In one of the busiest sections of the women’s draw, Eastbourne semi-finalists, Johanna Konta and Monica Puig will meet in a tough first round match to be played at Wimbledon on Tuesday. Konta’s rise up the ranking has been nothing short of extraordinary. This time last year, Konta was ranked at #126 in the world. One…
Third round action will take place on Thursday at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome. There wasn’t one match that really stood out but they all interest me so I thought i’d go all out and do a sweep of mini-previews for all eight third round matches… this includes Kuznetsova v Gavrilova, Suárez Navarro v…
Two players currently ranked in the top eight of the 2016 WTA Road to Singapore, Victoria Azarenka and Johanna Konta, will square off for a place in the semi-finals of the Miami Open. Azarenka toughed out a tight two set victory over the number four seed, Garbiñe Muguruza, 7-6(6) 7-6(3)… this was such a greatttt…
The second of the Australian Open semi-finals will produce a first time Grand Slam finalist with the number 7 seed, Angelique Kerber going up against Johanna Konta. While she was the higher seed, Kerber went into her quarter-final match against Victoria Azarenka as the underdog with a 0-6 head-to-head deficit and a recent loss in…
Even before play began, the fourth quarter of the women’s draw always looked wide open… that opening turned into a gaping wide chasm on day 2 when the two highest seeds, Simona Halep and Venus Williams both exited in the first round. Never was it imagined that the two players to oust Simona and Venus would keep their…
The bottom half of the women’s draw will take centre stage on Monday with the final four fourth round matches to be played. This post covers the two matches from the fourth quarter of the draw including Ekaterina Makarova against Johanna Konta and Madison Keys playing Shuai Zhang. 1. Ekaterina Makarova v Johanna Konta (AO, R4) And the Bourne-GOAT lives on… Ekaterina Makarova…
A Wuhan rematch awaits in the first round for Venus Williams and Johanna Konta; the pair played out a fantastic third round match in China last year with Venus saving a match point to win, 6-4 3-6 7-5. The American player went on to win the title and have a wonderful end to the year, also…
Monday’s schedule has a mixture of qualifying and first round matches as the 2015 Generali Ladies Linz kicks into full swing. The first two matches on the Centre Court are both qualifying matches; Johanna Konta goes up against Klara Koukalova, while Kaia Kanepi plays Aleksandra Krunic. Linz had a really impressive qualifying draw and i’ll…
Wuhan continued to produce some wacky results with the top two seeds remaining in the draw prior to Wednesday both on their way to Beijing after losing their third round matches. The result of the week so far saw Johanna Konta keep on winning, recovering from the abyss of a 1-5 third set deficit to…
What a week this has been for Johanna Konta. The Brit is currently on a 16 match winning streak and is into the second week of a Grand Slam for the first time in her career. Before this tournament, Konta had only ever won one main draw singles match at a Grand Slam which came…
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