It's gonna be a nice YEC2019

[djmm1962]

Bianca having back issues!!

[Graveller]

2-2 0-30 for Andreescu, and then vintage Halep with 4 great rallies/winners.

Halep's attitude is top-quality. Focussed like hell

[djmm1962]

Nice win, Simona!!

[Grossefavourite]

Missed the first one today, but watching Halep vs Andreescu at the moment.

Sometimes a player can be too talented . A bit more 'smart' rallies and Andreescu would have been even more ahead.
Bianca got it all, and uses her variation. When watching this, I really wonder how the older generation (Kim, Maria, Serena, Venus, Kerber, Wozniacki) are ever gonna beat Bianca when she plays like this.

YEC is a glorified exo event.

[Graveller]

My deepest respect for Simona Halep. What a player, what an attitude,... a WELL-DESERVED victory !! 6-3 in the third but it should have been 6-1 or 6-2 as she broke Bianca 3 times.

First set was Bianca all the way and a pleasure to watch how she used every shot in the game.
But Halep figured her out. And halfway that second set, Bianca's game felt 'arrogant' to me: I've never seen someone with so much variation become so predictable. She hit good slices when you (and Halep) expected her to do, dropshots when you expected her to do. Despite doing all these different things, Halep was in control of the rallies.
Halep escaped from the MP in set 2, and from then onwards, it was game over. I know she had some back-issues in set 3, but Bianca still moved quite OK. And remember that Halep was the one who had not played for months.

Not surprised that Bianca now lost to Halep, and previously to Osaka; these are different players from the YEC-players that she defeated previously (Svitolina, Pliskova, Bencic).

[Grossefavourite]

[sekasi]

My deepest respect for Simona Halep. What a player, what an attitude,... a WELL-DESERVED victory !! 6-3 in the third but it should have been 6-1 or 6-2 as she broke Bianca 3 times.

First set was Bianca all the way and a pleasure to watch how she used every shot in the game.
But Halep figured her out. And halfway that second set, Bianca's game felt 'arrogant' to me: I've never seen someone with so much variation become so predictable. She hit good slices when you (and Halep) expected her to do, dropshots when you expected her to do. Despite doing all these different things, Halep was in control of the rallies.
Halep escaped from the MP in set 2, and from then onwards, it was game over. I know she had some back-issues in set 3, but Bianca still moved quite OK. And remember that Halep was the one who had not played for months.

Not surprised that Bianca now lost to Halep, and previously to Osaka; these are different players from the YEC-players that she defeated previously (Svitolina, Pliskova, Bencic).

Thanks for the match summary.
Is on-court coaching allowed at the YEC, and if so, who is Halep's coach?

[djmm1962]

Yes, Darren Cahill was coaching Simona on court!!

[sekasi]

Yes, Darren Cahill was coaching Simona on court!!

Thank you.

[Grossefavourite]

I expected a warmer handshake at net afterwards. Interesting...