Oh no, that's totally passed me by. It makes sense then.

And there it is, Aga out.

She withdrew from Stanford because of it too.

Why is Kerber's match not allowed to be broadcast?

Kerber has just broke and will now serve for the match.

Update: After a long game, Kerber finally serves it out and wins 6-4 in the final set.

Ouch Venus

I've just realised, including today's opponent, Jo Konta's last four opponents have been American.

Excellent start for Konta, taking the first set 6-3.

Keys v Williams currently locked at 5-5 in the second set, with Keys having won the first set 6-1.

Solid performance from Konta against Lepchenko 6-3 6-2.

Meanwhile, Keys v Venus, 4-2 to Keys in the third set.

And Venus is out. Heather Watson about to start second round doubles with Mattek-Sands. Time for me to retire now for he night. Genie match should be interesting. Konta plays the winner of that match.

Yep it would have passed Nick by the first time. I'm young enough to have got the full Pokemon experience as a child, I remember buying my Gameboy colour and pokemon blue with my first holy communion money, think the two of them cost me about eighty Irish pounds at the time


Really not sure what Thiem is thinking playing tournaments every second week, glad that he's finally seen sense and decided to pull the plug this week. Zverev is another who'd want to curtail the schedule a bit.


Very concerning how injured Belinda is at this early stage of her career


Oh Genie girl, you never let me down

Speaking of Genie, I found these sentences from the 'playing style' section of her poorly edited Wikipedia page funny




Also, sad to see some of the pictures from the upcoming Olympics. I had heard a lot about in the months gone by but I kinda assumed that it would be ready in time. Terrible to see that they haven't even finished the roof. Let's hope if it does rain it'll only affect one third of the stadium

Rafa looks stunning. He should play shirtless

Konta has had a very kind draw, has to be said. Hasnt played another seed yet and wont play one later on either. Good chance of going on and winning this now?

She has had a kind draw but came into the tournament with only a days rest and has aquited herself well. She would have to play everyday to win it which would mean playing a match nearly every day for two weeks.

She has been given the late match today which may help but yes, a good effort the last fortnight from her.

If she wins later she goes up to 11th in the world and could go up to 9th or 10th depending on the other matches. Definitely some motivation there for her.

Surely Konta can beat a qualifier? Although I'm taking nothing for granted. The commentators were talking last night about the possibility of making the WTA finals.

Wait until after US Open. Hasn't she got a lot of points to defend there?

On the live rankings Andy's points have gone up and he hasn't played. All beyond me.

Rafa's team are more confident of him taking part in the olympics after a good practice with Andy. Keeping my fingers crossed he can play again.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...s-wrist-injury

Konta is currently 9th on the list from the start of this year. Saying that, if she loses tonight she could go down to 11th in that particular list by the end of the day.

Her big points are at the Australian Open where she got to the quarters . At the US Open she is defending 4th round points but given she is 9th YTD it could be a lot worse.

Jo made the semis of the Aus Open Even bigger points.

Yep, she's now about to start entering the tricky stage of having to defend her existing points as well as trying to climb even further. It often trips players up after their first 'breakthrough' year.

Perhaps it's that sudden realisation that the *minimum* you must do is match how well you've played in the previous 12 months, just to hang on to your current ranking. It's an additional layer of pressure which she hasn't had to deal with up till the US Open begins.

Her big points were at the Australian but it is a semi-final she is defending points on

Edit Sorry smude hadn't read your response sorry

That's OK It was pretty remarkable to make the semi.

Oops dunno why I typed quarter!

Regarding the US, she should be expecting to get to R4 anyway given what seeding she is likely to have.

8th actually, you've got to take out Vika.

http://live-tennis.eu/wta-race

So if she was to win this tournament, where would that put her in the live WTA race?

It depends what Halep does. If Halep doesn't make the final and Jo manages to win then Jo could be as high as 3rd behind Serena and Kerber. If by some miracle it is a Konta-Halep final and Jo wins then she'd be 4th behind Serena, Kerber and Halep.

A lot of ifs, buts and maybes involved though.