Week 5 - WTA 500 ($565K) - Melbourne Gippsland, Australia Hard

brittak · Satellite level

Week 5 - WTA 500 ($565K) - Melbourne Gippsland, Australia Hard

brittak · Satellite level

Darn it! Saves a couple of set points but eventually drops serve and it is one set all.

wales1994 · County player

Katie played the big points badly in the last 3 games of set 2. Now Osaka's running away with it.

brittak · Satellite level

Ouch - looking ominous. Since she missed the break point to make it 4-4 in the second, it has all gone a bit pear-shaped and Osaka now leads 3-0 in the 3rd having won the last 10 points in a row.

brittak · Satellite level

And Jo has just started and breaks in the first game to lead *1-0.

wales1994 · County player

Big hold there! Come on Katie, lets at least make this 3rd set competitive!

brittak · Satellite level

Katie rather fell away at the end and loses the final set for a scoreline of 6-3, 3-6, 1-6.

Osaka certainly raised her level and played well at the end so ultimately I guess disappointment for Katie but she can go away from this with a lot of confidence and encouragement as she heads into next week and then in her quest to get back into the top 100. Enjoyable match.

brittak · Satellite level

brittak wrote:
And Jo has just started and breaks in the first game to lead *1-0.

Sorry Jo but I need to leave you to it now! She currently leads *2-1 as I call it a day. Hope to wake up to some good news in the morning!

flamingowings · All-time great

brittak wrote:
Katie rather fell away at the end and loses the final set for a scoreline of 6-3, 3-6, 1-6.

Osaka certainly raised her level and played well at the end so ultimately I guess disappointment for Katie but she can go away from this with a lot of confidence and encouragement as she heads into next week and then in her quest to get back into the top 100. Enjoyable match.

Shame for Katie but that's what good champions do - raise their level when required.

flamingowings · All-time great

Winner of Konta/Begu plays Osaka next. Currently on Jo's serve *3-4

flamingowings · All-time great

Jo is 6-4, *1-0, facing a BP at 40-A

DelayedReaction · Lower Club Player

Jo loses the 2nd set in a tb 12-10.

flamingowings · All-time great

Begu serving for the match...got broken. 5-5

-- Edited by flamingowings on Wednesday 3rd of February 2021 04:57:29 AM

flamingowings · All-time great

José Morgado
@josemorgado
Jo Konta, who had 2 MPs in the 2nd set, already saved SEVEN MPs in 3rd.

She was 3-5 0*-40 and 4-5 0-40* down to Begu.

It's 5-5 now. 3h20...
5:58 PM · Feb 3, 2021·Twitter Web App

Andy Parker · Club Coach

Begu finally wins the 3rd set tie break 7-4 in a very long match; I thought Jo might have won this one, but at least she made the 3rd round and both her and Katie B are taking decent form into next week, and there is always the argument pre-Grand Slam, that you don't really want six long arduous matches immediately before starting a 7 match tournament, especially in the Aussie heat of Melbourne.