Week 30 - WTA Premier 5 ($2.7M) - Montreal, Canada - Hard

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Week 30 - WTA Premier 5 ($2.7M) - Montreal, Canada - Hard

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

MP against...

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Brave on it. A drop shot and a stretched lunging volley winner.

Deuce

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Ace to close the hold out. Well done. At least asks the question.
4-6 3-5*

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Break point ...

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Set the point up lovely, and overhit the baseline on the BH.
Deuce

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

MP #2

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

The wait goes on.
47 UE in 137 total points from Jo.
She was never in the match.

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

QF: Johanna KONTA (GBR) [15] 14 lost to (Q) Kristina KUCOVA (SVK) 121 4-6 3-6

Peter too · Tennis legend

QF: KONTA, Johanna (GBR) 15 14 lost to KUCOVA, Kristina (SVK) Q 121 4-6 3-6

There were a lot of UEs from Jo. It was hard to tell whether it was a case of overreaching to try and win the point or inability to read what Kucova was doing or perhaps Jo was finally getting tired from her long run of wins.

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

A huge opportunity missed, but hard to complain about Jo's progress though. 7 wins in a fraction over a week. One title. Another new CH on Monday.
Hopefully she'll be able to keep all of that in perspective (and Carril will be at her next tour event, because Jo clearly responds better to his interventions than García's).

Well done Johanna. Well done.

indiana · Tennis legend

Real pity for what the win would have represented.

But I think a combination of one match too far and a difficult opponent for her, combining as AliBB said quite a lot of junk balls with decisive hitting when getting clear chances. I do think Jo prefers much more rythym and on the night she overpressed too often and didn't always seem to think straight probably partly through just being jaded by all her recent matches.

Much to be proud of for Jo over the last couple of weeks and a thoroughly deserved winner on the night in Kristina, continuing her great run.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Thats a shame but seems like one match too far. She's played a lot of tennis.

Imagine being disappointed about Jo missing a chance to go top 10 - what changed days! Hopefully she'll get there soon enough

Spectator · All-time great

This could be a blessing in disguise. I was quite worried that after a big run last week, she'd being playing all week this week, then flying down to the Olympics, which are on a very tight schedule, then on to the next tournament. A few more days to rest, a few more days to adjust ... not necessarily a bad thing, given the craziness of the summer schedule.

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Gutted to wake up to this this morning. I guess the occasion got to her. That many UEs is just not what Jo does these days. Still, not exactly a bad couple of weeks. Let's hope she can make top 10 after the Olympics and the WTF.