Really happy for her: her game was so much improved this year, which I thought was evident in the Adelaide event (which she won). I'd love to see stats on her kick serve, which seems to me to be one of the most potent in the women's game - and her first isn't bad either. And as you say, she had to come through an incredibly tough draw. Kudos though: she played the two best matches of the whole women's tournament.
Nice piece. Good perspective on how unusual it is for someone with that kind of early hype to win one at her age. ... Sorry, but one unrelated gripe, not directed at you: It's about the press conference -- the collective result of it. There were a lot of good individual questions. Yours about when she first started hearing people saying she would win a Slam was interesting and produced a revealing response. I share the journalists' interest in her journey. But the questions were very similar to each other. Unless I missed it, there was not one question about the actual match. She didn't say a word about tactics, strategy, execution -- nothing about the match -- because she wasn't asked to. They did play a tennis match, and it happened to be a really good one. I would like to know more about how she approached it. Maybe there's no way to fix this, or maybe you guys could draw straws and whoever gets the short one has to ask about the actual match.
Oh come on. Ben's a reporter. I stayed off social media and email to avoid the result. If you really don't want to know the result, watch it first thing. Or stay up and watch it. Don't blame a reporter for reporting.
Really happy for her: her game was so much improved this year, which I thought was evident in the Adelaide event (which she won). I'd love to see stats on her kick serve, which seems to me to be one of the most potent in the women's game - and her first isn't bad either. And as you say, she had to come through an incredibly tough draw. Kudos though: she played the two best matches of the whole women's tournament.
Nice piece. Good perspective on how unusual it is for someone with that kind of early hype to win one at her age. ... Sorry, but one unrelated gripe, not directed at you: It's about the press conference -- the collective result of it. There were a lot of good individual questions. Yours about when she first started hearing people saying she would win a Slam was interesting and produced a revealing response. I share the journalists' interest in her journey. But the questions were very similar to each other. Unless I missed it, there was not one question about the actual match. She didn't say a word about tactics, strategy, execution -- nothing about the match -- because she wasn't asked to. They did play a tennis match, and it happened to be a really good one. I would like to know more about how she approached it. Maybe there's no way to fix this, or maybe you guys could draw straws and whoever gets the short one has to ask about the actual match.
I know she didn't win it, but I'd also cite Leylah Fernandez's USO run of wins - incl. Sabalenka, Kerber, Osaka, Svitolina, Kanepi.
You spoiled it for me—and I cannot imagine how many other tennis fans who taped the match overnight. How cruel and stupid.
Oh come on. Ben's a reporter. I stayed off social media and email to avoid the result. If you really don't want to know the result, watch it first thing. Or stay up and watch it. Don't blame a reporter for reporting.
You’re an idiot. Why click on the story. And then to cry about it in the comments…oy vey that’s lame.