Karen Barton
Banned
This is not the match I saw. Chen out played Kelly not letting her to the table. Kelly felt the pressure. Just sour grapes on your part. Johnnyt
Hardly. Kelly came to the table many times facing a shot with very little chance of a good outcome due to a good roll on Si Ming's part.
Kelly actually made four critical mistakes that cost her four of nine games. She missed two shots, she missed one safety leaving an easy shot and in the final game she hooked herself.
Chen played great but the score does not show that Kelly gave away four games with uncharacteristic misses. Nor does it show that Chen got lucky to leave Kelly in awkward positions several times.
Kelly did not get outplayed. She gave away the match by spotting Chen four games in a race to nine. If Kelly gets those games back then it's a different match. Kelly also scratched on the break once.
And certainly Kelly felt pressure. Who wouldn't feel pressure in the finals of a major professional event? Kelly ran out the rack in the first game. Chen missed an easy nine ball in the second game after all. Then she got a fortunate roll after that miss to leave Kelly a moderately difficult reverse cut which Kelly bobbled in the corner. And that set the tempo for the rest of the match.
Chen Si Ming is a world class player. She is super strong. But to be fair Kelly Fisher didn't show up. Chen didn't run out the set or anything she merely took the gifts Kelly gave and didn't give them back.