Week 34 - US Open - qualifying

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Week 34 - US Open - qualifying

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

Both Jo and Naomi are in such good form I was half expecting them to draw each other, and thankfully that didn't happen. biggrin

Hard not to be confident about Round 1. Jani looked pretty ordinary when I saw her in the 2014 Fed Cup and should be no match for Jo in current form. Krejcikova appears to be a clay court specialist who hasn't set foot on a hard court since February. In fact I'm going to be unusually decisive and predict two wins right now.

Both could face big hitting but erratic asian players in q2 (Naomi Osaka and Ying-Ying Duan).

JoKo stat of the day: she is 14-1 from the opening match of her last 15 tournaments. Given the 1 was v Sharapova that is some incredible consistency.

-- Edited by tony_orient on Monday 24th of August 2015 10:13:01 PM

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

Looks like both Johanna & Naomi will play on Wednesday, as neither are on the OOP published for tomorrow.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Kat Stewart/Osaka potential R2 Peer/Paszek potential R3 for Jo, so potential banana skins there.

cwej · Lower Club Player

I wish Naomi had played last week to keep the momentum going..!

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Good that Jo has the extra day after her trek from Vancouver :D
Looking forward to her justifying her seeding :)

Here's hoping Naomi's serve continues to fire :)

GL both

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Good 1st round draws. Hopeful of 2 wins.

Spectator · All-time great

Ms Konta's potential FQR, should she reach it, could be quite high quality. Hope that both women can keep up their excellent momentum. Upwards and onwards - lovely to be feeling so encouraged about their entries into the tournament.

Peter too · Tennis legend

Jo is first on court 8 tomorrow 11am local time
Naomi is 4th on court 14.

savva0122 · Intermediate Club Player

GL the ladies!

Oakland2002 · All-time great

It's all good stuff on offer, let's face it GS qualifying for the grounded UK tennis fan is pretty exciting when there are no wild cards particularly when we have players on the cusp of the top 100. Naomi also has a punchers chance of decent progress ( more power to her elbow) and it's not like they are going to knock each other out.

PockyTastic · Futures level

This may have been noted elsewhere but Amy Sargeant is playing with American Varhid Mirzadeh in the pre-qualies mixed doubles playoff event in New Haven.

PockyTastic · Futures level

Amy is now an Assistant Tennis Coach at the University of New Mexico (after staying on at FSU to do a masters).

PaulM · Tennis legend

One word of caution, last time Jo came into the US Open in brilliant form with two Canadian ITF titles, she played terribly and lost to Rogowska in the first round.

She seems to be a bit more consistent now when she gets going, so hopefully no repeat of that.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Jo should be on court very shortly