Week 35 - US Open Singles Main Draw - Hard

Jan · Hall of fame

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

Rich · Lower Club Player

Superb tournament for Jo. Really proves to herself just what she can achieve. No reason why she can't continue this form and go even higher in the rankings and do some damage in main tour events. It's been a real highlight and a another big boost for British tennis.

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Rich wrote:
Superb tournament for Jo. Really proves to herself just what she can achieve. No reason why she can't continue this form and go even higher in the rankings and do some damage in main tour events. It's been a real highlight and a another big boost for British tennis.

Totally agree.

She's a totally different (and new) person so time will tell whether she can take this as a stepping stone to new and better things. I have no evidence that she's a Robbo/Wardy and only functions well in big arenas. Her Ws coming up to the USO were in $100ks. She's down for Guanzhou next, the week after DC, but who knows she might try for Seoul with her new ranking if entry criteria allow. Hev's there.

I'm just very exited for her and British women's tennis. the thought of the three of our girls fighting it out at around WR20 is fantastic.

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

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

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TennisLover · Strong Club Player

Super Jo. You have everything to keep moving upwards.

Sim · County player

Luck of the draw?

Roberta Vinci could make the semi final of aGS without playing a seed. (The only one she was drawn against was a w/o)

Currently 1 set all against Mladenovic

indiana · Tennis legend

Sim wrote:
Luck of the draw?
Roberta Vinci could make the semi final of aGS without playing a seed. (The only one she was drawn against was a w/o)
Currently 1 set all against Mladenovic

And Vinci beats m'lady. Will now though have to play a Williams in the SF.

Grachka · County player

And has a 100% losing record against both...

But just shows how quickly things can turn around in tennis. Vinci has been in a slump for about 18 months now and has dropped reasonably dramatically in the rankings. This run alone takes her back up towards where she was.

Spectator · All-time great

It's interesting that all the fuss around the top half of the draw has obscured the fact that the bottom half is likely to have quite a spectacular SF: Kvitova, Azarenka and Halep all still in.

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

An excerpt from the BBC about Johanna's upcoming schedule now - which, one presumes, must have been rather often, and substantially, revised over the last month!
[...] The 24-year-old now plans to return home to Eastbourne before resuming training and then heading to Wuhan and Beijing in China, as the tennis circuit moves on to the 'Asian swing'.
"I'm not blown away by my performance here," said Konta. "I'm just satisfied that I get a little bit of candy for doing well.
"I'm just really looking forward to heading already to my next tournament.
"Obviously I need to take a little bit of a break now, just a couple days' rest, but I'm looking forward to the next plane I'm on to head to Asia.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Yup she has just pulled out of Guangzhou, taking a deserved additional week off.

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

What level are Wuhan and Beijing? Are they both courtesy of her new WR?

Kounosuke · Intermediate Club Player

Helen40 wrote:
What level are Wuhan and Beijing? Are they both courtesy of her new WR?

They're Premier tournaments, Wuhan a Premier 5, Beijing a Premier Mandatory. She'll be in qualifying for both if she gets in.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Off her old mark, but comfortably within the qualifying cutoff.

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Thanks, I guess with her recent form there's even a chance of WCs.