Well remind me who won the final Emma or Leylah, GS finals are different ball game all together regardless of who you have played ine QF SF, it is the final that counts and you have to be prepared to play higher than you have leading into the final!
As the great detective Sargent Drucker from the movie HEAT ( Mehkli Williamson ) said..."She had a rough ride !". MM , I not making excuses for Leylah but she was jaded when she got to the finals but it comes with the territory. @kskate2 @Moxie I am not going to be able to get you to listen. Only Keli and Moxie are able to.
Well apparently you dont want to listen to reason? from Moi, so according to you just because she got a tough draw and was jaded in the finals was the reason she lost? dont make me laugh, you are making excuses, you just stated she was jaded when she got to the finals,. that is a Excuse lol!
I thought she was playing better than Emma because she had to in order to defeat the barrage of seeded players she slayed on her way to the final. But getting to final doesn't put that trophy in your hand. For whatever reason when she really needed to bring that same level on that day, she could not. She likely will never get a chance like that again. That's why you have to take those opportunities when they're presented. Somebody had to win and Emma did what was necessary that day to be called GS champ. Emma's attitude was she was not going to be denied. Too bad for Lil Bit, she didn't have that same fire for the final. Look at Ons. 3 GS finals and still no title. How many more chances will she get?
Quite frankly Fernandez hasnt the weapons to win a GS title,yes she had a chance at the USO since then? lets also look at Emma who has not reproduced the level she showed when she won the USO and quite frankly I cannot see her getting to that level again, she appears to me to want to pick her tournaments and tires easily when she does play a tournament, also she expects to get wild cards all the time?
Of course Lil Bit is undersized. But she didn't let that stop her from making a magical run to the final. She just didn't put the cherry on top. Again, too bad for her because she was fearless when the expectation wasn't on her. When she got to the final, everyone was expecting her to win because of who she had defeated. Neither player has done much since then. Lil Bit has won a title and featured well at RG, but not much else.
Well I picked Emma to win at the USO, because of the brand of tennis she was displaying, she hasnt shown that kind of tennis since,.
Nice post Keli. I think it was a combination of the high expectations, the bright lights of the USO final in NY and being a bit jaded attributed to Miss Lil Bit disappointing finals.
Of course she will. She'll have to beg for any WC's during N.A. HC season except for the USO.
