Week 17 - WTA Premier ($710K) - Stuttgart, Germany Clay

Peter too · Tennis legend

RE: Week 17 - WTA Premier ($710K) - Stuttgart, Germany Clay

Peter too · Tennis legend

Anna *0-15, 0-30, 15-30, 30-30, 40-30, 40-40, A-40
Jo *1-4

Peter too · Tennis legend

The good news is that Anna is only getting 40% of her 1st serves in this set, the bad news is that she is winning 62% on 1st serve and 66% on 2nd serve.

Peter too · Tennis legend

Jo *0-15, 15-15, 30-15, 40-15
Jo 2-4*

Come on Jo! Now would be a very good time to break.

Peter too · Tennis legend

Anna *15-0, 15-15, 15-30, 30-30, 30-40, Jo breaks back!!!

Jo *3-4

Peter too · Tennis legend

Jo *15-0, 30-0, 40-0, 40-15
Jo 4-4*

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Back on serve 4 - 4*

-- Edited by Julia Carrot on Sunday 20th of April 2014 05:59:17 PM

Peter too · Tennis legend

Anna *0-15, 15-15, 15-30, 30-30, 30-40, Jo breaks again and now serves for the match!!

Jo *5-4

Peter too · Tennis legend

Jo *15-0, 30-0, 30-15, 40-15

Q2: KONTA, Johanna (GBR) 8 117 beat ZAJA, Anna (GER) WC 345 6-7(4) 6-2 6-4

steven · Tennis legend

That was exciting / nerve-wracking to follow!

FQR: (q8) Johanna Konta WR 117 v Gioia Barbieri (ITA) WR 221 (CH 216 earlier this month)

H2H 0-1 - Barbieri (who upset top Q seed Pironkova today) beat JoKo 4 & 5 in juniors in Salsomaggiore way back in 2007

Peter too · Tennis legend

3rd set
Aces A 1 J 3
DFs A 0 J 0
% 1st serve in A 43 J 53
% 1st serve win A 42 J 71
2nd serve win A 61 J 66
Break Pts. A 2 J 2
Total Pts. A 25/58 J 33/58

Match:-
Aces A 6 J 5
DFs A 3 J 4
% 1st serve in A 65 J 66
% 1st serve won A 66 J 75
% 2nd serve won A 51 J 54
Break Pts. A 5 J 9
Total pts. A 91/194 J 103/194

paulisi · Tennis legend

I called Barbieri to win through to play Joko and I'll predict that she will beat Joko.

I saw her defeat Jade at Preston and she beat her very comfortably and looked a natural clay court player, very good defensively and has a good all round game.

-- Edited by paulisi on Sunday 20th of April 2014 07:03:56 PM

PaulM · Tennis legend

Good job to grind that out Jo.

PockyTastic · Futures level

paulisi wrote:
I called Barbieri to win through to play Joko and I'll predict that she will beat Joko.

I saw her defeat Jade at Preston and she beat her very comfortably and looked a natural clay court player, very good defensively and has a good all round game.

-- Edited by paulisi on Sunday 20th of April 2014 07:03:56 PM

I read your prediction and checked her results and was not sure why you were so confident then saw that she had taken the 1st set against Pironkova 6-1 and thought you must be psychic smile

Peter too · Tennis legend

It was a long match 2 hrs 22 mins in all, so Jo must have been pretty fit to pull through against such a tough opponent.