I came here as a fan of Kasatkina and leave as a fan for two. Didn't expect that quality clash. Seriously, they both deserve the standing ovation and respect by that perforance. And the ending is so emotional and touching. Great job, Girls!!!
Will Ritter yeah she is so talented and that hug and kiss from Daria to Ons that was injured at the end Daria rules...! Daria will have a great future for sure. :>)
Awesome display of creative tennis from both. Not brainless ballbashing and grunting. Congrats to both girls for display of exceptional grit and tennis.
@Isabella Lee In my view, this is not slow motion tennis at all. They crack the ball pretty hard, it is their defensive skills that keep the point going. In my view, slow motion tennis is like that of Wozniacki just hitting balls back and forth. Anyday I prefer these girls variety to players like ostapenko, muguruza, Wozniacki☺️
Creative tennis means variation of spin, speed, angle, trajectory of the shots, I suggest you go out play a bit of tennis rather then be an arm chair expert here. you think it is easy to hit a low bouncing slice shots from your opponent, next hit a shot above head then try to hit a lower shot moving foreward, Talking about Graf and Coertzer or Seles , Graf still leads both in h2h even with that weak backhand.
I watched this match live. One of the most dramatic matches I've ever seen. Jabeur played brilliantly one and a half sets, but when there were 2 games left, Kasatkina woke up.
You obviously need to brush up on your reading comprehension skills. I never said that the great power hitters didn't have great skills. I only stated these the with these lesser power hitters were entertaining. Maybe because there are longer quality rallies. So, in short, bullshit yo mama.
Congrats to Daria , Ons showed a high level and i'm sure that she will make a big career on next seasons ! We'r so proud of you Ons.. you honored TUNISIA !
NO, she wasn't injured, she was just tired and remember she had to qualified for the tournament, She played two more matches to get this far. But having said Kasatkina was burdened by being the favorite going into this match, she was clearly nervous in the final playing in front of folks at home. What Kasatkina did well was surviving without playing near the level she sowed in semi.
Просто слова тренера ее воодушевили...с ее стороны была фраза:"что за позор", на что он ответил:"этот матч ещё не проигран, но если будешь думать, что проигран, то это конец. Ты можешь сделать это, борись" и т.д. (не дословно, конечно, но суть ясна) после этого диалога она начала наконец выигрывать)
Congrats Daria!!!! Osaka and Daria shall rule the future of the WTA!!! Hopefully they will become the Fed Nadal rilvary!!! Clapping hands for Jabeur! Awesome hitting! Unfortunately you could tell she was hitting the all in the third! She's looks like a solid hitter and talent!
Tear-wrenching stuff. So proud of Daria for getting the victory in her home tournament. I'm sure this was a big boost for her :) And a great stretch of tennis for Ons Jabeur on her way back into the sport. A great finals match indeed.
Daria Kasatkina of Russia is Officially one of my Favorite Players. She reminds me of Amelie Mauresmo of France. So Glad that she was able to take an Epic Match on Home Soil.
Oh...even i only watch 8 minutes from this video, but i so much enjoy this games. Congrats Kasatkina, you deserve it. And great performances from Jabeur from qualification to the final. Hey Jabeur, I think if you in top form like this in next tournaments, soon you'll become in top 20.
Jabeur has a bright future. reminds me of a powerful Conchita. Happy Kasatkina won! And as they say, Kasatkina plays strategic tennis! I'm a fan of both. Happy how humble and unlike Serena the younger players are now! Inspiration.
Excuse me in term of sportsmanship they knew how to act as a champion rather than a brat. Serena was a total disgrace in the recent USO final . Both can teach Serena a thing or 2 on how to be a humble and respected sports person. Serena would be ranked in 1000s in sportsmanship.
