When you're a kid, you have so much energy. You recover fast. When you're a child, so many things come a lot easier to you. You also have fun. You were left to wonder if it was not time for her to follow Capriati again, this time down the wild and wandering path that might leave her lost for a while, but one day lead back to her true self.
Youth is hallowed in tennis, but youthfulness an inconvenience.
Yesterday's final was the tale of two youthhoods, one lived late, but lived nonetheless, the other barely lived at all. It is yet to play out to its conclusion. In tennis, fairytale endings do not always come at the end. The Age Company Ltd 2001. Any unauthorised use, copying or mirroring is prohibited.