Week 31 - ITF ($100K) - Vancouver, Canada - Hard

steven · Tennis legend

RE: Week 31 - ITF ($100K) - Vancouver, Canada - Hard

WD40 · Club Coach

paulisi wrote:
I thought the first six or seven games were really poor. Joko hardly won a point on serve and her forehand was all over the place, but big improvement towards the end of the set.

I agree Jo is not playing great tennis but she seems to be doing enough to win this.

steven · Tennis legend

7-6(1) *4-0

thejester · Satellite level

Good of JoKo to race through this set and keep Evo's match to a reasonable time for us UK viewers!

TomTraubert · Futures level

other sf is going the distance with home fave fichman taking 2nd set
hope its 24-22 in a tb

TomTraubert · Futures level

super impressed tough grind hard match tennis
3 seeds down no sets dropped
just one set lost in 2 weeks
covered the uso points from last year and more in the 2 tournies

top job joko!!!

paulisi · Tennis legend

Easy in the end, her opponent made error after error and Joko cut out her errors.

steven · Tennis legend

SF: KONTA, Johanna (GBR) 147 beat NARA, Kurumi (JPN) 5 110 (CH=101 in 2010) by 7-6(1) 6-0 biggrin

... Jo is 8-2 in ITF singles finals, but this will be the biggest one of her career so far.

WD40 · Club Coach

Very well done Jo...............that win should just about ensure that Jo will be ranked in the top 150 no matter what happens at the USO..........of course I would like to see her progress even further into the top 100 smile

Peter too · Tennis legend

In the 2nd set Jo started to put more and more pressure on Nara, hitting winners or near winners. Nara's consistency broke down under the increased pressure.

steven · Tennis legend

Peter too wrote:
SF: KONTA, Johanna (GBR) 147 beat NARA, Kurumi (JPN) 5 110 7-6(1) 6-0

F: KONTA, Johanna (GBR) 147 v FICHMAN, Sharon (CAN) 7 119 (CH= 105 in June 2013)

So, the 2009 Waterloo winner takes on the 2011 & 2012 Waterloo winner! wink It is JoKo's 1st 100K singles final, Fichman's 2nd. JoKo is 8-2 in ITF singles finals overall, Fichman 8-11.

paulisi · Tennis legend

OOP suggest Joko starts around 1.30pm with Dan following.

8hr time difference suggests 9.30pm start

TomTraubert · Futures level

both unseeded brits take down 3 seeds and end up playing final vs a seeded home player
just get the same big W to finish off now!!!
crowds will be against them natch
Jokos task slightly less hard i think of the two
good week for fans here no matter what though!!!!

philwrig · Hall of fame

Jo impressive but I know her game really causes problems for Nara, and couldn't believe the bookies were making her the underdog.
Fichman has no big weapons but is a wall, so Jo will have to play well to beat her, and of course the crowd will be against her.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

philwrig wrote:
Jo impressive but I know her game really causes problems for Nara, and couldn't believe the bookies were making her the underdog.
Fichman has no big weapons but is a wall, so Jo will have to play well to beat her, and of course the crowd will be against her.

Or as Serena's new French coach would have put it (and Serena said it made all the difference):

the crowd will not be AGAINST Joko, they will be FOR Sharon