Week 35 - US Open Singles Main Draw - Hard

Strongbow · All-time great

RE: Week 35 - US Open Singles Main Draw - Hard

murrayman650 · ATP level

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murrayman650 · ATP level

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adv Konta

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tony_orient · ATP qualifying

Role reversal in this set with Petra holding serve easily and Jo having to battle, albeit without facing a break point yet.

murrayman650 · ATP level

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GSM Kvitova 7-5 6-3

cry cry

Strongbow · All-time great

Sadly not to be but still a stunning performance

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

Jo loses 5-7 3-6, a more than creditable end to an absolutely fantastic run.

Unlucky to lose the first set, but Kvitova was on top throughout the 2nd set. Jo's general game was pretty good today, and her serving (break points excepted) was fantastic. However, Petra on a good day will beat pretty much anyone. The way Jo served today on its own would have beaten most opponents.

The only real negative I can think of is that the crowd was disappointing - for a high quality match the stadium was half empty and quiet and it seemed like lots of fans were just waiting for Roger to start.

So Andy is the last Brit left in a Grand Slam again - by a few minutes or (hopefully) a few days.

-- Edited by tony_orient on Tuesday 8th of September 2015 12:56:47 AM

Peter too · Tennis legend

R4: KONTA, Johanna (GBR) Q 97 lost to KVITOVA, Petra (CZE) 5 4 5-7 3-6

Johanna was more than holding her own until the end of the first set but then Kvitova took control. Johanna got 5 break points early on but converted none of them, Kvitova got 2 break points and took both. So Johanna's excellent run finally came to an end but it took a top 5 player at the top of her game to do it. It will be exciting to see if she can carry her excellent recent form into matches over the rest of the year.

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

If there was a 'good' way to go out (and there probably isn't), that was it. She put in a performance she can be proud of without coming close enough to victory to have any regrets.

Not a case of it being a match too far for Jo, just her opponent was too good today.

indiana · Tennis legend

Johanna Konta

philwrig · Hall of fame

What a shame, but Jo must take great credit for a very impressive performance tonight. Apart from a couple of points, she played a great match. Would have been fascinating to see how the 2nd and 3rd sets would have gone, if Jo had won the 1st, Petra could have easily cracked.

Looking forward to see how Jo fares week in week out on the full tour now, I have a feeling she'll do us all proud.

Spectator · All-time great

So glad for Ms Konta. To do so well - and then to play a good match against Kvitova on Ashe ... what more could one ask for at this stage? Well done she! Really has gone through this tournament like a top 20 player.

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Jo was playing superbly in the first 10 games (outplaying the world #4 in fact) and from memory couldn't be blamed for wasting any of her BPs rather Kvitova hung tough with good play on them; a very creditable showing at the end of a wonderful USO: this was top 10 stuff biggrin

Edit: sorry Spectator; wasn't meaning to trump your top 20 comment!

-- Edited by vohor on Tuesday 8th of September 2015 06:24:33 AM

DF · Tennis legend

Congrats to Jo on her superb run here

Spectator · All-time great

Thanks, vohor ... but if that's the direction the trumping is going in, I'm happy to be trumped!