Week 18 - WTA International ($250K) Rabat, Morocco - Clay

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Week 18 - WTA International ($250K) Rabat, Morocco - Clay

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Tomljanovics coach you ave to activate your legs lol

(posting from my phone - punctuation vanishes ?)

-- Edited by Julia Carrot on Friday 3rd of May 2019 01:28:19 PM

-- Edited by Julia Carrot on Friday 3rd of May 2019 01:29:45 PM

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

I've not been able to watch any, but seems like a great set from Jo. 6-2 (3 breaks to 1).

the addict · Tennis legend

Jo looking confident and agressive.

Did someone flick the switch at the Fed Cup - such an improvment on the early season.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

4-4*. Jo has only dropped 11 points on serve and that includes a break and a hold to 40, so a lot of comfortable holds outside of those. A break herself here would be nice...

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

It's a tie break. Jo has won 69 points to Alja's 49 heading into it, and still just dropped 12 points on serve, but it is of course the tennis scoring system and could be all level in a minute or 2.

Good start though 3-1*

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

*4-2 at the changeover, AT has one of the mini breaks back.

indiana · Tennis legend

I'm glad she got to the TB. I thought you had maybe just cursed her to get broken

the addict · Tennis legend

6-6* - two mini-breaks gone

-- Edited by the addict on Friday 3rd of May 2019 02:36:56 PM

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
I'm glad she got to the TB. I thought you had maybe just cursed her to get broken

So did I, and then I thought it was being saved for 5-3* in the TB when Alja got 2 MBs to give herself a SP on serve.

That was a bit tense, but brilliant win.

Status Quo · Intermediate Club Player

Holy bleeping bleep!

I honestly never thought I'd ever live to see a Brit woman in a WTA singles final on the dirt.

My very heartiest congratulations to Johanna.
Goodness!

indiana · Tennis legend

SF: (7) Johanna Konta WR 47 beat (4) Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) WR 43 (CH 39 last month) 6-2 7-6(9)

Now up to live ranked 40 and with relatively minor points to defend over the coming two weeks for a clay court queen

(6) Sakkari or (8) Van Uytvanck in the final.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

So it's Sakkari or Van Uytvanck in the final, they play next.

As far as I can tell, Jo has won all 3 previous matches against the potential opponents, although her AVU win was 7 years ago in a 25k, so doubt we can take much from that. I hope Sakkari wins , because I prefer her to AVU and if it is a 3rd successive WTA final defeat for Jo (which we obviously don't want), worst case scenario for me would at least mean a first ever title for Maria - she's probably the best player not to have won one yet.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

The Madrid draw was made a bit earlier - not a bad first round draw for Jo - Riske, but there is a potential match with Halep in round 2 which isn't ideal, so it would be great if she could get those extra 100 points for the win tomorrow.

flamingowings · All-time great

ROSAMUND wrote:
JonH wrote:
To be fair, tennis abstract rate jo as 3rd most likely winner in Rabat, behind mertens and martic
I would have thought it more realistic to have Jo as the 3rd least likely winner in Rabat. Anyhow I have my money on Yafan Wang to beat Jo in the 1st round. I am a Johanna Konta fan but one must be a realist.

Well....look where we are now!