Pity.

Though, while I have personally always kept faith that in the long term Emma could get herself back up to be a consistent top contender, I don't really see why some folk seem to have the expectation that they do right now.

Bucsa at 10/3 against certainly looked value. Hey, I did cash out and didn't get as much as I could have, with late thoughts that Emma could still crawl across the line.

PaulM wrote:

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Bucsa plays a very tight game to give Emma the break, but again the pattern is not complicated:

Hits loopy short balls, loses the point.

Flattens the ball out a little with some depth or whip, wins the point.

Goes up *40-15 with better serving then plays three passive rallies. Finds some serves and escapes.

5-4*

Jeezo.

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 This bit is what I just don't get about her game. This isn't how she won the US Open. Loopy balls falling in the half court are far too common in her game right now.

As Indy says not ideal to not have a coach when working on your serve.

She fought hard though and hopefully came through without injury but there's no hiding that the result is a disappointment though Bucsa is a tidy enough player.

She's playing like a player ranked 50-70 with the capability to beat players ranked higher but without enough consistency. Obviously only played a few matches this year which doesn't help.