You have to admire Coco's athleticism. I wanted Leylah to win as she got so close but maybe next time girl.

 

Very captivating match. Best of the tournament thus far.
Leylah battled to the end - overcame 2-5 3rd set deficit. Gritty.
Despite the many breaks, both players were playing very high quality tennis.

Ignore the unforced errors stat - that has been wildly off for a couple of months now (it wouldn't surprise me if they're stupidly using AI for this).

 

That second set from Fernandez was such high quality stuff.
Coco just about eked the third out after choking a double break 5-2 lead. She almost got Leylah-ed but she survived

 

 

Is this amongst all players or just great athletes with good backhands and shitty forehands?

 

If Coco's technic matched at least half of her athletic abilities she would've been so much more, instead she is constantly battling hard against players like Fernandez.

Fernandez is still fighting hard against her serve.

 

I've been only watching a few moments from the match and it looked great. Both ladies were hitting pretty hard, playing great in deffense and offense. I haven't seen Coco playing like that since Beijing last year. Sure, there were many DFs, but the overall level of the match was pretty high.

 

Fernandez fought like a lion.

 

But lost like always

 

 

Love how frequently Fernandez came to the net in this match. Didn't always stick the volley but the willingness to close in there, instead of getting dragged into a long rally by Coco, is the right play. Once she finally got back to 5-5 she lowkey played a horrible game but her fight throughout that set was admirable.

Coco is honestly so messy for a top 2 seed, but she's truly hard to beat at sticking in a point, outlasted Leylah in a couple of insanely long rallies.

 

Bencic next

 

4th consecutive R16 this year VS Belinda Bencic - we tired boss

Coco is gonna get beaten by mother Bencic with random peaks 🫩

 

Leylah was locked all the way in and really wanted this match, sad she wasn't able to keep her serve in the 3rd... High quality stuff from both.

 

Coco definitely won this match since it's only 15 posts. Lol. As soon as she lose, it will be 15 posts in a couple of minutes.

 

So true, but it's the same for almost any other high seed/ profile player , not specifically Coco. They are expected to win their earlier rounds so it's crickets in the forum if they do , but 3 X the posts when they lose.

 

Coco

Struggling with Leylah.

 

I saw set 1 and set 2 stats on a low quality youtube video and made screencaps. Sorry for the quality. I don't have full match stats.

 

^ I strongly suggest that everyone completely disregard and dismiss the WTA's match statistics until such time as they improve the accuracy of such to the point where they match the accuracy they once had.

For the past 2 or 3 months, the WTA's statistics have been inconsistent and often wildly inaccurate. Perhaps they are experimenting with AI (which, of course, would be a huge and incredibly stupid mistake)... or they've employed clueless children to do the stats.
The winners/unforced errors stats over the past few months have been particularly ridiculous and inaccurate.

 

I wouldn't be surprised to see Leylah in the Top 15 next year. Between the 500 title in DC, pushing Sabalenka hard at the US Open and now this match, she's definitely moving in the right direction.

 

Did "Fruit Salad Queen" get a new Chinese nickname yet?

 

Well. at least the double fault count was relatively low.