Hidden talent of Kasatkina came into play in her previous match. 21 yrs old Russian, a very unique figure in the tour, fully demonstrated her grit here. Coming back princes to be? Not bad, but there could be easier ways to close up a match. That's she'll learn & develop in coming years. Meanwhile, she'd be enjoying 2-3 hrs on court, fascinating the crowd! Jabeur's exhibition was the 1st set. Likes of Sabalenka or Yastremska, she can control game from the baseline. Her well-disguised drop shot is of beauty. How this 24 yrs old Tunisian will develop her game style is another relish of the tour 2019.
This new comer Ons Jabeur if she lose few pounds and get better stamina, she will become top 10 and win GS very soon. She has the all, Great Drop shot on both wing, very good FH & BH topspin plus great Volley & Slices... just lose few pounds she will be # 1 in few years.
Of course she can advance to top 20 but winning any GS requires something more. Look at the stats. There are very few great players who won GS in their career.
In this torney Jabeur had defeated Makarova 61-62, Sloane 63-62, KONTAVEIT 75-61, only Sevastova took a set 63-36-63. she beat all these girl easily and they are big name players, Sloane won US 2017... she was beating Daria ( very talented ) 62 in 1rst set, then because she got tire by played too many match as qualifier & she's also out of shape, otherwise I think she might won this title.
@@ctony3629 exactly, in this tournament. Every player, even Bouchard, can show a good level at a tournament but few players can show a good level throughout her whole career. Jabeur isn't one of those girls
@@@Isaac-RJOk, Everybody are entitle to their own opinion, let's wait and see who will be right on this prediction, I think Jabeur just lose few pounds will proves me right very soon : )
Kasatkina is definitely a favorite for me. I like her style and her grit. i chuckled at the end of set 2 all those ladies in the stands cheering her on. Dasha has no doubt been a shark up until the point she meets her girlfriend. Creative player for sure.
Kasatkina's backhand reminds me of Bjorn Borg's. Nothing fancy, but so comfortable and efficient. Big fan of Kasatkina, Osaka, Giorgi and Muguruza, i.e. the next generation.
Jabeur is not an unfamiliar name. She surprised the world earlier, but since then .... Resurge ! Impressive performance in the opener, which pushed Kasatkina desperate. With encouraging words from her coach, Kasatkina fulfilled her duty for the home crowd in an emphatic in the end, but incredible way! Typical to Daria, if not classic, for 21 yrs old player, chooses a more complicate, treacherous way to victory. Looking back the season, she did similar things, or even more spectacular, against Wozniack, Kerber & Muguruza to name a few, came back from a set down 2-3 hrs on court! A fascinating game by both players, giving all the best!! Their way to the final was not easy or smooth at all. Well done!
Impressed win Ons. She was close to winning this tournament, but making this WTA Premier level Final and matching much higher ranked opponent must be a big deal & success for her anyway! It was a very entertaining affair, congrats to Daria for this victory in her home country.
and from this final.. ons started to shine and shine.. look at her now she's the n2 in the world and semi-finalist in wimbeldon with a huge chance to win her 1st grand slam
KassAtkina had more safety margin. Jaber start without a chance for Dasha. But as the fatique started, the game fell apart first, then the body, convulsions. The epic battle was.
She wasn't injured, she said she was cramping. And cramping is not an injury but loss of physical conditioning meaning she was tired in this match. She played two more matches to make this far into the draw than her opponents. A injury to wrist, playing hand, knees, feet, ankles, achillies can all be considered an injury but not cramping.
I watch match and from what I saw it is cramping not injury. Cramping is not an injury and if she is injured she would have seek medical time out, why didn't she ? Don't make up things as you go, lost of conditioning is never considered as an injury. Labeur knew it very well.
Дарья - молодчина, а Жабер жаль, травма не дала сыграть ей в полную силу. Травмы это дело серьезное, Анника Бек завершила карьеру из-за травм по инфе с overbetting. Вчера это произошло
Great game from both players, so sad that one of them had to lose. Still Ons Jabeur showed that she can compete at the very top and I hope she will win many titles in the future.
