccinated or the immuno suppressed. So what I hoped to do was show that even for a vaccinated population, mask wearing and social distancing are important. I am very very…
No, sorry, I’m not changing my behaviour to protect anti-vaxxers.
Nobody sensible thought he was promoting the anti-vax agenda. We thought he was talking shite and spreading information in a way that anti-vaxxers would make use of. Slightly different.
I am profoundly sad that some of you thought I was promoting an anti vax agenda here. As I said in this thread, the evidence on vaccination reducing SEVERE disease is clear and unambiguous. I am wholeheartedly in favour of vaccination. But Covid, even for the vaccinated, is…
Robert Peston @Peston Replying to @Peston not a trivial illness. And it is also not trivial if the vaccinated population spreads Covid to the unvaccinated or the immuno suppressed. So what I hoped to do was show that even for a vaccinated population, mask wearing and social distancing are important. I am very very…
No, sorry, I’m not changing my behaviour to protect anti-vaxxers.
Nobody sensible thought he was promoting the anti-vax agenda. We thought he was talking shite and spreading information in a way that anti-vaxxers would make use of. Slightly different.
I think he’s peddling a zero COVID view, which is somewhat ironic given he managed to catch it. Must do better.
Yes. No worse than three quarters of interviews with sportspeople though. (My particular bete noise on this is Sonia McLaughlin - Queen of the inane post-match question.) Presenters don't seem to believe people - even people already watching sport - will be interested in sport for its own sake.
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https://mobile.twitter.com/piersmorgan/status/1436783292242669569
Piers Morgan
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Stop it, snowflakes.
The last thing Emma needs right now is weak-worshipping Twitter telling her 'you're still a winner even if you lose!'
She's a winner if she wins - and she knows that which is why I think she'll win.
Own up, which one of you is Piers Morgan
What is Fernandez s beef?
Well, that’s one way to settle it.
Ten matches and didn’t drop a set? Just…Wow.
What a Champion!
So at wimbledon is it emma escarpment now?
Fantastic and marvellous
Forget politics this is just the best
Absolutely amazing. Nailed on SPOTY and rightly so. Congratulations to all who got on her at good odds.
From unknown and unheard of student doing Wimbledon just before her A-Levels, to US Open Champion.
Wow, just wow.
All I did was doubt.
And Andy Murray can retire knowing British tennis has a new standard bearer.
Poor Fernandez is distraught which is understandable. But I am sure she will be back.
‘Beauty needs no resumé’
Yep. Somebody is defo joking…
That's an average set of 6-1.7 which is frankly unbelievable and must be one of the best of that stat ever achieved (if anyone's bothered to count it before!)
I am profoundly sad that some of you thought I was promoting an anti vax agenda here. As I said in this thread, the evidence on vaccination reducing SEVERE disease is clear and unambiguous. I am wholeheartedly in favour of vaccination. But Covid, even for the vaccinated, is…
https://twitter.com/Peston/status/1436808696848429060?s=20
Astonishing.
https://mobile.twitter.com/Peston/status/1436808698769420292
Robert Peston
@Peston
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@Peston
not a trivial illness. And it is also not trivial if the vaccinated population spreads Covid to the unvaccinated or the immuno suppressed. So what I hoped to do was show that even for a vaccinated population, mask wearing and social distancing are important. I am very very…
No, sorry, I’m not changing my behaviour to protect anti-vaxxers.
United Kingdom government official
What a sensational match! Huge congratulations to @EmmaRaducanu
You showed extraordinary skill, poise and guts and we are all hugely proud of you.
#USOpen"
I hope Emma says "Fuck New York, you're finished, hahahaha, and who cares about firefighters anyway"
For both of them, probably, but especially Raducanu.
https://twitter.com/paulhutcheon/status/1436815726732529665?s=20
Presenters don't seem to believe people - even people already watching sport - will be interested in sport for its own sake.