I watched the first set last night and she is a shell of the player she was. Once every two games you saw a shot and some tenacity as she had a few years back. The remaining play was average and then some really terrible unforced errors. After 3-1 you could tell Halep sensed that Genie was defeated and checked out was and basically just took over.
So to hear her comment today on how close she thinks she is, is sad in terms of any hope of her as a competitor on her way back. It may be the positive reinforcement psychology at work, but she was clearly happy with a single win and anything else was going to be gravy.
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