Stephen A. Smith must be on a suicide watch.
;)
Stephen A. Smith stated yesterday that she would win because, “SHE IS SERENA!”
At one point, Halep was up 4-0 in the 1st set.
This 5 minute clip shows how well Halep played.
She ran down everything and hit some fantastic angles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hqsuf75dfY4
Yep - they sure been trying to keep Serena elevated despite her “slump”....when she first got back after giving birth (at least she didn’t abort) they lamented that she didn’t retain her top-seed crown just because she hadn’t played in a while....and before she showed us she can’t play to that level anymore...