Week 29 - WTA Premier ($846K) - Stanford, CA, USA - Hard

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

RE: Week 29 - WTA Premier ($846K) - Stanford, CA, USA - Hard

Jan · Hall of fame

That is just BRILLIANT!
Very well done Johanna!

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

WTA Highlights and post match interview, for those that want a quick catch up;
Interview: http://www.wtatennis.com/videos/article/5753831
Highlights (3 minutes):

Spectator · All-time great

Thank you, ABB, for the link. Isn't it wonderful. To think last year she was in qualies for the USO. Meteoric, and all that.

-- Edited by Spectator on Monday 25th of July 2016 08:55:03 AM

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Yes, I looked up to see what she was doing last year, to see what points she has to defend. Her equivalent tournament this time last year was a $50k. Amazing.

Well done Jo.

indiana · Tennis legend

We knew that Jo would now be effectively #8 in the race due to Vika's pregnancy. And I see this morning that she is actually #8 since Vika has been ruthlessly expunged from this season's table.

wimdledont · Challenger level

Perhaps Vika is now counted as a one-person doubles team?

Sim · County player

Just to add my congratulations to Jo.

What a great week.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

steven wrote:
Julia Carrot wrote:
Bet365 cruelly cut off as soon as the win is registered. Was there a nice exchange between them at the net ?
Yes, that's the most annoying thing about bet365 live streaming, but there's video of the presentation speeches at https://twitter.com/WTA/status/757361010864902148 (Jo) & https://twitter.com/WTA/status/757360082233417728 (Venus) and plenty more on the tournament and WTA twitter accounts.
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Thank you so much for these links Steven

emma · Strong Club Player

Shame you weren't able to watch everything at the time Julia. This time they showed everything live including all the speeches. Perhaps you cut it off too soon not expecting them to show everything like they usually do but as Steven has kindly added links now everyone can share. Thank you Steven :)

Well done to Johanna

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Bloody brilliant.

Watched most of the final, was very worried after loosing the 7-5 4-1 lead.

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

WTA had a decent length chat with Jo after her win, and the (text) interview is here: www.wtatennis.com/news/article/5755391
Including an absolute bombshell revelation in the final question.

the addict · Tennis legend

Bombshell !!

indiana · Tennis legend

Indeed, wow, just wow !

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

Spoiler: Personally, I've never seen the point of milkshakes: you take a delicious cool glass of milk, add something equally delicious like strawberries or chocolate, waste a load of unnecessary energy, and produce something that doesn't taste as good as any of the individual ingredients would have on their own.