Not according to some on here she’s not. Apparently not even British.

Amazing achievement, been incredible all tournament. Big chance of actually winning it now too.

I'm not sure if you are suggesting she is not really British, but she has lived in the UK since she was two and was schooled in Bromley, England, so , I would say she is very British.

This is very different from previous sports people who have converted nationality at a later stage through residency. Greg Rusedski, Joanna Konta, Zola Budd, Alan Lamb, Graeme Hick, Kevin Pietersen and others grew up in their country of birth and were all older, and some already well established in their chosen sport, when they qualified as British.

Edited by Pete53 (10 Sep 2021 8.30am)

British, yes. English, no, as a lot of people honest and proud of their ancestral heritage would also agree. It’s just the David Lammy types trying to stir up nonsense who disagree.

Good luck to the girl. Fantastic achievement. Impossible now in male tennis to do this so young and unexpectedly, but still possible for females. Shame this is on when I’m asleep.

COYP

In years to come, when Emma is regarded as the greatest British sportsperson who ever lived, I will proudly reminisce that I was the first person to post about her on HOL (4 July 2021, Wimbledon thread).

Palace since 19 August 1972. Palace 1 (Tony Taylor) Liverpool 1 (Emlyn Hughes)

If this transpires I expect you'll get a namecheck from her when she is a guest on Desert Island Discs at some distant future time, as the person who gave her the self-belief needed to succeed.

the self-belief came from her Romanian father, she gets her indefatigability from her Chinese mother, that's what makes her so proud to be English (not just British) as well as coming from Bromley