Dasha uses the ATP (open stance) style forehand and Jabeur uses the WTA (closed stance), WTA style generates more power but ATP is the future and creates more topspin and control. Love watching Dasha, wish I had time to work on that style forehand.
Congratulations Daria for the home country title! Although I like Daria, I was rooting more for Ons to win her first WTA title and making a new tennis history as the first Tunisian player to win a tennis event! But still, what a great achievement from qualify to the finals! The highlights were not really impressive, because they cut a lot in the second set! But what happen as Ons lead 4-1 in the second set! Did she get nervous or Daria just played strong and fought back? As I didn't see the whole match, can someone explain? Hopefully Ons will continue to play like this and improve more in the next season!
At second set with 4-1, Kasatkina's coach Philippe DeHaes had a GREAT job ! Daria didn't believe in herself, she was dead and the coach chat resurrected her. See the whole match if you can...
Women's tennis is going to be awesome. We have some really great young players coming up Osaka, Daria, Sabalenka, Ostapenko, Bencic etc to name a few. All of them are in their 20s or 21s. If all these young girls compete at their highest level then we are in some treat in the future.
Nice to see Daria in much better fitness finally. She looks better and can grind out points easier where as before she could not! I told her to get in better shape and she listened
I did not know Ons had this level in her, but this tournament along with a couple others this summer, she has really came into her own. If she improved her fitness a little bit, I could see her being a fixture in the top 20-30
wow! next year would be very interesting for wta, sevastova, jabeur and kasatkina are really different from the power hitting and grunting ladies. they have the style that is really nice to see, more on tactical game.
Dasha was so promising a year or two ago and I'm ecstatic she finally won her home tournament. But then she goes to Australia and loses in the first round three straight tournaments including the Australian Open. WTH! She's too talented to versatile to have scrub results like these to start the year.
I'm a big fan of Daria's and wanted her to win this one. Jabeur made me a fan too. I feel for her, she actually had this if it weren't for the conditioning aspect. She will come back stronger next time around. Congrats to BOTH ladies. Good job!
Fun match from both but was hoping Ons will be the one to take it. I think Kasatkina's game can be more than the Russian wall. She can be more on the offense given the weapons that she has. Wonder why she holds back by being a wall
Nerve and playing scared, She had on court coaching in this match and his coach summed up Kasatkina's performance well in those pep talks. Kasatkina had a wider range of shot in her game, what sat them apart I thought would be Kasatkina ability to flatten out her forehand as well as making the ball jump up when she loaded it with heavy top spin, her return game was ineffective, she was hitting the ball short on return. This is why in the 2nd pep talk when Daria was down 1:4 in 2nd set Phillipe told her to hit her return into the middle part of the court that strategy stop giving Jabeaur the angle to work with, also allowing Daria to recover into a neutral rally position. At the beginning of the third set Phillipe said win or loss he did not just want to see Daria survive the match, he wanted Daria to go for her best shots on serve, on forehand on her backhand. I have to say Daria did not deliver in what her coach asked her to do but what got her through this match was her ability to mentally regroup, she wore down her opponent mentally and physically without playing her best. Sometimes this is what players needs to do when they are not playing at their best.
Why do some.players still think the oponent cant sprint? Do they think they just got there by chance? And on top of it they always loose. Justice for all!
I like Ons but she needs to improve A. her service ! its too weak B. her backhand - too many unnecessary mistakes C. her lack of condition/drive/aggression ... that said she played really well in this tournament
Daria's problem is not just serving, her coach summed up her problem well in those two coaching sessions in the middle of 2nd sets and at the beginning of the third set. She was gripped by the nerve in the early part of the game, she survived the 2nd set without playing near her best. I lost count how many times she played a brilliant point but could not string a few more together to gain the upper hand, a lot of time she just hit a return that landed in middle of court with no angle, depth .