The ATP draw for Madrid is littered with all the names you would expect apart from Andy Murray, who has had to withdraw due to a back injury. Note that that top eight players all receive byes in the first round. Let’s take a look at the draw… Giles Simon PROJECTED QUARTER 1 – Novak…
You can now view my full predictions for Madrid, which will kick off at 12pm today with the match between Marion Bartoli and Sorana Cirstea. Venus Williams, Li Na, Vera Zvonareva are all in action along with the all-German clash between Mona Barthel and Julia Goerges, which wraps up proceedings on the opening day of…
The women’s draw for Madrid is completely packed with no byes for the top seeds, which means there are some tricky obstacles from the get go. There is a buzz around this tournament with the switch to a blue clay court, which has received mixed opinions from the players. Anyway let’s take a look at…
Kaia Kanepi WTA Estoril Day 4 round-up – Roberta Vinci and Kaia Kanepi both overcame tough opponents to set up an interesting semi-final encounter. Vinci recovered from a 0-3 third set deficit against the wandering Nadia Petrova, meanwhile Kanepi beat Petra Cetkovska, 6-3 3-6 6-3. Suarez Navarro won an all Spaniard quarter-final with Silvia…
WTA Estoril QF: Day 3 round-up: My tip for the title, Anabel Medina Garrigues wasted a match point in a second round loss to Silvia Soler Espinosa. Maria Kirilenko threw away a 5-1 third set lead to Karin Knapp and was joined on the loser’s bench by Zheng Jie and Polona Hercog. QF Predictions: Roberta…
Heather Watson The first round of the Estoril Open has wrapped up with all eight seeds progressing safely to the second round. Kaia Kanepi produced the most impressive scoreline on day 2 as she defeated the promising American youngster Sloane Stephens, 6-1 6-0 in just 47 minutes. Polona Hercog also scored a bagel in a…
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