How don't understand how people said Halep was the underdog. Lol. For me this was always a 3 set win for Simona. Most bcuz Serena played mediocre players leading upto this final (no offense) . I mean the highest seed she faced was Goerges, #17, (who btw, gets intimidated by Serena so easily). So from all those players to suddenly then play Simona was a big step up for Serena. But boy o boy, never in my wildest dreams did I expect a 6-2 6-2. I was STUNNED. And supremely happy as a huge Simona fan.
The only things they had going for calling Halep the underdog were ... Her vs a 7 time Wimbledon champ A 1-9 h2h vs SW including a win earlier this year. SW 23-8(probably wrong on the loss total) Halep 1-3 in Major finals. Soley based on those numbers you at least see why some people called her a underdog. But when you consider who has consistently been at the top, who she's beaten compared to who SW beat and how tight the previous matches have been I never thought of her as a underdog.
@@saurabhchakrabarty7362 i dont want to take anything away from Simona, but Serena to me looked passive and very restricted by her court movement. It's possible she was either carrying an injury or affected by nerves. Or maybe the pressure of Grand slam 24 brought on by the american media hype, loomed too large for her. I wish she could've just relax, given the centre court spectators who mustve paid a fortunate their monies worth and the tv viewers a greater tennis final but she's clearly putting a lot of pressure on herself. She simply did not play or was able to play to the same standards she had in her QF and SF 's and was badly beaten.
@@tenniscollector ofcourse Serena is not in her previous shape. Will be tough to get back to that shape. Yes, Serena made some easy errors. But then again, Simona was running like crazy. She made Serena go for so much extra. Also one big factor which people don't take into consideration is the draw that Serena had. It was extremely easy (Obviously no fault of Serena). She was playing average players whole tournament and then suddenly a top class player like Simoma Halep. Sometimes you are just not prepared for what is to come. I feel Serena needs to beat the top players and play against the top players more often to get ready for these big matches. Serena has only played 2 top 10 players this whole year. Halep : won 1 and lost 1 Pliskova : lost. Coming back to Simona, she only made 3 UEs in the whole match which is the fewest errors made in a slam final in the open era. And she hit 13 winners plus 52% of her shots directed up the line. Which means she was taking risk and still only 3 errors. CRAZY!!! And lastly, to the third part of your comment, yes I wish the match was longer and more competitive for the fans and the tournament, but sometimes, magical performances produced are remembered much more than close contests. This was a final which will be remembered for the outrageously outstanding and jaw dropping tennis produced at the biggest of stages by a player. For eg, we will not forget the 2007 AO final, the 2012 Olympics finals, the 2013 FO final, or the 2012 Wimbledon final which were all one sided matches but we remember them for the demolishing tennis produced by Serena. Also AO 2019 finals between Novak and Rafa for that matter of fact. I am pretty sure everyone watching the finals yesterday were dazzled every second of the 56 minutes of brilliance Simona Halep produced.
Just 55 minutes Final...So many so called ESPN SPECIALISTS already declared Serena the winner days ago...Now they look for excuses and vain EXPLANATIONS...
Is absolutely true. Because Wimbledon is class. For an infinite number of reasons. "You win a grand slam you become a champion, you win Wimbledon you become a legend."
No question in my eyes for that... it's not only about numbers. IMO Serena had a long run where she barely had any competition... I'm wondering where she would be if Henin and Cleijsters didn't retire for family.
Also, Steffi retired at like 30 because she wanted to have a family life. It's not like she couldn't win more slams. She was coming off the finals of Wimbledon when she retired. Plus IMO she played in a tougher era.
Mental wreck??? Ummm she had trouble handling her emotions yes, but I think “mental wreck” would describe Serena more. Have they forgot about US Open 2018 u people!?
There's a big difference between saying "I want Serena to win!" and "I believe that Serena will win!". Almost all the pundits believed that Serena will win.
Shriver's inability to be objective as a commentator is as bad as her inability to hit flat or topspin shots as a player. Halep batters Williams 2 and 2 and all Shriver can contribute is that Halep "saw, after the warm up, that it was not an in-form, settled-in Serena"?? Pam, there are time when the match is not all about Serena Williams.
Greatest player of all time - I disagree. Still Steffi has more achievements in my opinion than Serena. Some of them will be very hard for Serena to catch - like Calendar Grand Slam.
You fucks just assume someone is using band a substance just because you dont like her. Maria is a proven cheat but i dont see the same comments about her being a PROVEN cheat in her RUclips videos. I get it. She is a black female who is out spoken. But to just disrespect her legend is amazing. When Halep has 23 Grand Slam wins with god knows how many finals runner ups as S. Williams by the age of fucking 37 after having a child and still competing a finals level. Let me know. But we all know that is more than likely not going to happen due to Halep's style of playing. Osuka has a better chance at being comparable to S. Williams when its all set and done and you know it. 37 years old and you make fun of her losing to a fresh young 20 something year old with talent. Good lord.
@@slushymatis actually Serena has been proven to take steroids, but luckily for her, some of the steroids she takes are uniquely and curiously exempt as "therapeutic use".
honest question...is there a female tennis player that isn't a mental wreck? the female circuit has been a mess for almost 12 years now, Simona Halep is one of the few consistent players that owns her struggles.
