Week 18 - WTA $235K - Oeiras, Portugal Clay

korriban · Challenger level

RE: Week 18 - WTA $235K - Oeiras, Portugal Clay

DF · Tennis legend

Only went to see how the food was cooking and to get a slurp of the wine----and it is back all square!

Priesty · Challenger level

JoKo was 2-4 down but has just broken back! 3*-4 ...

indiana · Tennis legend

Oh we are going back now to the Fed Cup, hmm.

With the form and fitness issues, all I for one ever thought was it was not a straightforward choice though I could certainly see arguements for picking Bally based on known info and given we didn't know quite a lot. My issues were with the statements that selecting Bally was absurd.

Maube Jo would have got the job done, maybe she wouldn't of, and I actually don't recall much suggestion that she would have been a bad pick.

I don't see what it really does a week later to say...oh look !

Just good to see Jo in seemingly better form, especially coming out of the Fed Cup.

C'mon Jo !

steven · Tennis legend

Jo has lost the last 6 third sets she has played so it was always going to be tough to close out this one against a top 100 player. 52 points played in the first 5 games of the final set with Jo saving 5 bps before she was broken but Putintseva then made it 4 games in a row to go from 0-2 to 4-2 in the 3rd. Jo didn't give up though and has now got it back to 4-4*

DF · Tennis legend

5 - 4 and serving for the match

DF · Tennis legend

5 - 5
Back even.
Seems to be playing better than she did at the Fed Cup
Come on Johanna !!

DF · Tennis legend

Serving for the match again at 6 - 5

Peter too · Tennis legend

6-5 and another chance to serve for the match

steven · Tennis legend

Come on Jo!! This must be some match to watch.

steven · Tennis legend

YES!!!!!!!!! biggrin

DF · Tennis legend

Hurrah! 7 - 5 biggrin biggrin

indiana · Tennis legend

YES !!

Very good to see, well done Jo.

korriban · Challenger level

Great match Jo!!! Great win, especially from 1 set down. 2 hours and 54 minutes, so that last set must have been very hard work. Impressive. Most impressive.

Must be chances against Foretz, then a clay court specialist in the FQR.

steven · Tennis legend

Neogenic on Twitter is saying this is JoKo's 5th top 100 scalp but the first time she has beaten a top 100 opponent on the devil dust. I haven't checked yet, but no particular reason to doubt them.