Week 20 - WTA Premier 5 ($3.45M) - Rome, Italy (Clay)

wales1994 · County player

Week 20 - WTA Premier 5 ($3.45M) - Rome, Italy (Clay)

Nix · Futures level

Ace Ventura wrote:
Nix wrote:
If anyone's watching the match, is the pundit Dutch because she's really only talking about Bertens? When Jo broke in the second set and then took the second set she didn't say a single word. Odd.

Anyway, well done Jo again to get back into the match.
I'm watching on BT and that's Annabel Croft, but I'd imagine the person you'll be referring to will be Sophie Amiach who's French.

Yes you're right, the other commentator called her Sophie. Well I hope Annabel has noticed Jo is playing, lol!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

What a wowzer, Jo

Nix · Futures level

Yay, Jo. What an effort to beat Bertens to reach the final. Fantastic!

Jaffa · Challenger level

Wow!

Nix · Futures level

wales1994 wrote:
Is anyone watching online? Can they link me?

Sorry, just saw this. Ive been watching on Bet365, so I imagine the final will be on there too.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Wow. Watched that on my small iPad with my 96yr old mother !! She loved it apart from the fact she thinks they should all wear whites and does go on a bit about that Lol ! Seriously though, magnificent from Jo.

flamingowings · All-time great

Way to go Jo! Top GB dirtballer.

JonH · All-time great

Brilliant!

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Absolutely outstanding, up to 26 in the live rankings and amazingly would be well into the 17-24 seed range at the FO if she can get her 11th 2019 clay win.

Michael D · All-time great

A brilliant final set from Jo, just magnificent! What a difference renewing her coaching team has made this year... and Jo has rediscovered both motivation and imagination I feel. She made some comment earlier this tournament that nothing really had changed for her this year compared with last, when her poor clay court performances were highlighted, but I think she's doing the improvements to her team and her own game and injustice saying that. Lovely to see.

SF: KONTA, Johanna (GBR) 42 beat BERTENS, Kiki (NED) [6] 4=CH 5-7 7-5 6-2

wales1994 · County player

Bloody fantastic! Who would've thought we'd ever see Jo in a Premier 5 final on CLAY!? Go her. Beating Sloane, Venus and Bertens en route to a clay final is impressive.... can she lift the title? Might well be a rematch of her previous final with Sakkari...

the addict · Tennis legend

What a great result. I've been out all morning, but came back in time for the end of the second set - and never doubted the result from there on.
Jo showing as WR26 on OER live rankings. (Sakkari will overtake her again if she wins tonight)

LordBrownof · Futures level

So glad I got up at 6am to watch that! Get in! Anything now is a bonus, upon a bonus.

Babfive · Satellite level

Fantastic win for Jo today. biggrin