"I can tell you that 15 journalists piled into Sorana Cirstea's press conference after her three-set loss to Naomi Osaka, which featured some celebration etiquette-related beef and a particularly salty handshake. I can tell you that Cirstea downplayed the exchange. After the third straight question about it, her eyes widened, her voice heightened, and she said "is this the big thing that happened tonight?!""
"I can tell you my most surreal moment of the tournament: A fan asked Observer writer George Simms to take a picture of him during the second-round match between Daniil Medvedev and Jesper de Jong when Simms was working in the media section; Simms gamely obliged, only for the fan to critique the way he cropped the picture, on and off."
Fifteen journalists crowded Sorana Cirstea's press conference after her three-set loss to Naomi Osaka, which featured celebration etiquette tension and a notably salty handshake; Cirstea downplayed the exchange before reacting sharply to repeated questions. Carlos Alcaraz raised his arms in semifinal-grade celebration after easy early-round wins, prompting surprise. A fan asked George Simms to take a photo during Medvedev–de Jong while he was in the media section, then critiqued the cropping for minutes. Maria Sakkari produced an epic slice return winner. Shake Shack milkshakes at the event were smaller and more expensive than U.S. servings. Coverage duties reduced actual match viewing, and match quality felt underwhelming yet enthralling.
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