C. None of the above
What the fuck?
Guess the British people are out in force.
Raducanu has had about 10 good matches in her career and all against journeywomen.
Like do people not have eyes?
Osaka has the weapons and ability, particularly on hard, to come back.
She’s won Indian Wels and four hardcourt majors. She’s already had a better career than Caroline Wozniacki and is only 26.
Forgetting about Emma for a second as it’s a terrible comparison - do you actually think Naomi could get back to number 1? I guess Serena managed to get to top 10 after pregnancy and Naomi is younger.
This is a WTA tour that allowed Marketa Vondrousova to win Wimbledon.
This is a WTA tour without Ash Barty or Serena.
She’s 1-0 vs Sabalenka and Krejcikova. She’s 1-1 with Iga. She’s 1-0 vs Ons.
I’d take 85 per cent Naomi on a hardcourt against any other player right now. On paper anyway.
She’s defending zero points. She’ll build her way back up to peak from June through to April next year.
Let’s say she does win the US and makes a deep run in Australia 2025. Let’s throw in a couple of Asian titles where she does well.
The draw falls apart in Indian Wells and lots of people lose points. She wins.
Then she only has to make the semifinals in Miami to be number one.
Does that sound feasible?
Osaka was a top 3 player for 2-3 years with the potential to be number 1. Raducanu has never been at top 10 level outside of those 7 matches.
Both are extremely unlikely
One of them impossible, and another is improbable.
Higher chances of Ash Barty to unretire and claim No.1
There are 6500 points between world no. 10 and world no. 1 so I suppose it depends on which player you want to shit on for upvotes this time