O/T The great white hope

[CAMiller]

And for the record she is a delight of a young woman from what I've seen in her short career. A great hope for the present and future with her on court ability but comes across brilliantly. Shame she is playing so early tomorrow morning, will have to see if I can catch a replay. Good luck Emma!

Early tomorrow? You mean 6pm tonight

One thing is for sure is if I watch her she'll lose. Thankfully for her tennis has primarily gone the way of boxing and is PPV so I won't be parting with my hard earned $.

[gm_gm]

Doesnt Ben Stokes has British parents?

Anyway, if they are good enough they are British...only if they are shyte they are foreign

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

Hard to say. She started nervously yesterday although that was in part due to her opponent being a step up in hitting power which took her a few games to adjust to. Obviously it all got too much at Wimbledon but she has that experience now to better control her emotions.

Can only be harder with the spotlight on her.

Reminds me of Murray, British when winning, Scottish when losing

[CAMiller]

You’re arguing ( debating) with the wrong man on that one

Basically from the same dinghy of desperation.

I don’t mind the playing for national teams, nor their successes, but British they aren’t

The tennis lass is already British number 1, such is the low level of the rest

So what defines British then Grist? If it's not 'chosen' is it purely down to place of birth, parentage, colour of skin, brand of brown sauce preferred...or what?

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

Doesnt Ben Stokes has British parents?

Anyway, if they are good enough they are British...only if they are shyte they are foreign

Only his mother I think

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

So what defines British then Grist? If it's not 'chosen' is it purely down to place of birth, parentage, colour of skin, brand of brown sauce preferred...or what?

Born in Britain, with a birth certificate registered in Britain would be the simplest rule I suppose.

So Jamaican Raheem Sterling wouldn’t qualify

[gru]

Doesnt Ben Stokes has British parents?

Anyway, if they are good enough they are British...only if they are shyte they are foreign

What I was going to say Raducanu like Konta Mo Farah Zola Budd Rusedski ect... takes shine off what they achieve for not being born in Britain

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

What I was going to say Raducanu like Konta Mo Farah Zola Budd Rusedski ect... takes shine off what they achieve for not being born in Britain

Yes, shows the desperation to have a champion, so in good Derby County tradition, bend the rules

[MillersTime]

You’re arguing ( debating) with the wrong man on that one

Basically from the same dinghy of desperation.

I don’t mind the playing for national teams, nor their successes, but British they aren’t

The tennis lass is already British number 1, such is the low level of the rest

What is she then? Canadian? Romanian? Chinese? In your opinion what nationality is she? I'm curious.

If you're ranked 100 say (yes she is lower currently, 146ish I think) in the entire world in a particular sport then you're doing pretty darn well. Not so much others are rubbish from here, just that tennis ranks are individual, how many English footballers would be in the top 100 of every single player out there? Not many probably.

[flourbasher]

Aside from the British or not debate she's only just finished her A levels so to advance her tennis career to extremely lofty heights at the same time is very impressive