Week 32 - WTA Premier 5 ($2.8M) - Montreal, Canada Hard

the addict · Tennis legend

Week 32 - WTA Premier 5 ($2.8M) - Montreal, Canada Hard

flamingowings · All-time great

the addict wrote:
Who is Aliona ? Have I missed something here ?

Ostapenko calls herself Alona.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/08/sports/tennis/jelena-ostapenko-latvia-wimbledon.html

flamingowings · All-time great

AliBlahBlah wrote:
flamingowings wrote:
Helen40 wrote:
Not the best level of match. Jo not great in the first set, and Brat just not great.
Still a W is a W, so well done Jo. It's great that she is getting closer to the form that took her to WR4 again. I hope she can build on this.
No need to call names...how were you when you were 20?
I do though get the feeling that Aliona might just be the reincarnation of Lucrezia Borgia - not the real one, the apocryphal one of legend. In centuries past, that glare could have condemned hundreds to grisly fates!

Her facial expressions are hilarious.

the addict · Tennis legend

flamingowings wrote:
the addict wrote:
Who is Aliona ? Have I missed something here ?
Ostapenko calls herself Alona.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/08/sports/tennis/jelena-ostapenko-latvia-wimbledon.html

Ah, thanks. I hadn't come across that before.

LordBrownof · Futures level

Highlights for those of you interested www.youtube.com/watch

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Yay, well done Jo :D

indiana · Tennis legend

I am aware that folk have told of instances of very poor behavior by Ostapenko in her junior days. But as a senior she has matured and is maturing and I think she is a welcome member of the leading players. Takes all sorts and she is an err sort.

And well done, Jo !

Michael D · All-time great

LordBrownof wrote:
Highlights for those of you interested www.youtube.com/watch

Thanks! Certainly much fewer errors from Jo in the highlights shown, and appeared more like the Jo when she was at her best. Lovely wide serve ace to finish!

indiana · Tennis legend

Michael D wrote:
LordBrownof wrote:
Highlights for those of you interested www.youtube.com/watch
Thanks! Certainly much fewer errors from Jo in the highlights shown, and appeared more like the Jo when she was at her best. Lovely wide serve ace to finish!

Yes, certainly good signs. Though the best to watch moments for me came from Ostapenko, but when Jo is on form doing what she does well she is hard for most to beat.

Not sure about her errors since highlight reels seem biased against points won on errors

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

The match to decide Johanna's next opponent is underway: Vika v. Kiki
Azarenka, having retired in tears on the weekend in San Jose, has recovered well enough to play here on a WC, and is all over Mladenovic, who seems in a very low ebb of late.

flamingowings · All-time great

Kiki receives a bagel. Her singles form has been poor for over a year but she has had some very good doubles wins. Won a slam?

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1 : BOULTER, Katie (GBR) Q 118 lost to TSURENKO, Lesia (UKR) 45 4-6 2-6
R1: KONTA, Johanna (GBR) 43 def OSTAPENKO, Jelena (LAT) 11 11 6-7(6) 6-1 6-2

R2: KONTA, Johanna (GBR) 43 v AZARENKA, Victoria (BLR) 95 CH=1 2012
H2H 1-1
Wuhan 2015 Konta 6-4 1-0 Ret.
Miami 2016 Azarenka 4-6 2-6

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Tsurenko RET again today, against CSN

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Jo v. Vika about to start, and live on BT Sport now.

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Serve on top, no breaks. Short points, big hitting, both efficient. Vika using a kick serve on some first serves is throwing Jo's timing out, and yielding easy points.
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