Week 9 - WTA International ($250K) Acapulco, Mexico Hard

brittak · Satellite level

Week 9 - WTA International ($250K) Acapulco, Mexico Hard

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

brittak wrote:
Good result for Jo - nice and safely through round 1.

Well done Ace for staying up again last night - Im afraid the late finish the night before did me in!!

Yeah, in bed by 1.30am is about the latest for me, so it kind of depends on how the first match goes, had Buzarnescu-Gavrilova gone into a decider, I would have called it a night. It'll be a similar story tonight, depending on Vekic-McHale before it.

Peter too · Tennis legend

R2: KONTA, Johanna (GBR) 8 45 v FINK, Varvara Q 167 CH=166 11/2/19
R2: BOULTER, Katie (GBR) 85 v KENIN, Sofia (USA) 5 35 =CH

goldfish · Futures qualifying

Jo just started and broke to love in first game

indiana · Tennis legend

Jo saves BPs as she holds to lead 4-2*

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Have to admit I'm not really enjoying this commentator on the Konta match. She's clearly knowledgeable and knows what she's talking about, but just doesn't seem too natural and a bit of a grating voice. Perhaps I'll get used to her if she becomes a regular.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Konta all of a sudden looking more in control. Flink had 40-0 on serve but Jo went on to break.

Mind it's gone from *40-0 to deuce on the Konta serve while I'm typing this. Perhaps still life in this one yet.

-- Edited by Ace Ventura on Thursday 28th of February 2019 01:27:08 AM

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Puig has just retired (again) at 1-4 to Y Wang so Katie will be on a lot earlier than she would have expected.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Jo 6-4 3-1*

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Jo well on her way now. 5-1*

Quite strange seeing Jo in am international event, it's her first since Nottingham, although I guess as she slips down the rankings without her 'top 10' status, we'll be seeing her in a few more going forward.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

MP for Jo.

Wins 6-4 6-1. Started well (8 points in a row) and ended very well. More competitive in the middle and was broken once when trying to serve it out at 5-2 and had to fend off BPs later, but decent enough overall and sets up yet another match with Vekic.

Boulter-Kenin just about to start, but I can't stay up for that unfortunately.

Young Andreescu through to the QFs as well.

-- Edited by Ace Ventura on Thursday 28th of February 2019 01:40:51 AM

indiana · Tennis legend

Yay, Jo replaces one of her Premier L16 55 pointers by 60 points here so far. So up a net 5 points. Hoping she can go on to a much more substantial rise.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Boulter had 2 BPs in the opening game, but back at deuce and that's where I'll leave it. Fingers crossed she can do well and hopefully wake up to good news.

Boulter does get the break (thanks to the net). *1-0. Great start.

indiana · Tennis legend

Katie B broken back in game 6.

On serve, *3-4

indiana · Tennis legend

Looks as if Katie has just had a bunch of BPs but not to be. Now converted 1/8 against 1/2.

*4-5