Weeks 35 & 36 - US Open Tennis Championships, Flushing Meadows, NYC - Hard

Jan · Hall of fame

Weeks 35 & 36 - US Open Tennis Championships, Flushing Meadows, NYC - Hard

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Well done Jo! Comfortable 3rd set as Paulisi said. I feared the worst going into the decider.

HarryGem · Club Coach

Phew. A good win in the end.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Kasatkina totally lost confidence in her serve and No just started hitting the ball harder and much more accurately

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Nice interview there.

the addict · Tennis legend

Paulisi - were you watching the main stream, or the dedicated court coverage ? That could explain the lack of info.

I have a very good HD picture on the TV (Firestick) and tablets, all on wifi - but it needs a decent connection and signal.

indiana · Tennis legend

Yay

Daria was a decent draw at the moment and I hope things improve again for her fairly soon. But for now a very welcome win for Jo and onwards ...

She has jumped up to live WR 11 for now. Was already going to pass 3 of last year's semi finalists, Serena, Keys and Sevastova, and a R1 win nudges her ahead of Kerber and Sabalenka.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

I was originally an Amazon Prime sceptic, but must say I am very impressed with their coverage. It has massively improved since last year when there were only 3 or 4 courts that we could watch for the first week. They are quick to upload matches pretty much as soon as they are finished, and the match choice is perfect. No adverts either - call me a fan.

HarryGem · Club Coach

Coup Droit wrote:
HarryGem wrote:
Poor result for Harriet and let's hope Jo doesn't implode
You'd have hoped for a slightly closer score but I don't think it's a poor result - Bogdan was favourite, and rightly so, given her far higher CH ranking.
Now if Jo were to lose to Kasatkina, THAT would be a poor result (much as I like watching Kasatkina play and am a fan)

Dart is the higher ranked player and on this year's form ranked 129 to Bogdan's 163. Not that much between them in ranking. Bogdan may have more experience but to lose 3 and 1 is hard to disguise as anything other than disappointing. Personally I thought and hoped it would be far closer. If Harriet wants to break into the top 100 she needs to win matches of this type. She won 20 points fewer and only 29% of 2nd serve points. That 2nd serve really needs a lot of work.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Mariam recovered from a break down in the decider to beat Pera after all smile .

Peter too · Tennis legend

R128: KONTA, Johanna (GBR) 16 16 def KASATKINA, Daria (RUS) 42 6-1 4-6 6-2
R128: DART, Harriet (GBR) Q 139 lost to BOGDAN, Ana (ROU) Q 152 3-6 1-6

R64: KONTA, Johanna (GBR) 16 16 v GASPARYAN, Margarita (RUS) 61 CH=41 2016

flamingowings · All-time great

Kerber goes out to Mladenovic in one of those "peak" WTA scorelines 5-7 6-0 4-6.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

With that win jo jumps up to live 11th in the rankings, as many players are set to defend lots of points. One more win and she could enter top 10

the addict · Tennis legend

And then came another one...

Tsurenko has withdrawn, so Xiyu Wang gets a LL spot.

indiana · Tennis legend

the addict wrote:
And then came another one...

Tsurenko has withdrawn, so Xiyu Wang gets a LL spot.

Against LL Flipkens ( in for Barthel )