Vika has a few maturation issues to work on. Early in Friday's second set, she got her panties in a bunch at umpire Louise Engzell over a bad line call, then went all paranoid.
"Why should I f_ckin' try...?" She asked coach Antonio Van Grichen during a break. (Yeah, they didn't edit that, even on the replay.
lol)
"No," Van Grichen said. "No one is trying to do anything to you. Just leave that thing alone and work on the things you need to..."
But she couldn't let it go--she checked out mentally and even when Kuzi's forehand stiffened up, Vika didn't even try to take advantage when she was only down 4-5. She just wanted to get off the court.
She was about to cry over it in the press conference.
Still pretty young--she'll get past that stuff. I'm just surprised it ate her lunch so bad. [^o)]
"That's the way the world works... right now." --Maria Sharapova at 17