The Optimist wrote:

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Listening to the round up on Eurosport, they mentioned her press conference. Far from being downcast, it appears she bounced into the room with a big smile on her face, said how much she'd loved the whole experience and how proud she was and how much she was looking forward to the rest of her career.  They said her most telling comment was that she felt 'very comfortable with being in uncomfortable situations on the court'. Sounds good......

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Great attitude!

As I've seen a couple of instances of this run being spun as a vindication of the "tough love" policy, I think it's worth dredging up Jo's own opinion, that this very nearly derailed her career...

www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/35002202

...and that she owes a huge vote of thanks to her coaches, who were prepared to continue working with her on a pro bono basis.

What her recent progress does show is that the idea that you should be eyeing retirement if you haven't made it to the top by your 24th birthday is utter nonsense.

I didn't manage to see Johanna's semi-final but I think she has everything to be proud of. Its incredibly difficult to maintain that great level every single match.

Although Kerber can be a bit stroppy at times when she loses I do like her style of play, although its bizarre how she has never managed to get a decent serve, given her build and athleticism its the one part of her game that's weak.

I read that Konta made a lot more UE's today but I think this is really down to who she was playing, Kerbers terrific from the baseline and its difficult to outlast her and so its probably natural to want to go for more winners.

Its great to see that Johanna was so positive in the Press Conference and she has every right to be.

Her story should act as an inspiration to many other players.

nicofrance wrote:

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I didn't manage to see Johanna's semi-final but I think she has everything to be proud of. Its incredibly difficult to maintain that great level every single match.

Although Kerber can be a bit stroppy at times when she loses I do like her style of play, although its bizarre how she has never managed to get a decent serve, given her build and athleticism its the one part of her game that's weak.

I read that Konta made a lot more UE's today but I think this is really down to who she was playing, Kerbers terrific from the baseline and its difficult to outlast her and so its probably natural to want to go for more winners.

Its great to see that Johanna was so positive in the Press Conference and she has every right to be.

Her story should act as an inspiration to many other players.

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 I'm incredibly happy and proud for Jo, but her UEs were exactly that today, not caused mainly by Kerber at all. they were just unforced errors.

Jo has gone forward leaps and bounds which is fantastic, but maybe it just got to her today, albeit subconsciously. Looking at the match, she wasn't outplayed at all. Kerber is steady and a decent defender, but has no big weapons. In fact I'd say that Jo has bigger weapons. Jo's UEs generally came in making the rallies short. There were only a few long rallies in total which would have played to Kerber's great defence.

 

Just to say: this final is AMAZING!

Kerber brilliant. Pity Jo couldn't have played the other character in the semi final

To be fair Serena not playing at all bad. I think the SF was a lot to lose for Kerber, but now she has just gone for it or often just got everything back Serena has gone for.