Weeks 27 & 28 - The Championships, Wimbledon, Great Britain - Grass

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Weeks 27 & 28 - The Championships, Wimbledon, Great Britain - Grass

PaulM · Tennis legend

It's the French open again. She was so tight at 5-4* in the breaker

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

PaulM wrote:
It's the French open again. She was so tight at 5-4* in the breaker

That drive volley miss was certainly RG all over again..... cry

Jan · Hall of fame

Bad day at the office for Jo

wales1994 · County player

Kudos to Strycova! But you've got to feel Konta got tight and let her opponent back into set 1, which gave her the confidence to keep pushing. Really disappointed in Konta's performance, but who expected her to get a GS SF and QF in 2019 at the beginning of the year?

Julia Carrot · All-time great

So disappointing - poor Jo

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

A really bad day at the office, such bad service stats and UEs. Such a shame. I hope that she can regroup, but I must admit I really am concerned about her head again. Yes, Babora played well, but you are in control of your serve, and Jo wasn't. Looks like she really doesn't play well against tricky players either. Sigh, I just hope Murena win.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Jo does better in these GS matches when she's up against a top player. It's like being heavy favourite burdens here. She looked very cumbersome and mechanical today, especially on the forehand.

ROSAMUND · Futures level

The Czech Republic are lucky .They are not dependent on the fortunes of one player. If Kvitkova and Ka.Pliskova lose they still have Strycova, Siniakova and now Muchkova to follow the fortunes of. For us it is Jo or nothing. Even if she had won today I wouldn't have fancied her chances against Serena.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Have you all heard the interview?
I'm sure there will be different views but, for me, for her to say the guy was being patronising and disrespectful and all that, just because - as a journalist - he asked her if she felt she'd played some important points poorly, is completely out of order.

It's a fair question, Jo. Your pat answer of 'my opponent played amazingly ' does not cut it

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Tuesday 9th of July 2019 05:58:44 PM

flamingowings · All-time great

ROSAMUND wrote:
The Czech Republic are lucky .They are not dependent on the fortunes of one player. If Kvitkova and Ka.Pliskova lose they still have Strycova, Siniakova and now Muchkova to follow the fortunes of. For us it is Jo or nothing. Even if she had won today I wouldn't have fancied her chances against Serena.

That is a GB issue in general and one we have almost always had

Peter too · Tennis legend

QF: KONTA, Johanna (GBR) 19 18 lost to STRYCOVA, Barbora (CZE) 54 6-7(5) 1-6

That's the 2nd time they have played and the 2nd time Strycova has won. Jo certainly wasn't serving as well today as she has been and without her service advantage she was left trying to work out an answer to Strycova's tricky variation. As a result Jo's confidence seemed to ebb away. Maybe Jo needs to work with her coaches to find a way to cope both technically and psychologically with tricky players.

scottie1 · Futures level

Chris Evert and Chandra both said end of match Jo could not handle the lack of pace and had no plan B

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

ROSAMUND wrote:
The Czech Republic are lucky .They are not dependent on the fortunes of one player. If Kvitkova and Ka.Pliskova lose they still have Strycova, Siniakova and now Muchkova to follow the fortunes of. For us it is Jo or nothing. Even if she had won today I wouldn't have fancied her chances against Serena.

Plus a certain very recent slam finalist, very much on the rise. The likes of Kr Pliskova will almost feel like an afterthought, yet she'd be one of our leading lights.

But at least Jo is back to making the latter stages and keeping GB interest into the second week as that was also looking unlikely just a few months ago.

-- Edited by Ace Ventura on Tuesday 9th of July 2019 06:13:02 PM

indiana · Tennis legend

The Czechs really do have the numbers ova us.

As much as I point to our increased, relative decent numbers for us, between WR 100 and WR 300, that is clearly way back down in a slightly different league.