Yeah if Katie wasn't in such horrible form I'd be excited as I think Kostyuk is very beatable (as Harriet has shown before) but it's all just such a struggle. Did a good job to level back at *4-4 but a bad game to go down 4-5*
Katie races to 40-0* and blows all three in about 15 seconds. Absolutely shocking stuff. The serves weren't even particularly good and she can't find the court on any of them, including framing her third into the stand.
Loses 6-4 6-4. It does feel like she's not really got her head in the game anymore. Wimbledon kind of broke her, although she wasn't playing particularly well before then anyway.
-- Edited by PaulM on Tuesday 26th of August 2025 04:49:26 PM