Week 12-13 - WTA Premier Mandatory ($7M) - Miami, FL, USA - Hard

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

RE: Week 12-13 - WTA Premier Mandatory ($7M) - Miami, FL, USA - Hard

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

vohor wrote:
Superb win for Jo; huge congrats :D
Next stop a GS title?! :)

Let's hope so!

wimdledont · Challenger level

Hopefully not. One point at a time, one tournament at a time.

Next stop, finish RU to Amanda at Charleston, then win Rome, win Madrid, and only then a GS title.

Strongbow · All-time great

TMH · Futures qualifying

Spectacular. Jo is going places.

Jan · Hall of fame

Wow!!!
I've been out all evening and just home.
Just fantastic.
As many biggrin biggrin biggrin as you like!!!!!

Jan · Hall of fame

AliBlahBlah wrote:
The final point: https://twitter.com/WTA/status/848245642170318848

Thanks - a Murray-esque end to the match!!

PaulM · Tennis legend

Looked very comfortable, Woz just doesn't have the game to hurt her.

A true Champion

Michael D · All-time great

wimdledont wrote:
Hopefully not. One point at a time, one tournament at a time.

Next stop, finish RU to Amanda at Charleston, then win Rome, win Madrid, and only then a GS title.

biggrin biggrin biggrin

Mervatron2 · Futures level

Amazing. Great stuff Jo.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Naomi BroadyVerified account @NaomiBroady 9h9 hours ago

She came, she saw, she 'kontad' best tweet I've seen today! Killing it JK @JoKonta91

indiana · Tennis legend

Superb

Having been away I haven't seen much of the play to comment on the quality, with I see variable comments as her run progresssd. But a WTA Mandatory title is really great to see.

Jo essentially started the year great, following up her Shenzhen QF opener with her Sydney Premier title and Aussie Open run ended by Serena in the QF ( and I certainly saw quite a bit of great form then ) with a bit of a dip through Fed Cup and then Indian Wells on her return after a few weeks out with a foot injury apparently suffered at the Fed Cup. Hence my ( and other ) querying of some comparative 2016 / 17 comments fairly early in this Miami thread, pretty debatable and surely OTT even then.

Whatever, post Miami a new CH of WR 7, race # 2, points on the board in 2017 from just the 5 individual tournaments = 2075, including a Premier Mandatory title, a Premier title and a Slam QF. In 2016 she reached that points total in her 16th tournament ie. 2143 points from 2016 alone after her Stanford Premier title in July and no run even through the second half of last year comes close to matching her points start to 2017, and often clearly very good play.

As I said after her second match here "Certainly I don't see much to worry about for now"

Go Jo !!!

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

wimdledont wrote:
Hopefully not. One point at a time, one tournament at a time.

Next stop, finish RU to Amanda at Charleston, then win Rome, win Madrid, and only then a GS title.

Point taken; I was meaning as she has now won at the Premier Mandatory level the next stop on the upward journey is Grand Slam smile

Oakland2002 · All-time great

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

16 minute 'podcast' from the WTA with Johanna &, separately, Wim Fissette: https://soundcloud.com/wta-insider/champions-corner-johanna-konta-wim-fissette