Week 20 - ITF ($50K+H) - Saint-Gaudens, France - Clay

steven · Tennis legend

Week 20 - ITF ($50K+H) - Saint-Gaudens, France - Clay

Peter too · Tennis legend

Jo plays her match on Monday, not before 1.30 local time - 12-30 UK time.

steven · Tennis legend

JoKo is *3-2 up (2 breaks to 1) in the 1st set.

steven · Tennis legend

JoKo took the 1st set 6-4

steven · Tennis legend

L32: (2) Johanna Konta WR 107 beat Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) WR 179 (= CH) by 4 & 3

JoKo will find out her R2 opponent tomorrow.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Looks as if JoKo might be gaining better from, last week and this showing a better level, so positive.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Did well after missing set point at 53* she saved two break points at *54

Slowly edging towards the top 100. Everything crossed she can go deep here

paulisi · Tennis legend

If Joko can play to her ranking, she should break into top 100 when the points go on.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Nik Slater and Karolina won thier first round doubles match 6-4 6-2

PaulM · Tennis legend

A long overdue and much needed win for Nik :)

Spectator · All-time great

Good to see that.

steven · Tennis legend

Johansson pulled out against Khazaniuk and JoKo ends up with an R2 match against the player she beat 2 & 1 in R1 in Cagnes-sur-Mer last week

L16: (2) Johanna Konta WR 107 v (LL) Myrtille Georges (FRA) WR 295 (CH 245 last May)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

steven wrote:
Johansson pulled out against Khazaniuk and JoKo ends up with an R2 match against the player she beat 2 & 1 in R1 in Cagnes-sur-Mer last week

L16: (2) Johanna Konta WR 107 v (LL) Myrtille Georges (FRA) WR 295 (CH 245 last May)

Now that's the gods smiling on Joko smile

murray_2k9 · Challenger qualifying

Am I right in thinking a SF or better would see JoKo break the top 100?

steven · Tennis legend

murray_2k9 wrote:
Am I right in thinking a SF or better would see JoKo break the top 100?

That's not an easy one to answer, though hopefully it will be a bit easier to answer later in the week.

JoKo has 578 points at the moment.

QF: 587

SF: 605

FI: 629

WIN: 669

In this week's list WR 100 has 609 points, so SFs wouldn't be enough on that basis.

The live rankings have the 'virtual' (i.e. in-running) no. 100 on 598 points though, so SFs would be enough as things stand. However, there are other players behind JoKo now who could end the week with more than 598 too (Heather being just one example!) - reaching the Final would see her overtake the current 'virtual' no. 99 (on 609 points) as well but not the no. 98 (on 632 points) and there is still more than one other player who could overtake her even if she reached the Final, but I'd be very surprised that wasn't enough to get her in.

Just one cautionary note - the live rankings are sometimes a bit out (for obvious reasons, they must be very hard to get completely accurate) - indeed they are even 1 out on JoKo's current points, but obviously it's not worth doing any more thorough checking unless Jo actually reaches the SF or Final.