Lucic-Baroni has strapping on her left thigh and calf,maybe she had to have a restrapping,she has a love hold.Lucic Baroni breaks Pliskova to love and will serve for the match 5-4.
did you all know the ''back -story" of mirjana -- apart from the well-known one of her abusive dad (to the whole family - they said) - and of course her falling off the tour and that sh'es a married woman now making some comeback?
it is this:
back when she was in those times with the dad -- and that very time she first made a splash in this AO --
there was this top player - who told some people
"she's such a talented player - she could be among the best ".
tht was steffi graf.
then shortly it became known - that father abusing..
in some way -- graf was able to contact mirjana - maybe through intermediary..since it was becoming evident that mirjana probably wanted to run away ...
graf was the one that offered to have them fly and bought them - she , her mom, sisters -- plane tickets -- and have things somehow arranged for them to finally escape .
the main thing being simply to NOT be beaten up - whatever else happens or their decisions in their lives.
that's how they originally landed in florida.
and years ago when we began to see mirjana trying to make a come-back again -- it was also graf that encouraged her - getting her to hit together...that kind of thing, just basically BE IN the playing mode.
nice, huh?
in those years when it was more known that graf had done some of those things she was asked by a writer...
where graf was also partly responsible for getting jennifer capriati BACK to the game (and still to win her AO and FO, mind you) ..
''why would you do those things? go out of your way?"
and steffi answered:
"with those that are so alone -- i just coulndt help but try and do something".
