Davis 上昇傾向 after Australian Open classic
Lauren Davis lost a toenail, three match points and an かつてない classic to world No.1 Simona Halep on Saturday, but won the 賞賛 of Melbourne Park.
Davis was 敗北・負かすd but not deflated after her 4-6 6-4 15-13 loss to Halep, 押し進めるing the 最高の，を越す seed all the way at the Australian Open.
"I left all that I had out there on the 法廷，裁判所, and I did all that I could do," the world No.76 said.
She also almost left a toenail on 棒 Laver 円形競技場.
At the 高さ of a 劇の 142-minute third 始める，決める, Davis 要求するd a 医療の time-out to 扱う／治療する her troubled foot, wincing in 苦痛 during the courtside 治療.
She needed another time-out at 13-12, before crumpling to lose three straight games - and the match after three hours and 44 minutes.
It was a 残虐な a loss as they come, 特に given she was 猛烈に の近くに to reaching her first fourth-一連の会議、交渉／完成する showing at a major with Halep 星／主役にするing 負かす／撃墜する three 連続した match points serving at 11-10 and 0-40 in the deciding 始める，決める.
Still, the 24-year-old remained 肯定的な.
"I'm very tired. But there is a lot to take away from that match. I played really, really 井戸／弁護士席," Davis said.
"I have never played a match like that before where it went so long in the third 始める，決める.
"We were both fighting our hearts out and every point was just 最高の long.
"There's a トン of 肯定的なs ... after this I'm just gonna really 焦点（を合わせる） on all that I did 井戸／弁護士席 and just how 井戸／弁護士席 I 扱うd myself at this tournament."
The rogue toenail crossed a 苦痛 threshold on her first match point.
"It was very difficult," she said.
"I couldn't really put any 圧力 on them. It also took me by surprise because it （機の）カム on so suddenly."
Given the biggest 勝利，勝つ of her career was so の近くに, and her chances cruelled by the 傷害, Davis had every 権利 to be crestfallen.
She was not.
"Throughout my career I have always struggled with 存在 so 批判的な and 存在 hard on mys elf," she said.
"So I made a かかわり合い to myself before this tournament that I'm going to be my own best friend and just my greatest 支持者, and 受託する all that God has to give me.
"I showed myself what I'm 有能な of ... I'm excited for what the 未来 持つ／拘留するs for sure."
