Johanna Konta

TTMan · Intermediate Club Player

RE: Johanna Konta

TTMan · Intermediate Club Player

TTMan wrote:
ROSAMUND wrote:
Jo would struggle to find any tournaments to play in. Article in todays Daily Telegraph points out that of 18 WTA tournaments between October and December 14 have been cancelled and only 3 definitely going ahead. With the current 2 year ranking system Jo is currently ranked 13 compared with 12 a year ago. Problem will arise when 2019 Italian and French results drop off. For the rest of the year you'ii just have to read Jo's postings on her cooking or her dogs. She tends to do a press conference just before Christmas.
# Who Let the Dogs Out # ?! (didn't take long)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CGhpmjvnNlp/

-- Edited by TTMan on Monday 19th of October 2020 05:49:07 PM

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

TTMan wrote:
ROSAMUND wrote:
Jo would struggle to find any tournaments to play in. Article in todays Daily Telegraph points out that of 18 WTA tournaments between October and December 14 have been cancelled and only 3 definitely going ahead. With the current 2 year ranking system Jo is currently ranked 13 compared with 12 a year ago. Problem will arise when 2019 Italian and French results drop off. For the rest of the year you'ii just have to read Jo's postings on her cooking or her dogs. She tends to do a press conference just before Christmas.
Yes, it's very frustrating. I've been searching Amazon for replays of Jo's matches. All I could find was Begu and Azarenka and nothing before covid. Similar story on Eurosport: Stephens (2019 RG), Jabeur and Gauf. So just 1 of Jo's 2020 victories.
Amazon seem to have oodles of individual ATP match replays but just their main coverage on the final 2 days for WTA tournaments. My WTA TV subscription was axed because Amazon has exclusive UK rights but I'm convinced Amazon is not as comprehensive.
Eurosport have some tasty matches (eg Jo v Muguruza 2019 AO) but they are "unavailable in our region"?!!

Yeah, I was searching for a match on Amazon the other day but couldn't find it, so perhaps their archive isn't as good as it could be, however, I much prefer Amazon to WTA TV generally. It actually works out a bit cheaper, you get all the other benefits of prime (inc ATP and PL matches), can watch it on the TV. I can't even remember if WTA even had an app, but you couldn't really pause or rewind. If you did pause it, when you pressed play, it went back to live, so it was pretty pointless. I just got WTA TV at the back end of 2019 for a couple of months for the Asian events which started at like 3/4/5am over here, and some of the matches I was still waiting for them to upload well into the evening, whereas Amazon at least initially get them up almost straight after they have finished.

ROSAMUND · Futures level

TTMan wrote:
TTMan wrote:
ROSAMUND wrote:
Jo would struggle to find any tournaments to play in. Article in todays Daily Telegraph points out that of 18 WTA tournaments between October and December 14 have been cancelled and only 3 definitely going ahead. With the current 2 year ranking system Jo is currently ranked 13 compared with 12 a year ago. Problem will arise when 2019 Italian and French results drop off. For the rest of the year you'ii just have to read Jo's postings on her cooking or her dogs. She tends to do a press conference just before Christmas.
# Who Let the Dogs Out # ?! (didn't take long)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CGhpmjvnNlp/
That was Mondays Dogs posting. There had also been postings on twitter on Sunday of Gizmo. I've read on tennis forum that if players are going to Australia then they'll have travel there between 14th and 17th December in order to fulfil quarantine regulations. On that basis any press conference will be earlier than the one last year which was 19th December. That was the one which revealed the seriousness of her knee problem.

-- Edited by TTMan on Monday 19th of October 2020 05:49:07 PM

TTMan · Intermediate Club Player

Ace Ventura wrote:
TTMan wrote:
ROSAMUND wrote:
Jo would struggle to find any tournaments to play in. Article in todays Daily Telegraph points out that of 18 WTA tournaments between October and December 14 have been cancelled and only 3 definitely going ahead. With the current 2 year ranking system Jo is currently ranked 13 compared with 12 a year ago. Problem will arise when 2019 Italian and French results drop off. For the rest of the year you'ii just have to read Jo's postings on her cooking or her dogs. She tends to do a press conference just before Christmas.
Yes, it's very frustrating. I've been searching Amazon for replays of Jo's matches. All I could find was Begu and Azarenka and nothing before covid. Similar story on Eurosport: Stephens (2019 RG), Jabeur and Gauf. So just 1 of Jo's 2020 victories.
Amazon seem to have oodles of individual ATP match replays but just their main coverage on the final 2 days for WTA tournaments. My WTA TV subscription was axed because Amazon has exclusive UK rights but I'm convinced Amazon is not as comprehensive.
Eurosport have some tasty matches (eg Jo v Muguruza 2019 AO) but they are "unavailable in our region"?!!
Yeah, I was searching for a match on Amazon the other day but couldn't find it, so perhaps their archive isn't as good as it could be, however, I much prefer Amazon to WTA TV generally. It actually works out a bit cheaper, you get all the other benefits of prime (inc ATP and PL matches), can watch it on the TV. I can't even remember if WTA even had an app, but you couldn't really pause or rewind. If you did pause it, when you pressed play, it went back to live, so it was pretty pointless. I just got WTA TV at the back end of 2019 for a couple of months for the Asian events which started at like 3/4/5am over here, and some of the matches I was still waiting for them to upload well into the evening, whereas Amazon at least initially get them up almost straight after they have finished.

