Week 10 - WTA Premier ($6.1M) - Indian Wells, USA Hard

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

RE: Week 10 - WTA Premier ($6.1M) - Indian Wells, USA Hard

philwrig · Hall of fame

Actually thought Allertova was going to be dangerous, as her ballstriking was marginally better than Jo's at the start of the match, but she completely fell apart. Jo played well, didn't make many poor UE's, ran down everything, but for me she's not quite striking the ball as well as she was in Oz. Next up KP which will be difficult unless KP is misfiring, all the previous matches have been close, but to be certain Jo comes through that she'll need to find her 'A' game.

Strongbow · All-time great

Well done Johanna - missed the match but will try to catch-up smile

thegingerlightbulb · Intermediate Club Player

I see the BBC decided to age Konta by 4 years
www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/35807972

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

You should know better than to trust the Beeb

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

I see Pliskova is a lowly #67 in this year's Road to Singapore with Jo at #7; here's hoping that trend continues today :)
Match 4th up on court 3 (same court as for Allertova) after 4pm GMT start.

-- Edited by vohor on Tuesday 15th of March 2016 10:16:14 AM

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Oops; I was looking at San Antonio time...start time in Indian Wells is 6pm GMT

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

I pencilled in ~18:00-19:00 for Naomi, and ~23:00-00:00 for JoKo

paulisi · Tennis legend

Going to be more like 1am for Joko.
Halep's match is not even on court yet.

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

Strycova retires, so we're coming up soon.
It also means that Jo is guaranteed WR25 even before playing, and WR24 unless Kasatkina were to win the tournament.

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

Warming up.
So far this tournament Pliskova has a first serve % of 84.3%!

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

Courtside announcer giving JoKo the introduction mentioned that Jo was the first Brit in 33 years to reach a GS SF, which got a spontaneous round of applause and cheer mid-sentence!

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

Commentator curse!
Jo playing very nicely, was a break up, 4-2, Pliskova had already had the coach out. Then the commentator starts saying how this looks one sided, and she's barely lost a point, and lo and behold, the curse stuck, Pliskova came completely to life with a run of three consecutive games, and so now Jo serve to stay in the first set.
*4-5

Which, thankfully she does.
5-5*

Really good stuff. Jo Moving Pliskova back and forth, forcing errors, and finishing other points with whipped short angle forehands, breaks to 15.
*6-5

Ack, a DF at *30-30 gives the Czech a break back point... Jo playeda bad drop shot, and Pliskova quickly read it and played a chopped drop of her own to break back
TB
6-6

-- Edited by insomniacfolder on Wednesday 16th of March 2016 01:20:38 AM

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

0-0*
*0-1
*1-1 long and wide from Jo trying BH DTL.
1-2*
1-3*
*1-4 Errors creeping in, though semi-forced
*1-5
2-5*
2-6*
6-7(2)

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

Frustrating.
Jo looked the better player, and played better tennis for almost the entirety of that set - TB excluded. PLiskova scarcely semed to do anything for most of it, but, as she is wont to do, stands there with those howitzer shots that come so freely.
Every reason to believe Jo can win this set though. Come on!