The top three on Day 6: Ana Ivanovic 1. Sam Stosur v Nadia Petrova There are a number of exciting third round matches to look forward too on the women’s side but I have gone for Stosur against Petrova as my top pick. Stosur has looked totally at home on the clay so far posting…
The top three on Day 5: Caroline Wozniacki 1. Varvara Lepchenko v Jelena Jankovic The match between Varvara Lepchenko and Jelena Jankovic is the most intriguing of the day 5 match-ups. Jankovic managed to record an all important win in the first round having gone 0-4 through the European clay court season. She was far…
Serena Williams Virginie Razzano produced the upset of all upsets to defeat Serena Williams in one of the most remarkable matches I have seen. Razzano completed a 4-6 7-6 6-3 victory in 3 hours and 3 minutes and with so many talking points I could write an essay… after some high quality tennis from both,…
The top three on Day 4: Agnieszka Radwanska 1. Agnieszka Radwanska v Venus Williams The highlight of the second round matches will see the world number three, Radwanska take on the rapidly rising, Venus Williams. Both came through their openers in different circumstances; Radwanska strolled to victory losing just one game to Bojana Jovanovski, meanwhile…
Victoria Azarenka was on the edge of one of the biggest ever shocks in French Open history but somehow she found a way back from the brink in a dramatic first round match against Alberta Brianti. Brianti had break points to serve for the match at 7-5 5-0, but the wayward Azarenka produced her finest…
As has become synonymous with the French Open, play kicked off rather tentatively on the Sunday with Sam Stosur, Ana Ivanovic and Venus Williams all enjoying first round wins. Sam Stosur kicked off proceedings with a solid 6-4 6-0 victory over Elena Baltacha. The Brit fought well with a great fighting attitude during the first…
PROJECTED QUARTER-FINAL 1 – Djokovic (1) v Tsonga (5) Novak Djokovic begins his quest for the career Grand Slam against Potito Starace and will be feeling rather happy at the draw he has been handed. He is projected to meet Jurgen Melzer in the third round and then either Fernando Verdasco or Andreas Seppi in…
I have now finalised my predictions for the women’s draw at Roland Garros and you can see them below… you can keep checking back on the link here to see the progress of my picks! TOP HALF BOTTOM HALF QUARTER FINALS TO FINAL FINAL – Serena Williams d. Victoria Azarenka
There is so much to discuss so lets get straight down to dissecting the draw for the second Grand Slam of the year… Victoria Azarenka PROJECTED QUARTER-FINAL 1 – Azarenka (1) v Stosur (6) Victoria Azarenka will play Alberta Brianti in the first round as she plays her first Grand Slam as the top seed. …
The two WTA tournaments this week have seen a host of upsets so far with Roland Garros just four days away. There are just three seeds remaining in Brussels with Agnieszka Radwanska cruising into the final eight with a 6-1 6-0 victory over Lesia Tsurenko. She was joined in the quarter-finals by her sister Urszula…
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