TENNIS PLAYERS (Off-Court Shenanigans)

[ti-amie]

[Suliso]

On similar news Sabine Lisicki very recently gave birth to a daughter.

[ashkor87]

everybody is naming their newborn daughters Bella.. what's with this?!

[ponchi101]

everybody is naming their newborn daughters Bella.. what's with this?!

Twilight generation (as in the vampire chronicles).
The teenage girls that were reading those books in the 2010's are giving birth now.

[ti-amie]

[Fastbackss]

Must be tough...

Didn't you see her recoil getting in? The door must have been too warm. Or statically charged. Or...

[Fastbackss]

[Suliso]

Marta Kostyuk



Ostapenko



Osario (on the Great Wall of China)

[ti-amie]

I've been many places I never thought I'd visit in my life. Not being able to visit and physically walk on the Great Wall is a desire I know I'll never fulfill.

[ponchi101]

Never is a very long time...

[ti-amie]

Never is a very long time...

They always say never say never so I'll amend my statement to say it's very unlikely I'll be able to set foot on the Great Wall.

[JTContinental]

I've been many places I never thought I'd visit in my life. Not being able to visit and physically walk on the Great Wall is a desire I know I'll never fulfill.

It was very cool (and just as foggy) and I was only slightly unnerved by the signs with pictures of cobras on them that were all over in the surrounding woods

[ti-amie]

I've been many places I never thought I'd visit in my life. Not being able to visit and physically walk on the Great Wall is a desire I know I'll never fulfill.

It was very cool (and just as foggy) and I was only slightly unnerved by the signs with pictures of cobras on them that were all over in the surrounding woods

Cobras huh?
I'm jealous though. To experience the sense of history that must permeate the site. SIGH

[Suliso]

I've been there too, possibly almost at the same spot (closest to Beijing). It was a long time ago (1995), my very first time abroad without parents.

[ti-amie]

Endorsement deals aren't forever.

Emma Raducanu suffers brutal sponsorship blow with her Porsche ‘taken away’
Liam Grace
Published Oct 5, 2024, 12:45pm
|Updated Oct 5, 2024, 7:53pm


Emma Raducanu’s Porsche deal may be ‘heading for the scrapyard’ (Picture: Getty)

Injured British tennis star Emma Raducanu has suffered a brutal sponsorship blow with her Porsche 911 Carrera GTS Cabriolet ‘taken away’.


Raducanu is currently ruled out after spraining ligaments in her left foot, which forced the 21-year-old to withdraw from the Wuhan Open and China Open.

To make matters worse for the 2021 US Open champion, her big-money endorsement deal with Porsche may now be ‘heading for the scrapyard’.

That’s according to the Daily Mail, who report that Porsche ‘took back’ the £125,000 car they gave to her following her stunning major triumph three years ago, in which Raducanu walked away with the title in New York as a qualifier.

Porsche is known to swiftly withdraw vehicles from celebrity ambassadors if they are not getting ‘value for money’, a source in the sponsorship business claims, although a spokesperson says Raducanu remains in her ambassador role for now.

‘Emma Raducanu is a global brand ambassador for Porsche and there have not been any changes within our successful partnership since it started in 2022,’ the Porsche spokesperson said. ‘We are very happy with our partnership.’

Raducanu has enjoyed a resurgence this year after long-term injury problems across both 2022 and 2023.

Raducanu has climbed back up to world No.54 after her long period of inactivity and has reached quarter-finals in Stuttgart, Eastbourne, Washington and Seoul.

She also equalled her best Wimbledon run, defeated two players ranked inside the world top 10 and reached the semi-finals of the Nottingham Open in June.

Raducanu has suffered some smaller injury issues and niggles across 2024, which is understandable, given she only underwent triple surgery last year.

She’s played a total of 13 WTA Tour events so far this season, having been set a target of 20 by former British No.1 Tim Henman.

It’s currently unknown when Raducanu may be fit to return but she is signed up to feature at the upcoming Hong Kong Open, which begins on October 28. There are also events in Ningbo (October 14) and Guangzhou (October 21) if the Briton is able to return sooner and secure herself a wildcard spot.

Raducanu has been named in Great Britain’s Billie Jean King Cup Finals team too ahead of their clash with Germany, with the first match set for November 15.

https://metro.co.uk/2024/10/05/emma-rad ... 40384/amp/