'24 Aus Open Day 10 Order of Play & Discussion

[meganfernandez]

Serving for a set, ANY SET, in tennis, has got to the most (expletive) difficult thing to do in the world.
I kid you not.
She was playing a gorgeous set and then plays a game that would even embarrass me.

It shouldn't be too tough if your serve is a weapon. But hardly any woman has one.

[skatingfan]

And... Coco tightened to give it back.
And I am sorry. Calling the physio now is cheap.

Not the physio - just the trainer - those feet needed some work.

[JTContinental]

That was the worst set of tennis Gauff has played since last summer, but somehow Kostyuk managed to play even worse.

[atlpam]

Will Kostyuk come back out firing or implode in the second set?

[ponchi101]

I like Kostyuk. But that was one of the most pathetic sets of tennis I have seen in a long time.
Label it "Exhibit A: Player that does NOT have it".

[nelslus]

WELL. THAT 1st set was some ugly s**t.

[martini4me]

And then Gauff plays a real stinker of a first game to break herself.

[nelslus]

Serving for a set, ANY SET, in tennis, has got to the most (expletive) difficult thing to do in the world.
I kid you not.
She was playing a gorgeous set and then plays a game that would even embarrass me.

She played some gorgeous points. But- she was making way too many errors even getting to 5-1 up. Then- she decided to play, somehow, more pathetically than Coco.

[ponchi101]

They are showing the stats.
Kostyuk lost a set where she was leading 5-1, and her opponent had a 5-24 W/UE count. A truly WTF moment in tennis.

[nelslus]

And then Gauff plays a real stinker of a first game to break herself.

AND then Kostyuk, of course, returned the favor.

[JTContinental]

In addition to the UFEs, Coco's shot selection has been pretty dismal today.

[nelslus]

OK, Cheap Jokes Alert: Kost-yuck.

Cost-yucks?

[ponchi101]

Mortem Kostyuk?

[ti-amie]

José Morgado
@josemorgado@sportsbots.xyz
"Go to her forehand", says Kostyuk's coach. An obvious tactic against the US Open champ.

[ashkor87]

The way she is playing today, Coco won't stand a chance against Sabalenka. .except for the mental fortitude she has displayed..?