Sousa powered through the final set so JoKo soon.

All sorts of upsets in the draw
So far today already,
Carla (6) OUT to Coco
JJ OUT RET
Bencic OUT RET
Kiki OUT to Gibbs
Sabine OUT to Begu
Errani OUT to Osaka
Ka.Plis OUT to Babos
Nastia Pav OUT to Bertens

Muguruza & Vinci also just barely scraped through their matches.

Venus in all sorts of strife against Vesnina (in JoKo's section - would be her next opponent if she wins tonight) already match points saved!

Kovinic to serve first

0-15

0-30

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1-0 Konta

 

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adv Kovinic

1-1

 

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2-1 Konta

15-0

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40-0

4-2

 

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4-3

 

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6-4

 

First Set Konta

6-4

I think Jo's doing pretty well here.
She's not playing particularly well from my way of seeing it, unforced errors, losing most real rallies, but hanging tough and letting the opponent blow either very hot or very cold.
It seems weird saying that, and I can't really explain the uneasy feeling I've had the whole match.
I think I might have a cold though, so maybe befuddling me, because Jo's 6-4 *4-1 up

*5-2

2 MP gone, saved a BP with a big serve, sets up a third MP with an ace but nets
Esteban Carrill still utterly implacable
4th MP
Nice one Jo
GSM 6-4 6-2

Yay

Jo will overtake Andrea Petkovic and Sloane Stephens in the next rankings update, with both of them having big points to defend from last year but now already out this year.

In live rankings she is currently up two places to live ranked 21, on 2075 points, 15 points ahead of Madison Keys who is also through to the last 32.