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steven


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QR1: (q22) Anne Keothavong WR 142 v Grace Min (USA) WR 178

2nd on Court 5 after 23.00 GMT, so probably around 00.30 GMT

The other seed in Anne's section is (q4) Tatjana Malek (GER) WR 115 (CH 64 in 2009), whom she beat in Ismaning in 2011, having lost to her 5 years earlier.


QR1: Johanna Konta WR 153 v Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) WR 179

1st on Court 14 at 23.00 GMT

Sevastova hit a career high of 36 after reaching R4 of the Australian Open two years ago (with Wickmayer her main scalp) - that was her best run at a slam. The seeds in JoKo's section are (q11) Birnerova and (q24) Bouchard.



-- Edited by steven on Wednesday 9th of January 2013 06:21:51 AM

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Yeah I suppose she has a few American youngsters in her section but I still believe she can do if she plays well but I don't know with Anne she's pretty unpredictable!



-- Edited by jake270392 on Wednesday 9th of January 2013 10:16:53 AM

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Excellent draws for both.

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I think they both have great draws too but I would say that if Sevastova is back in form, she isn't the best 1st round draw I would have liked for Jo.

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I think Anne's section is pretty tough actually!

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Tough tough draw for JoKo in R1, Sevastova just qualified for Sydney last week including a win over Davis a QFist in Hobart this week, former top 50 player and only young so whatever the reason for her drop down the rankings she certainly looks that she's on her way back into the top 100 now. After that not too bad Bouchard is struggling at the moment.

Min could be tricky for Anne as well so lets just keep our fingers crossed.

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Good start for Jo.

She breaks in the 3rd game for a 2-1 lead.

Now 3-1

 

Sevastova holds to 0  *3-2 



-- Edited by Reeltime on Wednesday 9th of January 2013 11:35:41 PM

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Response in kind. Love hold for Jo 4-2*

Think that was a hold to 15 for Sevastova.  I'm watching Sally Peers getting taught a lesson by Mitu.  *4-3 

Simple hold to 30 for Jo 5-3*

Jo gets to 15-40 for 2 set points. 1st one saved, 2nd one taken   6-3!!!

 

!st set in the bag 




-- Edited by Reeltime on Wednesday 9th of January 2013 11:49:12 PM

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Phil, it looks like she didn't play between oct 2011 (retired aganist Georges) until April last year, then spent a few months playing 25/50ks on clay. From that, it looks like an injury issue.

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2nd set Joko Match:


Hold to 30 1-0*

Couple of break points for Jo, both saved. *1-1 

Bit of a scare at 15-30 but Jo holds (shes working better than Slamtracker at the moment) 2-1* 



-- Edited by Reeltime on Wednesday 9th of January 2013 11:57:05 PM



-- Edited by Reeltime on Thursday 10th of January 2013 12:03:58 AM

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Reeltime wrote:

Phil, it looks like she didn't play between oct 2011 (retired aganist Georges) until April last year, then spent a few months playing 25/50ks on clay. From that, it looks like an injury issue.

 Thanks for that, she was a very promising young player. Her form last week suggests she is close to her best form which will be a big problem for Jo.



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Bookies Odds forecast two tight losses for our girls:

Annie is 5/4 and JoKo 13/8.

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Bit of a struggle again for Jo on her own serve, but she holds to lead 3-2

2 break points for Jo. 1st saved, 2nd saved. Damn.  Deuce Ad Sev Deuce2 AdJo Deuce3 AdSev Deuce4 AdJo Deuce5 AdSev GameSev.  *3-3  Well that was epic...

Jo now 2/11 on break points,  she hasnt given her opponent one yet

0-15 15-15 15-30 15-40 (shouldve kept my mouth shut!) 30-40 deuce (phew!) AdJo Hold!  4-3*

Now would be a good time to break!

Or not. Hold to love for Sevastova.  *4-4

15-15 30-15 missd it but Jo holds 5-4*

0-15 15-15 30-15 40-15 game  *5-5

15-0 15-15 15-30 15-40 (eek) 30 40 Damn! Sevastova break 5-6* 

15-0 30-0 30-15 30-30 40-30(set point) deuce! Adsev Deuce2 AdJo BREAK! 6-6 tiebreak 



-- Edited by Reeltime on Thursday 10th of January 2013 12:46:59 AM

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philwrig wrote:

Bookies Odds forecast two tight losses for our girls:

Annie is 5/4 and JoKo 13/8.

 A rare occasion where bookies odds for the British girls are a bit longer than I was expecting.

 

I'm going to predict one win and one defeat, but not go so far as to guess which way round.



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Broken
Sevastova serving for the second set 5 - 6*

 

(sorry Reeltime.  Hadn't spotted you were adding to your post)

 

Lets hope she can break back NOW



-- Edited by Julia Carrot on Thursday 10th of January 2013 12:43:07 AM

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