I didn't have the problems with WTA TV you experienced. I watched on a (Win10) laptop from the Chrome browser. I could Chromecast to my TV or watch via HDMI cable. WTA had a live stream for each court which you could scroll through via a slider control. Match replays and highlights appeared after the live stream closed but not as promptly as Amazon (Amazon haven't always been so prompt). I recall on WTA the replays disappeared c. 3 days after the event, however, they did have an extensive archive section with FMR and highlights. WTA video was a bit jerky though. I got it to supplement BT's mostly single channel coverage and minimal on demand replays.

When WTA TV blocked my account I was assured in writing that Amazon would provide the same coverage but Amazon's archives don't seem to be as comprehensive. Perhaps the same is now true on WTA but I can't even get into the listings to check. I notice that Amazon often take the WTA commentary, which has less UK bias (which I like). I agree, though, Amazon is generally very good value... for now?

My main point though, is there must be thousands of archive match videos out there and thousands of fans wanting to view them. Where do they all go? Who owns the copyright and why aren't they more available? Some crop up on YouTube but why not more? I would pay a reasonable subscription for the option.

TTMan · Intermediate Club Player

ROSAMUND wrote:
TTMan wrote:
# Who Let the Dogs Out # ?! (didn't take long)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CGhpmjvnNlp/
That was Mondays Dogs posting. There had also been postings on twitter on Sunday of Gizmo. I've read on tennis forum that if players are going to Australia then they'll have travel there between 14th and 17th December in order to fulfil quarantine regulations. On that basis any press conference will be earlier than the one last year which was 19th December. That was the one which revealed the seriousness of her knee problem.

Last I read, AO were still trying to get exemptions as per US and RG "bubbles" and considering moving all the run up events to Melbourne. In March, F1 are planning a Grand Prix in Melbourne with limited spectators, which has been confirmed by the organisers but is not yet on the official calendar. F1 is not feasible without exemptions for the drivers and teams.
Jo, of course, has an Australian passport so don't know what difference that makes? Judging by her social media, she usually visits her sister and nephews in Sydney, whilst down there but that would be outside of the bubble so would incur a quarantine at some point.
I monitor all sorts of news stories, tennis and otherwise (including Jo's) on the NewsNow website (it lists a good selection of global, UK and specialist media). It's horribly heavy with ads though... makes my phone red hot, so I don't linger!

flamingowings · All-time great

Jo's latest podcast is with Sue Barker: twitter.com/JohannaKonta/status/1329490872111669249

ROSAMUND · Futures level

flamingowings wrote:
Jo's latest podcast is with Sue Barker: twitter.com/JohannaKonta/status/1329490872111669249

Jo's latest podcast with Sue was recorded back in the summer and was released back in summer. . According to her recent social media accounts Jo was asking for suggestions for future podcasts. Most recently Jo has been commenting on the difficulties of playing in Australia with their quarantine regulations. An ongoing problem for tennis as a sport.

ROSAMUND · Futures level

Reported by the PA news agency that Jo is working with Dimitri Zavialoff again.

LordBrownof · Futures level

Confirmed by Russell Fuller. Good news!

twitter.com/russellcfuller/status/1331203198523158534

TTMan · Intermediate Club Player

Excellent news. I can visualise Jo's smile!

TTMan · Intermediate Club Player

Just picked up on Dan Kiernan's "Control the Controllables" podcasts on Spotify, thanks to Anne Keothavong. His extensive choice of guests and their openness make these a very good listen. Still working my way through the 70 odd! episodes but Annie's and Heather's are excellent.

August guest Michael Joyce explicitly mentions Jo twice but you sense her in some of his other responses. He talks about changes in the women's tour and differences with the men and in the context of the coaching carousel, mentions that Jo was "not a good fit", longer term relationships suiting his style better. He confirms that what the British press say about Jo IS an added pressure for her and implies our press has a bad reputation [good man]. Joyce seems a likeable guy but possibly too laid back for Jo at her career stage.

ROSAMUND · Futures level

TTMan wrote:
Just picked up on Dan Kiernan's "Control the Controllables" podcasts on Spotify, thanks to Anne Keothavong. His extensive choice of guests and their openness make these a very good listen. Still working my way through the 70 odd! episodes but Annie's and Heather's are excellent.

August guest Michael Joyce explicitly mentions Jo twice but you sense her in some of his other responses. He talks about changes in the women's tour and differences with the men and in the context of the coaching carousel, mentions that Jo was "not a good fit", longer term relationships suiting his style better. He confirms that what the British press say about Jo IS an added pressure for her and implies our press has a bad reputation [good man]. Joyce seems a likeable guy but possibly too laid back for Jo at her career stage.

Yes I think it was recognised when they split up that Mike Joyce was not a good fit. Around that time Jo also changed agents. Over the years I think the best coaches for Jo have been Esteban Carril and Dmitri Zavialoff. Listening to the podcasts you'll be able to see if there are any other observatiins about Jo.

TTMan · Intermediate Club Player

The top British women's player, unfairly publicly mocked at home for being an outsider and more interested in her dogs than her tennis, has jointly received the 2020 WTA Player Service Award along with her colleagues on the WTA Player's Council. The award, voted on by her (global) peers, recognizes the work done to support fellow players as well as wider WTA initiatives, in particular for "...discussing proposals and obtaining feedback to help the Tour return safely and successfully... with a dedicated commitment to fellow players".

https://www.wtatennis.com/news/1930120/2020-wta-player-and-coach-awards-revealed

Jo has been voted on to the WTA Players Council by her peers for several years now and also appears in the WTA relaunch video. Well done Jo.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

that is great to hear and definitely well done!

We have our player of the season vote next week on here TTMan, and Jo is one of the players up for that vote - there are a long list and it will be very competitive - but I would hope you will take part and give your vote to the most deserving!