Week 3 - Australian Open Main Draw - Melbourne, Australia - Hard

Mervatron2 · Challenger qualifying

Week 3 - Australian Open Main Draw - Melbourne, Australia - Hard

the addict · Tennis legend

If you wish to torture yourself (brief) highlights just started on Eurosport 1

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Perhaps giving context to Heather's loss, Jennifer Brady has just dumped Vesnina [14] out in straight sets.
Well, I did say she looked dangerous, but I didn't think that dangerous!

wolf · Tennis legend

Makarova just won an excellent and dramatic match against Cibulkova, so it could be her against JoKo in the 4th round for the second straight year.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Clinical from Jo, good job

wimdledont · Challenger level

Jo won 6-3, 6-1

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Holy Mackerel. The domination, of a player of Wozniacki's class... !
My favourite stat from this match: in a routine win, against the literal marathon woman of the WTA, an opponent where the game is often based on running everything down, hitting one more ball back; even then, Johanna ran further in the match than did Caroline.
6-3 6-1 in awesome fashion.
Kate Makarova always plays well in Melbourne, 4R or better the last seven consecutive years, in which time she's beaten Serena, Karolina Pliskova, Halep, Kerber, and now Cibulkova here, all against the odds. Last years match between them was an epic. So, in Jo's 'draw of death' there are no easy routed, and we'll just have to see.
So good though!

chavkev · Intermediate Club Player

Superb performance from Jo. Nine games in a row from 2-3 in the first set. No break points faced. Agressive play set the agenda for the match.

Makarova next and then the possibility of Serena in the Quarter Finals. Plenty to look forward to from Jo.

indiana · Tennis legend

Just saw the last couple of games or so, but certainly sounds as if overall it was a really high class performance by Jo.

Commentators trying not to put her in the running for the title, "no don't go there, don't jinx her", but ultimately couldn't help it. So they better not have jinxed her

And that's 820 ranking points this year so far so now beating last year's January counting total of 780.

thejester · Satellite level

I don't have time to say much more - simply magnificent. Way to go Jo!

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Very impressive biggrin biggrin biggrin

-- Edited by vohor on Saturday 21st of January 2017 09:39:28 AM

Jan · Hall of fame

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!

biggrin biggrin biggrin

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Highlights: 2017.ausopen.com/en_AU/news/media/5291552313001.html

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

R3: Johanna KONTA (GBR) [9] 9 defeated Caroline WOZNIACKI (DEN) [17] 20 6-3 6-1

R4: Johanna KONTA (GBR) [9] 9 v. Ekaterina MAKAROVA (RUS) [30] 34
> H2H 3-0
> 2016 Eastbourne, GB - WTA Premier - Grass - JK [11] - QF - JK by 7-6(5) 6-4
> 2016 Australian Open - GS - Hard - EM [21] - R16 - JK by 4-6 6-4 8-6
> 2015 Eastbourne, GB - WTA Premier - Grass - JK (WC), EM [4] - R32 - JK by 6-2 6-4

Spectator · All-time great

Tweet from @WTAInsider:

% Service Games Won (active): 1. Konta - 96% 2. Serena - 89% 2. Strycova - 89% 4. Venus - 85% 5. Pliskova - 84% #AusOpen

Well then.