'23 USO Day 13 OoP & Discussion

[JTContinental]

[ashkor87]

Got up at 130 to watch this...worth it! Coco played like a champion, Saba is back to her bad old ways...

[Oploskoffie]

Nothing against Aryna, but happy to see Coco win

[ti-amie]

[ti-amie]

What a match! Cori almost melted down but you could see the influence of Gilbert and Riba in the way she settled down and took over the match. Wonderful to see.

[ponchi101]

I know that these players play at a different level than us. They have so many weapons, so much skill.
But sometimes, they do forget the most basic of all rules: KEEP THE BALL IN. Sabalenka played a 2nd and 3rd set that would make Ostapenko look controlled.
You can't hit 46 UE's and expect to win.
Coco did the opposite. Keep it in, hold the points, wait for the opening. I say the Pere/Brad team has done a hell of a job.

[ti-amie]

I know that these players play at a different level than us. They have so many weapons, so much skill.
But sometimes, they do forget the most basic of all rules: KEEP THE BALL IN. Sabalenka played a 2nd and 3rd set that would make Ostapenko look controlled.
You can't hit 46 UE's and expect to win.
Coco did the opposite. Keep it in, hold the points, wait for the opening. I say the Pere/Brad team has done a hell of a job.

I told y'all my friend calls Sabalenka Ostapenko with spin.

[ti-amie]

[ti-amie]

[ponchi101]

More data points for my "Experience is overrated" theory.

[ti-amie]

Amazing comments from Cori.

[ti-amie]

In other words she's already kicked butt now she's just taking names.

[ti-amie]

Security was not playing.

[ponchi101]

Serious question. Has there been many non-believers? She has been on the "future slam champ" category for a long time now.
I understand that some people talked about issues with her game (the FH analysis and all that) but is anybody surprised by this result? I may be speaking for myself, and I did say Aryna would win, but the fact that she won a slam surprises me not one bit.

[shmrck14]

Due to the Disney/Spectrum dispute I've been watching the US Open by livestreaming Australian TV station 9NOW. A little before the match, Dokic and another Australian commemtator showed a video clip of Coco when she was 8 years old dancing in the stands at the US Open (2012?). As she was dancing she made a telephone gesture just like Ben Shelton's. Dokic even commented on it. Was that a dance move back then?

The song playing at the time of her dancing was "Call me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen, thus the phone gesture