Kerber 1/3 - Jo 5/2 - according to William Hill

The semi-final should be another really interesting match, though far from ideal scheduling from a UK viewing perspective.

I think Kerber was about the same age as Jo is now when she had her breakthrough run to the US Open semis which was at the time probably even more unexpected - if Jo can emulate Kerber's career from that point I'll be very happy.

Jo has been so composed throughout the tournament and with the QF being a relatively short match I am quite confident she will play to a good level. I think it will all depend on Kerber - if she plays like she did against Azarenka she will win but if she is a bit flat the day after such a big win jo has every chance.

insomniacfolder wrote:

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Jo will now be up to WR28.
She will have 1869 points, which, interestingly, is 184 more than Laura had when she reached WR27 for that one week in 2013. The rankings have change slightly, but that's a big margin.

And, there's probably 50 or so other stats to update of some sort, but it will have to wait for things to settle from the euphoria, and at least until after Andy joins Jo in the semis.
Jo really making Andy work hard to maintain his long run as always last Brit standing at a GS.

Magnificent Johanna, just magnificent

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Very interesting so Jo is our 'recent'  highest rankings points scorer, although more general focus will be on the rankings placement, still short of Laura's CH 27. Just have to win another round or two  

I'm not really that surprised by the 'anomaly'. While all things being equal and all that you'ed generally expect ranking points and position to stay roughly equivalent with as you say only 'slight' ranking points changes, it does come down to just how the rankings pretty randomly cluster and where the gaps are in any week.

e.g. in the current official rankings, there is a big 265 point gap between WR 25 Andrea Petkovic and WR 26 Sloane Stephens. So if Sloane Stephens in general isolation had picked up another 300 points, you'ed have the points forWR  25 relatively much higher. 

Anyone up for this tonight? Looks like it'll be on shortly. Serena and Radwanska are currently engaged in a thriller. 16 minutes for Serena to lead *5-0

Makes a mockery of equal pay at Slams really this sort of whitewash in a semi final

Incidentally, I think Konta would now be seeded for Roland Garros even if she doesn't win another match before then.

Was the roof closed for the whole of Serena's match, does anybody know ?

If I remember rightly, the roof was closed during Jamie's doubles match and just reopened now for Jo's match. So yes, was closed for the first semi