A deserved winned to me. But the world #1 should always be able to turn it on when it comes to tie-breaks. And she did. Just....
If they weren't wouldn't the outcome of the set be something like 6-6 with xyz winning the set 7-3 or whatever in the tie break?
He could hold up cards of the alphabet instead. A= try harder. B= pull your finger out. C= you muppet, what are you doing? …
Of course, there's always the possibility of someone else pulling out between now and then as well.
Shame that Sabalenka wasn't penalised 2 points for each of her many shockers
Quite right too. Like who the hell would take a baby to a tennis match?
The baby was crying for 15 minutes, sounds like Emma will be a fantastic mother who understands when a child doesn't want to be there.
In 32degree heat too.
Why wouldn't the mother understand that a screaming child in a tennis arena isn't being nice to anyone. Surprised she didn't get mullered by the Billie Jean King Stand Massive
Exactly. Thought the umpire was a bit aggressive in her questioning to Emma ‘do you want me to chuck the baby out?’ Glad some spectators said yes
I like the way that Emma also basically nodded 'yes' in response!
She should cover more bases by sabotaging some of the other 31 as well…
The 1st to 4 games for a set must be because the winners of the match have to play again just a little later - in fact Medvedev and Andreeva are starting now only a few minutes after winning their previous match.
It's not a bad idea. The first half of a first to six set is a waste of time anyway.
The "actual doubles" make a absolute pittance. If they are good doubles players this is like manna from heaven for them. Specialist doubles playing a couple of singles players warming up. They must be lapping it up. McNamara and McNamamee must be throwing things at their TV not having this prize money to play for.
Only 16 couples taking part, and chosen on their singles rankings! I heard that the defending champions were given a ‘wild card’ to take part. How very kind of them. US TV Networks calling the shots, no tv ratings in doubles = no adverts/sponsors, until this revamp.
Got to think the Russian seed got caught cold today. She’s played a lot of tournaments recently to cement her seeding and may well have come in under cooked on US Open courts etc. while the Indonesian girl came through qualifying fairly easily and was well obviously prepared.
