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Message: [QUOTE="CamrnCrz1974, post: 4053019, member: 1052"] I think we all can agree Fernandez had the far more difficult road to the US Open Final, in terms of seeded opponents and amount of tennis played. [U]Fernandez: Road to the US Open Final[/U] [LIST] [*]3R: (3) Naomi Osaka [*]4R: (16) Angelique Kerber [*]QF: (5) Elina Svitolina [*]SF: (2) Aryna Sabalenka [/LIST] All four matches went three sets. [U]Raducanu: Road to the US Open Final[/U] [LIST] [*]3R: Sara Sorribes Tormo [*]4E: Shelby Rogers [*]QF: (11) Belinda Bencic [*]SF: (17) Maria Sakkari [/LIST] All four matches were straight set victories. Rogers had defeated #1 Ashleigh Barty. Sakkari had defeated three top ten seeds (#10 Kvitova, #6 Andreescu, and #4 Pliskova) en route to the semifinal matchup with Raducanu. Not taking anything away from Raducanu's amazing and historic victory -- first British woman to win a GS since 1977, first player (male or female) to win the US Open as a qualifier -- but in terms of the number of seeds and quality of opposition faced on the way to the US Open Final, Fernandez had a much tougher road. It might not have changed the result, but it is something to be considered. As an aside, Raducanu is arguably the most famous "Emma" right now in British pop culture, surpassing Emma Watson for the time being. ;-) [/QUOTE]