JoKo 3rd and Naomi 5th on Court 1 - first match at 8am BST

Joko underway and a break down.

Jo lost the first set 6-3

She took an injury break between sets.

Was holding serve pretty comfortably in the second but doing nothing on return other than one game where she had a break point at 3-2*.

Missed a game point at *5-5. Saved one break point, lost the next and retired.

Really odd. Still struggling with the wrist?

AliBlahBlah wrote:

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Naomi starting imminently - chance to be GB No. 2 with a few wins.

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 I was just looking at that. If Naomi qualifies she will get 18 points, net gain of 10 which would put her one point behind Jo-Ko. So she would have to win the first round proper as well, but unless she wins 5 matches then it is likely she would be only be GB no. 2 for 1 week as she will start losing lots of points from her 2 Lagos tournaments last year.

 

 

-- Edited by Sim on Saturday 11th of October 2014 03:30:33 PM

Sim wrote:

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AliBlahBlah wrote:

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Naomi starting imminently - chance to be GB No. 2 with a few wins.

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 I was just looking at that. If Naomi qualifies she will get 18 points, net gain of 10 which would put her one point behind Jo-Ko. So she would have to win the first round proper as well, but unless she wins 5 matches then it is likely she would be only be GB no. 2 for 1 week as she will start losing lots of points from her 2 Lagos tournaments last year.

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Thanks for the detail   I admit I hadn't looked in to it very closely,just saw that it was a possibility.

Naomi has won the first set, 6-3 2-2*

korriban wrote:

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PaulM wrote:

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She took an injury break between sets.

Was holding serve pretty comfortably in the second but doing nothing on return other than one game where she had a break point at 3-2*.

Missed a game point at *5-5. Saved one break point, lost the next and retired.

Really odd. Still struggling with the wrist?

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 Possibly struggling with the wrist.....but retiring with an opponent about to serve for the match is one of the more frustrating and unfortunate things that often happens on tour. Can things really have only got to the point of retiring 4 points before the end? Really?

Struggling with the tennis is probably more accurate given Jo's last few outings. At this rarefied level, it's rare that good players like Jo lose form with basic technical flaws aplenty that have emerged or got significantly worse.....usually it's mental, confidence, tactical, or gamestyle related. Didn't see this match, but the ones I have seen have been littered with UEs on Jo's forehand that were 100% technical.

Back to the drawing board I hope.

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 I do agree, strange time to retire and always seems ungracious regardless of the circumstances. To be far to Jo things could have been getting progressively worse to the point where she could barely even hold her racquet any longer, so perhaps fairer to reserve judgement.