Week 32 - Olympic Tennis Competition - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Hard

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Week 32 - Olympic Tennis Competition - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Hard

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

JonH · All-time great

AliBlahBlah wrote:
R1: Heather WATSON (GBR) 67 v. (SR) Peng SHUAI (CHN) 264 (CH 14, Aug. 2011)
> H2H 0-2
> 2011 Birmimgham, UK - WTA Premier - Grass - R16 - Peng by 6(1) & 1
> 2011 Auckland, New Zealand - WTA International - Hard - QF - Peng by 4 & 5
R1: Johanna KONTA (GBR) [10] 13 v. (TRI**) Stephanie VOGT (LIE) 290 (CH 137, Feb. 2014)> H2H 2-0*
> 2012 Bath, UK - ITF $25K - Hard - R16 - Konta by 4 & 3
> 2011 Barnstaple, UK - ITF $75K - Hard - QR3 - Konta by 4 & 1
> 2011* Joue-les-Tours, France - ITF $50K - Hard - QR1 - Vogt by RET*
> 2007* Citta' Di Prato, Italy - Juniors* - Clay - QF - Konta by 6(5) & 1

** Tripartite committee invitee

Based on past glories , Peng could be tricky for Heather and her second round draw was also tricky from memory. Jo though has a very winnable match and could go deep into the tournament.

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

Good first round draws there - especially for Jo who can probably afford a few Olympic debut nerves and still beat Vogt.

Looking further ahead, Heather would face Petkovic or Svitolina in R2 then probably Serena in R3.

Jo is seeded to face Kuznetsova in R3 and Kerber in the QF.

Kounosuke · Intermediate Club Player

The wrong country by Johanna's name has been fixed.

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Kounosuke wrote:
The wrong country by Johanna's name has been fixed.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Jo's draw is inviting but she'd need some help from Kuznetsova having a bad day.

Their doubles opener is ok but then would have to play the Chans.

No ranking points this time.

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

WTA stats department on top of their game: "6 - Rio will be the sixth time in the past seven Olympics that tennis has been played on hard. The only exception was Barcelona in 1992, which was contested on clay." - We all remember Wimbledon ripping up the grass, four years ago.

Which makes this WTA mention for an unlikely Brit today, holding an Olympic tennis record, perhaps less credible than it might have otherwise been: "42 - The number of games it took the Soviet Union's Larisa Savchenko to defeat Sara Gomer in Seoul in 1988. In terms of games played, Savchenko's 6-7(3), 7-6(3), 9-7 victory remains the longest [women's match] in the Games' history"

JonH · All-time great

Hi - I'm probably being slow but Savchenko did beat Sara Gomer by that score in round two of 1988 Games...or am I missing something?!

philwrig · Hall of fame

Interestingly Jo is the only Brit tennis player not at the opening ceremony, hopefully not a bad sign.

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

JonH wrote:
Hi - I'm probably being slow but Savchenko did beat Sara Gomer by that score in round two of 1988 Games...or am I missing something?!

The bold was the formatting of the original piece. I was just rhetorically continuing the theme that: given that the first WTA fact was clearly incorrect, could we trust the second? Yes, we could, but I certainly doubted it, and looked it up too. I thought it was nice to see a mention for Sara Gomer out of the blue, and wondered if she knew she held part of an Olympic tennis record. Having lost, I don't suppose she cares to remember it much, either way.

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

philwrig wrote:

Interestingly Jo is the only Brit tennis player not at the opening ceremony, hopefully not a bad sign.

Did you check to see if she was with the Australian team?

the addict · Tennis legend

For anyone that hasn't found it yet, here is the link to the live scores

rio.tennis-live-scores.com/

the addict · Tennis legend

Heather's match just about to start, just arrived on court. Only a handful of spectators .....

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

BBC stream www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/olympics/36440147