Other than devouring those USO seasoned waffle fries yesterday (wife claims they're the best fries she's ever had) in Armstrong while watching Tiafoe advance, the best part of this whole thing so far for me is watching Ostapenko last night. She LOOKS like an underdog and wears her heart on her sleeve, plays with a kind of fearless courage, wife also said she doesn't appear to feel sorry for herself as some of the WTA ladies do. I'd be okay with pretty much any of the men taking the title, but would be thrilled to see Jelena grab her second slam.
Oh Ive been keeping my eye on her for a while.... VERY crytical of her physical state but to her credit shes lookin way fitter now.... she has shed a lot of weight so it shows shes been working to get back to the top.
One of the cleanest ball strikers on tour shes actually scary when shes on, like yesterday. Made Iga look like a scared deer (she was lucky not to get handed a bagel herself).
Jelena is not showing any fear or pity for herself or opponents, shes a strong willed character, sometimes even pedantic but hey.... that fire of hers actually is appealing at least for me.
Clown dresses and all she is a real talent. And if shes able to hang around top 10 or top 5, WTA is gonna get even more interesting.
(I LOVE Iga, but yesterday she got her behind handed to her,...)
