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Originally Posted by TiMSport
LOL I didn't say I made "only" $165k when I was a teenager but I'm sure she had worked pretty hard to get that even. Young athletes do make a lot of sacrifices and especially their families to give them the best opportunity for success. Not very many can put that all together and succeed.
So to underscore my earlier remark and put that into perspective, this 18 year old girl just won herself a gigantic sum of money in the form of $2.5 MILLION. This is just the beginning for Raducanu. Her life will forever be changed by this single US Open victory. Now the endorsements will come flooding in and that will likely be even more money. Same can be said about Leylah Fernandez.
By the way, what's the reaction like over there in the UK? It must be in every headline.
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Not actually a huge amount of chatter about her. But... On BBC radio 2, there is a talk show today which will be discussing whether any part of her success can be attributed to the fact that her family are immigrants to the UK (and therefore have a stronger work ethic). Such fucking BS! Of all the things which could be talked about, they choose to discuss where she's from!? Who the fuck cares? She's lived the vast majority of her life here, she calls this place home, her entire tennis training has been in the UK; that makes her a British tennis player now move the fuck on! 2021 and we're still finding concern over where somebody is from?? I despair. Somebody send help to this godforsaken island, please.