I know this seems suspect, but when I read this, I didn’t understand it. I didn’t want to engage, but Emma hadn’t dropped a set coming into the final. How could she be an underdog? Just an easier path?
Emma serving for the title, down break point. Emma slides on the point before, knee scrapes the ground and starts bleeding badly. MTO called. Takes ~3+ minutes, Leylah starts bitching at the chair.
I can’t blame her I think she was just trying to stay fired up. Also they’re both young, they certainly have time to earn a label, but I can’t put that on her yet. I know you’re not, just saying.
For sure. She’ll watch the video later and understand why they stopped it. I get the frustration, but couldn’t be avoided.
I also hope that there's not an obscene amount of pressure put on these two girls by media and the fans. They seem to have a good head on their shoulders, strong families / support systems around them to keep them grounded, yet hungry for more. The world doesn't another Ostapenko fizzle.
Women’s tennis had a fucking insane future without any sort of inkling of knowledge that these two had this in them. I think it’s hard to put it in perspective how amazing it is that even one of them made the final let alone both, with one of them winning. Just nuts they are there considering how stacked the women’s side is.
I can't believe her game is so complete at 18. Played 10 matches at the Open & didn't lose a set. Only spent 13 & 1/2 hours in total. So happy for her.
I feel like making a joke like "okay, that's the junior final done, time for the ladies!". So damn young!
It's not just the good tennis they played but the level of maturity, aptitude and grace they've shown at this age has been quite amazing.
lmao what a bizarre bump You really want to get in the business of me bumping all your dumbass posts? Because i dont want to dogpile on you like the rest of tmb but Im fine coming after you nonstop, every day.
leylah took out the #2, #3, #5 and #16 seeds on her way to the finals. Pretty impressive. Emma took out the #11 and #17 seed and didn’t even play a seeded player until the quarterfinals. She definitely had an easier path.
Maybe that freshness played a role. Or maybe she would have steamrolled anyone she faced. Can’t wait to see if they are the real deal and compete at the 2022 majors
I think they both are - you don't win 6 & 10 matches at a slam by accident. Both of their runs are extraordinary for different reasons.
You usually can spot the slam winners that are going to struggle to maintain what happened over two weeks (Ostapenko, Jelena). This didn’t feel like that, for either woman. But Emma’s a big, big star now at a young age. As we’ve witnessed with Naomi, that comes with a price. Hope she’s got good people around.