I honestly gave an 80:20 chance in favor of Halep. Younger, fitter, more athletic and in better form. Serena is a legend but is presently an obese woman. No one who has been following tennis could have predicted Serena as the favorite.
It's so easy, just read wikipedia and Margaret Court ! She is unique and was very very good in single, double and double mix ! In the tennis history there are only 2 players that reached the full package all the 4 GS in the same year at single, double and double mix and only one get this twoo times and this is Margaret Court ! Her % win/total matches is over 90 %, Graff has about 88 % and Williams about 85 %.
Just because she's great one day doesn't mean she's going to be great in her next match. All the women are struggling this year unlike the men who always seem to be very consistent. I never know why they bother to put these type articles on here.
Biggest mistake the so called pundits made: underestimate Simona Halep and give her no credit before the final
How don't understand how people said Halep was the underdog. Lol.
For me this was always a 3 set win for Simona. Most bcuz Serena played mediocre players leading upto this final (no offense) .
I mean the highest seed she faced was Goerges, #17, (who btw, gets intimidated by Serena so easily).
So from all those players to suddenly then play Simona was a big step up for Serena.
But boy o boy, never in my wildest dreams did I expect a 6-2 6-2. I was STUNNED.
And supremely happy as a huge Simona fan.
The only things they had going for calling Halep the underdog were ...
Her vs a 7 time Wimbledon champ
A 1-9 h2h vs SW including a win earlier this year.
SW 23-8(probably wrong on the loss total) Halep 1-3 in Major finals.
Soley based on those numbers you at least see why some people called her a underdog.
But when you consider who has consistently been at the top, who she's beaten compared to who SW beat and how tight the previous matches have been I never thought of her as a underdog.
masterdoctorgenius14, agreed , name and shame them, every single one, lol,lol,lol
@@saurabhchakrabarty7362 i dont want to take anything away from Simona, but Serena to me looked passive and very restricted by her court movement. It's possible she was either carrying an injury or affected by nerves. Or maybe the pressure of Grand slam 24 brought on by the american media hype, loomed too large for her. I wish she could've just relax, given the centre court spectators who mustve paid a fortunate their monies worth and the tv viewers a greater tennis final but she's clearly putting a lot of pressure on herself. She simply did not play or was able to play to the same standards she had in her QF and SF 's and was badly beaten.
@@tenniscollector ofcourse Serena is not in her previous shape. Will be tough to get back to that shape.
Yes, Serena made some easy errors. But then again, Simona was running like crazy. She made Serena go for so much extra.
Also one big factor which people don't take into consideration is the draw that Serena had. It was extremely easy (Obviously no fault of Serena). She was playing average players whole tournament and then suddenly a top class player like Simoma Halep. Sometimes you are just not prepared for what is to come.
I feel Serena needs to beat the top players and play against the top players more often to get ready for these big matches.
Serena has only played 2 top 10 players this whole year.
Halep : won 1 and lost 1
Pliskova : lost.
Coming back to Simona, she only made 3 UEs in the whole match which is the fewest errors made in a slam final in the open era. And she hit 13 winners plus 52% of her shots directed up the line. Which means she was taking risk and still only 3 errors. CRAZY!!!
And lastly, to the third part of your comment, yes I wish the match was longer and more competitive for the fans and the tournament, but sometimes, magical performances produced are remembered much more than close contests.
This was a final which will be remembered for the outrageously outstanding and jaw dropping tennis produced at the biggest of stages by a player.
For eg, we will not forget the 2007 AO final, the 2012 Olympics finals, the 2013 FO final, or the 2012 Wimbledon final which were all one sided matches but we remember them for the demolishing tennis produced by Serena.
Also AO 2019 finals between Novak and Rafa for that matter of fact.
I am pretty sure everyone watching the finals yesterday were dazzled every second of the 56 minutes of brilliance Simona Halep produced.
When was she a wreck? Every professional has ups and downs but nor a wreck! Please, be respectful!
Where is Brad Gilbert now? I want to hear his expert analysis on why Halep has no chance.
T Hakala what a joke Gilbert’s comments...
he's trying to wipe off all the eggs on his face.
Gilbert is a sad little wanker.
T Hakala Agreed why the fuck did he think Halep had no chance I’ve no idea. As I said on the preview from ESPN Brad Gilbert was on fucking crack!!!
brad is really busy these days trying to figure out how to pull his own head from out of his own asshole
Pretty much all the "pundits" were predicting a Serena win. Only Tim Henman picked Simona.
Just 55 minutes Final...So many so called ESPN SPECIALISTS already declared Serena the winner days ago...Now they look for excuses and vain EXPLANATIONS...
I love Capitalism but i hate so much Corporatist culture !
Daniel Dragan but they also picked rafa over Federer
Of course they did. The draw was fixed for SW. They been fixing her draw for years plus cov6up her failed drug tests
I hate it when they say that Wimbledon is far superior to the other slams
But it's true tho it's were it all started
Well US Open is half of a slam thats for sure!
