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Come through Jo! Her return game was so strong today.

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Venus and Kiki (Bertens - the real Kiki, not the French impostor kiki ) are next on court, and they decide the R16 opponent for Jo.

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Yay   biggrin

Takes Jo back up to live 22 for now.  Needs at least 2 more wins and the SF to possibly be ranked in the top 20 after Miami with that then taking her past Osaka and a certain Mertens.



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Very good performance by Jo. Looks to be back to her best.

Starting to feel a little bit better about Fed cup prospects now......



-- Edited by Sim on Sunday 25th of March 2018 04:32:42 PM

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I watched this match and it's great to see Jo playing with confidence and intent again. I thought she played really well and thoroughly enjoyed watching her, which I can't say has been the case of late. I didn't even see much wrong with her volleys Blob- apart from one obvious mi****. I just hope she can keep this going against Venus who looks in control against Kiki.

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Bit of a turnaround as Bertens takes the first set against Venus 7-5 ( 3 breaks to 2 ).

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I quite enjoyed the technical talk on commentary saying how Jo's technique and ball striking had improved this week.
The faster courts are a bonus and her serve seems to be a weapon again.

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She was AWESOME today. The serve was on, the forehand was solid, the backhand fantastic. It was all there. The first set she was aided by some timely and fairly frequent double faults from Mertens but after that she was untouchable. Really encouraging signs.

Over on the Stadium Court, Venus looks knackered and Bertens is cramping deep into the third.

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What a comeback from V!
(a bit of a choke and physical breakdown from Kiki)
Jo plays the legend again next then.

Fun fact: Venus is exactly the same age right now as Francesca + Maia combined!

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L16: (11) Johanna Konta WR 14 (CH 4 in July last year) vs (8) Venus Williams (USA) WR 8 (CH 1 first in February 2002)

H2H 3-3. 3-1 to Jo on hard. Venus winning on clay and grass with their last meeting being Venus's 6-4 6-2 SF win at Wimbledon last year.

Venus saved at least 2 match points during her comeback ( or at least was last one standing? ) in the final set to beat Bertens 5-7 6-3 7-5



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Scheduling could play a role here. All the womens R16 matches are tomorrow.
Jo still has a doubles match to play tonight.
Will Venus recover if they get an early scheduling tomorrow? If the doubles match is long will that affect Jo?
I think with it being Venus, they'll probably favour an evening slot, with Jo as defending champ offering good collateral to that deal too.

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R3: KONTA, Johanna (GBR) 11 14 def MERTENS, Elise (BEL) 22 21 6-2 6-1

R4: KONTA, Johanna (GBR) 11 14 v WILLIAMS, Venus (USA) 8 8 CH=1 2002
H2H 3-3
Wuhan 2015 Williams 4-6 6-3 5-7
Australian Open 2016 Konta6-4 6-2
Stanford 2016 Konta7-5 5-7 6-2
Miami 2017 Konta 6-4 7-5
Rome 2017 Williams 1-6 6-3 1-6
Wimbledon 2017 Williams 4-6 2-6

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Jo vs Venus is 4th on Stadium on Monday.

Proceedings kick off at 11 am ( 4 pm BST ) with the second match at not before 1 pm ( 6 pm BST ) and the 3rd and 4th matches following on.

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Team GB acquitting themselves rather well against the highly decorated team RUS. 1 break each, *3-3

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They had a set point at 5-4* deuce deciding point, but the top seedsd pulled it out of the bag.
*5-5

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