Kostyuk at world no. 55 is currently the highest ranked player not to have reached a WTA singles final.
kostyuk got soundly beaten by Halep today as well.
Following on from the highest ranked players not to win a WTA tournament ,Emma has played 3 out of the 4 of them since July in main WTA draws. There are Tomljanovic, Rogers and Kostyuk.
I mean it didnt take a genius to see that she was obviously tired. She was just trying to end the points as quickly as possible hence why she hit over 40 errors in 15 games! Wouldve been more concerning if she had been played off the court rather than just beating herself. Main thing is she got her first WTA win so that monkey is off her back so she can just relax a bit going into next season and see what she can do- expecting it to be very up and down but thats part of the fun!
Agree, amazing few months for Kontaveit. Well done to her. Interesting that her recent titles came after splitting with Nigel Sears as her coach earlier in the year, obviously time to move on after about 3 years together.
-- Edited by cya on Sunday 31st of October 2021 07:35:35 PM