Is absolutely true. Because Wimbledon is class. For an infinite number of reasons.
"You win a grand slam you become a champion, you win Wimbledon you become a legend."
Simona did it! Bravo!
Simona Halep Romania WImbledon 2019 Champion.
Mental wreck? Ahahha, lol... Don't worry, the pain will subside with time! Mental wreck=US Open 2018 final
I still have Steffi Graf as the greatest female tennis player
Same
No question in my eyes for that... it's not only about numbers. IMO Serena had a long run where she barely had any competition... I'm wondering where she would be if Henin and Cleijsters didn't retire for family.
Also, Steffi retired at like 30 because she wanted to have a family life. It's not like she couldn't win more slams. She was coming off the finals of Wimbledon when she retired. Plus IMO she played in a tougher era.
I am happy for her to win Wimbledon.
Mental wreck??? Ummm she had trouble handling her emotions yes, but I think “mental wreck” would describe Serena more. Have they forgot about US Open 2018 u people!?
Why does everybody wants serena to win all the time
There's a big difference between saying "I want Serena to win!" and "I believe that Serena will win!". Almost all the pundits believed that Serena will win.
@@T9RX3 Another conspiracy theory? Haven't you guys had enough?
@@T9RX3 You told me to wake up and I told you that I'm awake and watching that 2012 AO final at work.
I don't see how is that a problem.
@@T9RX3 Below yours, just like every other reply made towards you.
@@T9RX3 It's your "@Romel Negut wake up" comment that doesn't appear here.
Shriver's inability to be objective as a commentator is as bad as her inability to hit flat or topspin shots as a player. Halep batters Williams 2 and 2 and all Shriver can contribute is that Halep "saw, after the warm up, that it was not an in-form, settled-in Serena"?? Pam, there are time when the match is not all about Serena Williams.
Greatest player of all time - I disagree. Still Steffi has more achievements in my opinion than Serena. Some of them will be very hard for Serena to catch - like Calendar Grand Slam.
Especially because Graff didn't dope, like Serena does.
@@captainkev10 Exactly, I think Serena might be doping.
You fucks just assume someone is using band a substance just because you dont like her. Maria is a proven cheat but i dont see the same comments about her being a PROVEN cheat in her RUclips videos. I get it. She is a black female who is out spoken. But to just disrespect her legend is amazing. When Halep has 23 Grand Slam wins with god knows how many finals runner ups as S. Williams by the age of fucking 37 after having a child and still competing a finals level. Let me know. But we all know that is more than likely not going to happen due to Halep's style of playing. Osuka has a better chance at being comparable to S. Williams when its all set and done and you know it. 37 years old and you make fun of her losing to a fresh young 20 something year old with talent. Good lord.
@@slushymatis actually Serena has been proven to take steroids, but luckily for her, some of the steroids she takes are uniquely and curiously exempt as "therapeutic use".
@@slushymatis There are many black tennis players that are more classier and more likeable than Serena and Venus e.g. Arthur Ashe and Althea Gibson
Hall of fame really. Great
honest question...is there a female tennis player that isn't a mental wreck? the female circuit has been a mess for almost 12 years now, Simona Halep is one of the few consistent players that owns her struggles.
why is England so obsessed on hating something or anything, everything is so toxic there.
well-said-well-done.-Simona--Wimbledon-champ
Tanton que le volaron a simona a ahi esta el resultado campeona. ❤
I suspected Halep would win.
I honestly gave an 80:20 chance in favor of Halep. Younger, fitter, more athletic and in better form. Serena is a legend but is presently an obese woman. No one who has been following tennis could have predicted Serena as the favorite.
No big deal.... she just destroyed an old dude who has stolen crowns to real girls. Shame on him.
Hello, Brad where are you???
Stop calling Serena the greatest of all time. Navratilova and Graf could still hold that title. I don't like Serena that much.
It's so easy, just read wikipedia and Margaret Court ! She is unique and was very very good in single, double and double mix ! In the tennis history there are only 2 players that reached the full package all the 4 GS in the same year at single, double and double mix and only one get this twoo times and this is Margaret Court ! Her % win/total matches is over 90 %, Graff has about 88 % and Williams about 85 %.
People keep calling Serena GOAT, totally forgetting how far from peak she's performing.
disappointed for serena doesent change the fact shes the greatest female athlete of all sports
but congratulations Simona well deserved
very debatable to be fair.
This reminded me of Rocky IV movie , though it wasn't so much of a struggle
Mental wreck??
Guys on what planet are you living?
So superficial...
Not her first major performance LOL
what about french open 2018
How ESPN UK went from ‘mental wreck’ commentaries to kissing the ass of the Wimbledon champion.
She is not going anywhere she could win more tournaments
She's going to sleep!
Sports are scripted , good story telling
Serena was tired because of her age that’s why she win ,what if it was a different player
talk more brad gilbert
By using love eggs
Just because she's great one day doesn't mean she's going to be great in her next match. All the women are struggling this year unlike the men who always seem to be very consistent. I never know why they bother to put these type articles on here.
Jason Goodall's voice doesn't match his face