Week 39 - WTA Premier 5 - Wuhan, China - Hard

DF · Tennis legend

RE: Week 39 - WTA Premier 5 - Wuhan, China - Hard

paulisi · Tennis legend

That will do nicely.

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Serene stuff.

Main Draw spots for Qualifiers are generally tricky as you'd expect at this level of competition.
You'll get one of:
Vika
Petko
Alizé
Vinci
Kiki
Schmiedlova
JJ
BZS

But, excepting Vika, and I'd give them each a decent shot, if they play well.

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

With the form she is in JoKo qualifying was never even in doubt, and perhaps Misaki Doi had the best idea by giving up before her match even started.

Heather would also have expected to come through her draw but given her recent form it was by no means a certainty that she would. It's a good thing for Heather that she had to play quailes here as she now has some wins under her belt and can attack R1 with some confidence.

Jaffa · Challenger level

Jo no closer then. Really pleased to see Heather get a couple of good wins, its confidence more than anything with her game at the moment.

Spectator · All-time great

Excellent work by both women. Well done to them.

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Looks like Hev's been talking to Jo's mental coach. So much better than her recent form. I'm glad the girls are spurring each other on.

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

A rematch for Jo, if she comes through it, Vika is the likely R2.
Heather might hope to find a tired JJ, who has today won the Guangzhou title. Winner to play Kerber.

R1: (Q) Johanna KONTA (GBR) 63 vs. Andrea PETKOVIC (GER) [13] 17 (CH 9 10/2011)
H2H: 1-0 2015 US Open R32 Hard 7-6(2) 6-3

R1: (Q) Heather WATSON (GBR) 59 vs. Jelena JANKOVIC (SRB) 25 (CH 1 11/2008)

Jan · Hall of fame

Well done girls!

Grachka · County player

Great stuff...Heather now playing a player who doesn't play that dissimilarly from her, but has reached rather higher levels in the past...

Spectator · All-time great

I can't think that either Ms Konta or Ms Petkovic will be happy about that draw. For Ms Watson, given the circumstances, who knows?

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Great to see them both getting through the qualies :D
Unkind MD R1s maybe so GL to both Girls :)

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Great to see both come through qualifying.

Both tough MD matches.

indiana · Tennis legend

In running, Heather is now on 945 ranking points with Jo on 896 points so 49 behind.

Jo, go get the further 60 points for a R1 win, but Heather go and win too to keep Jo at bay !

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Jo gets Petkovic Heather gets Jankovic. Could have been worse.