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Is Heather down for Indian Wells qualifying ? I don't even know that her ranking was looking high enough at the relevant entry date.

I understood she was initially entered for a China 50K and the Preston 25K next week, both of which she has withdrawn from.

I suppose it's not impossible that she could get a WC for Indian Wells.

Anyway, good that it is presumably not a long lasting problem for Heather, and I just hope Jo can get through to the main draw now.

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Poor Hev - a photographer getting this close is just what you don't need when you're feeling this rough ...

pic.twitter.com/2OPBfyhnON

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QR1: (q9) Johanna Konta WR 119 beat Maryna Zanevska (UKR) WR 121 (CH 107 in Sep) by 0 & 1
QR1: Heather Watson WR 122 lost to Victoria Duval (USA) WR 144 (CH 143 in Jan) by 6-2 2-1 ret.

QR2: (q9) Johanna Konta WR 119 v Belinda Bencic (SUI) WR 146 (CH 139 earlier this month & junior no. 1)


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Bencic completed a 2½ hour set down comeback to beat Rogowska.

Dangerous, but JoKo, if playing well, has better weapons than Rogowska, and from what I've seen from Bencic, she can struggle still dealing with consistent power.
Hope the Konta FH is on tip top form!

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Johanna's match begins in a few minutes.

She should take heart today. Kurumi Nara, who Jo memorably beat to make 2012 USO, and against whom she has a 4-0 H2H, has today won the International level event in Rio de Janeiro.

Now, Nara has improved, no doubt, but I still believe that Joko is the better player.
If the Japanese lady can make such achievements, why not Jo?

I think that at some point, everything is just going to 'click' with her and she'll power on from there towards reaching her potential. Just cracking the top 100 for the first time might be the trigger and impetus, as it has recently for several players that Jo was on the scene coming through with: Glushko, Zhang, Riske, Nara, Pereira, Ormaechea

It seems often times harder to escape the gravity of the black hole between 125 & 100 then it does to then move from 100 to about 60 in the rankings.

May it continue today. Good luck Jo.

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Johanna 1-0*

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Bencic broke first, in game 7, but JoKo broke straight back and has been holding serve more convincingly. She also had at least 1 set point in the 10th game but Bencic hold on and is now serving to stay in the set again.

6-5*

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And Jo wraps up the first set by 7-5. smile



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This time she does break (to 15) for the set 7-5

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Like that; tough fought set, Jo came through strongly.
Another like that would go down a treat.

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Joko recovers a break to level set 2 at *4-4

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But, from *30-0 loses 4 straight points,including a DF, and is broken again
4-5*

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Bencic serves out, and we'll have an anxious forty minutes or so more to endure.
7-5 4-6

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Match Suspended - Heat!

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I can't see a forecast that shows it that hot in Acapulco, ~30°C is the average.
Could just be the 10 minute break before the 3rd set being enforced.

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