Recall you're dealing with two players roughly the same age. Kim was a wunderkind. Not Hingis level, or even Williams, but she won her first tournament at 17, usually a sign we expect something out of a player. OTOH, Dani won a Tier I at 18.
WB 99 - OZ 01 : Kim started playing GS's 16 months earlier
RG 01 - OZ 02 : Kim gets results that confirm the validity of what little hype she gets
RG 02 - OZ 03 : Dani produces results confirm the validity of a whole lotta hype. Her results at 3 of 4 GS' are better than Kim's, who by then was a clear and consistent top five player.
RG 03 - US 03 : From Kim, we get what we expect. From Dani, regression.
In many ways, Kim has become the defacto standard for the non-GS winner. More to the point, if you outperform Kim over a period of time, we expect big things from you. Several players have outperformed Kim over a period of time recently, then seen their results drop off. But in most cases, the reasons seems obvious. Or we just don't care.
Lindsay, Jenn, Venus - All multiple GS winners. They got theirs.
Amelie - Constant injury
Jelena - Always this feeling she was doing it by quantity, not quality
But with Dani, I thought, for a while, would be the best of the current 20 year olds. Now I wonder how long she can stay top ten, given the Cassack hordes ascending the rankings.
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CH
FR KC : KC :
SF KC : KC : KC :
QF ** : DH DH DH : KC KC :
4r : KC DH : : KC KC
3r DH : KC : DH : KC
2r DH DH : KC : DH DH : KC KC
1r : : DH : DH KC KC
-- 03 03 03 : 03 02 02 02 : 02 01 01 01 : 01 00 00 00 00 99 99
-- US WB RG : OZ US WB RG : OZ US WB RG : OZ US WB RG OZ US WB
RG 01 - OZ 02 : Kim gets results that confirm the validity of what little hype she gets
RG 02 - OZ 03 : Dani produces results confirm the validity of a whole lotta hype. Her results at 3 of 4 GS' are better than Kim's, who by then was a clear and consistent top five player.
RG 03 - US 03 : From Kim, we get what we expect. From Dani, regression.
In many ways, Kim has become the defacto standard for the non-GS winner. More to the point, if you outperform Kim over a period of time, we expect big things from you. Several players have outperformed Kim over a period of time recently, then seen their results drop off. But in most cases, the reasons seems obvious. Or we just don't care.
Lindsay, Jenn, Venus - All multiple GS winners. They got theirs.
Amelie - Constant injury
Jelena - Always this feeling she was doing it by quantity, not quality
But with Dani, I thought, for a while, would be the best of the current 20 year olds. Now I wonder how long she can stay top ten, given the Cassack hordes ascending the rankings.