Her opportunity disintegrated along with the tournament (and tour schedule) so Leitmeritz adapted quickly with only a couple days of player access in the desert.
"In a way it was good because [the players] had more time," she said. "Racquet magazine had a house in Palm Springs about 30 minutes from the site. Thanks to the WTA, a few players came through and it was a beautiful collaboration."
It was only a tiny fraction of the vision Leitmeritz and the WTA had in store, but she hopes to continue it once the tour returns.
“These images are pretty and the players look beautiful, but there isn’t the tournament emotion in it. There’s not the tension before or the sadness after a lost match," Leitmeritz said. “The idea was doing this at all other tournaments, at the French Open, maybe Wimbledon. It was the first time for our collaboration so I didn’t know what was going to happen. I was literary jumping into cold water and I loved it!”
The concept Leitmeritz had in mind didn't come to fruition, but the images players have shared on social media plus all of her published work in Racquet offer a glimpse into what can be expected from her in the future.