ready [Applause] play Sean in the comments uh said that ranu has played three sets this month w i mean she has cuz I believe I believe by the time she was exiting out of Washington DC it was like July like the like the later days of July I think is there a reason she didn't play at Cincinnati or Montreal or Toronto ranking oh no it was yeah she would have to she would have had to play qualifying for both and I don't think either gave her a wild card and I don't think I think she made time to go back to the UK in between DC and um the US Open and I think one of the reason she didn't play qualifying is because she wanted time to go back to DC and the other time is she didn't want to like pick up a potential injury before the US Open and jeopardize that but you know that decision in hindsight probably uh that decision probably warranted the match result she got today especially that first set against Sophia Kennan she won she lost it 61 and I don't remember the last time Sophia can beat anybody 61 in a set so you know it's crazy how like lack of match play just between a month can uh really affect how you go out there and play yeah I think yeah I think for R I can respect that maybe she's trying to figure out how much her body can handle because of so many J from before but I think she's she she might be at a time that maybe she wants to amp up a bit and just play a couple more matches she should definitely Explore her options in this post US Open like this post EUR it's like European Asian but mostly Asian because of the WTA tour now fully going back to uh to China she should explore what her options look like to either get wild cards or to just flat out play some those 250s and 500 she definitely should I'm not saying she should go like pack up her bags and like find the airb and be in Asia and just be there for two months but if she wants to find out how far she can take her body as a professional tennis athlete she you just have to play there's no other way around it so uh more power to because I mean she showed glimpses of how good her game is in her loss in her loss against Sophia Kenan tonight but ultimately she still lost and that's that's not giving you momentum no yeah or confidence like she needs to start winning a couple to start feeling like she has that yeah honestly it would be nice for her to I don't think she's been in a in a final of any level since she won the US so it would be nice for her to just like prioritize getting to the F to the final of an event even if the event is like 125k like she should she should prioritize that I think yeah I feel like rukan winning at 125k would at least like give her something because she hasn't I don't think she's won a single title in any level since the US Open nope SW saying she isn't playing a 125 but I see that like that's that's kind of the point like the fact that swor and I'm sure other people feel confidently that she's not going to a 125 is kind of the problem I I forgot who was it that uh you know what I'll go with this because it gets poing into my head the likes of Vera Vana who made two grand slam finals in a season got to world number two when she came back to play tennis I mean hers was more of a maternity leave type of thing but she didn't stray away from like having to go down to 125 even some ITF tournaments to rebuild your ranking and rebuild your confidence on the court yeah and although vars Vana didn't actually win a major she was as close as you can possibly get to doing one that you that you can get so if she has that kind of resume world number two player two-time grand slam finalist if she can kind of bite the bullet to go play some Challengers I it's hard for me to to give a pass on Raku for not even entertaining the option I'm not saying career out of it but like one see how it feels two see how it feels you know yeah yeah I think just just getting a trophy in her hands should be enough to just say like okay I'm done here I'll I'll go back to trying to like take on the big guns now you know what's the biggest example of that the most famous example is Andre Agassi and he did it he played Challengers when they were super not luxury like oh yeah and he was he was a multiple time Grand Slam champion at that point he went back down to play Challengers to get his game together so if he can do that I don't see why Emma uh is above it so on the screen right now tweet uh from Jake Davis recall people talking about Emma physical issues being a huge determining Factor as to why everything had alter to level um it's valid but now you look at her game and it hasn't kicked on or kicked on or developed so many erors improve not enough standout strengths yeah she did look I can't say I wasn't impressed during the grasscourt season because coincidentally she had a win over Pula who's on our screen right now um at eastborn I believe and I think she got to the semis of C Nottingham maybe Nottingham she got to the semis something like that she put together a couple of good weeks in a row during the grasscourt season which it would make sense that she would do that because she's she's been very open about the fact that she likes to go back to the UK and train and what's in the UK grass courts so I don't know she's kind of still an enigma and I I'm not gonna say I won't take her seriously because we still have that factor of like she can just turn it on and we've seen what turning it on looks like it's looks like a US Open Champion but um I'd like to see her add a couple of more tournaments just because like there's no way around how to become a tennis champion or consistent tennis champion you have to play the matches and if she's not playing the matches then it will always be kind of fleeting with her if you enjoy this video make sure you hit that like button don't forget to subscribe and click that notification Bell so you don't miss out on all things tennis e