Weeks 22 & 23 - French Open, Paris - Clay

flamingowings · All-time great

RE: Weeks 22 & 23 - French Open, Paris - Clay

indiana · Tennis legend

the addict wrote:
Devastating performance - Sloane had no answers to Jo today.
Jo up to 17 on live rankings, and it will take something spectacular by the few players below her to catch her now.

Also up to live race #8 and she will maintain both these positions once the QFs are completed.

She would need to beat the Vondrousova vs Martic QF winner to stay at live 17 in the overall rankings after that SF. If she wins that SF she will pass Bencic, Wozniacki and Wang to be at least live 14 and will also pass Keys if she isn't the other finalist. If Jo then wins the final I have no doubt she goes up more but hey ranking may not be the first thing on our minds !! ( OK, of course I still checked, she'd be WR 9 )

Indeed while these are the bare ranking bones this is so much more just about this French Open run, Jo's performances and the sheer unexpectedness of it all.

-- Edited by indiana on Tuesday 4th of June 2019 06:24:22 PM

Peter too · Tennis legend

If Jo wins her SF she will be the first British woman to reach the final of the French open since Sue Barker won in 1976.

the addict · Tennis legend

Actually, if she can make #16 and stay there for Wimbledon, that would be a bonus.

Michael D · All-time great

It's looking like Vondrousova who is 7-6(1) 5-2* up

seagull · Hall of fame

Maybe not! Hoping for a third set

Michael D · All-time great

Yes, Martic has pulled it back now to 5-5. And from the few games I've seen Martic looks the better player but Vondrousova is dogged to say the least. Some long punishing games.

Martic serving again now to save the second set and take it to another TB.

Michael D · All-time great

Dogged wins. Likely to mean a more attritional match for Jo, whereas I think Martic would have been more fun.

QF: Johanna KONTA (GBR) [26] 26 beat Sloane STEPHENS (USA) [7] 7 (CH=3 2016) 6-1 6-4

SF: Johanna KONTA (GBR) [26] 26 vs Marketa VONDROUSOVA (CZE) 38=CH

Year Tournament Nation Surface Round Winner Score
2019 Rome ITA Clay QF KONTA 3-6 6-3 1-6
2018 Indian Wells USA Hard 64 VONDROUSOVA 7-6(5) 6-4

-- Edited by Michael D on Tuesday 4th of June 2019 07:21:46 PM

indiana · Tennis legend

Tough one but you'ed take it every day in a Slam SF.

Go back a couple of months and on any thoughts of a match up between these 2 here and Vondrousova would surely be a fairly strong favourite. Former JWR 1, fresh from QFs in both Indian Wells and Miami, an extremely good young player on the up.

Then Jo started on her wonderfully crazy ( and impressive! ) clay season including beating Vondrousova in the Rome QF.

The odds will be interesting. I sense they may now be quite close.

Michael D · All-time great

If Jo's game is firing she will win regardless of what Vondrousova does. But if she's not hitting her spots and the errors start to mount, then it's anyone's guess and could be hard fought and long. Martic lost at the end today because she was tired and made errors of judgement in her shot selection and errors mounted. But when firing she dominated, just that Vondrousova was always there hanging in.

Jaffa · Challenger level

I only saw the end of the Martic match but I thought they were both poor and scared to play their shots. If Jo plays even 50% of her capability she will win.

indiana · Tennis legend

I see the bet365 odds are Jo 8/11, Vondrousova 11/10.

Pretty much as I would have expected and feels reasonable to me. Jo favourite at about 55% to 45% on these odds.

I would suggest playing at a lot more than 50% of her capability would be a good plan against a very good player, however she was playing at times yesterday.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

They opened at 4/5 Jo, Marketa evens yesterday, so CD must have had his 20p on Jo. wink

They got about an hour of play on the Jr courts, but it ha just been suspended - can't see them completing the 4 main matches today. I guess trying to get the women's done will be the priority as the men could conclude tomorrow and nobody would potentially be playing twice in 1 day.

indiana · Tennis legend

I assume both women's SFs are due for Thursday so yes it makes sense to prioritise their remaining QFs.

Although any further problems I assume would mean schedule changes rather than anyone playing twice in a day. Certainly not a whole two matches or major part of a second match.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Yeah the women's were/are scheduled for 2pm local on the main 2 courts, so hopefully they'll both be completed by close of play. Friday's meant to be pretty poor as well, so the men's latter stages could be a right mess.