I managed to get some more tickets for the Monday on Centre Court through the Olympics website and was excited that finally throughout my summer of tennis, there would be confirmed tennis that would not be overshadowed by the Great British weather! We arrived at Wimbledon train station slightly earlier than Sunday and walked to…
In the original ballot of Olympic tickets in the UK, I managed to get a pair of tickets for No.1 court on the first Sunday of the Olympic games. I was looking forward to seeing how Wimbledon would be different for the Olympics compared to the main Championships. We arrived at Wimbledon station at about…
The tennis got underway today with Tomas Berdych the biggest casualty in the mens draw. I was at the table tennis today and will be going to the tennis tomorrow so unfortunately no time to post a proper blog, but I will start publishing my reports on Tuesday 🙂 I have updated my predictions for…
Roger Federer FIRST PROJECTED QUARTER – R.Federer v J.Tipsarevic Roger Federer was in sublime form, claiming his seventh Wimbledon title earlier this month and he will face off against some old haunts at the Olympics. He plays Alejandro Falla in the first round, who famously nearly caused one of the greatest upsets in tennis history at Wimbledon…
Its time for Wimbledon take two as this bumper year of tennis continues with the Olympics… let’s take a look at the womens draw. Angelique Kerber FIRST PROJECTED QUARTER – V. Azarenka v A. Kerber By virtue of reaching the semi-finals at Wimbledon, Victoria Azarenka returned to the world number one spot and she is…
This week there are three tournaments in Baku (WTA), Los Angeles (ATP) and Kitzbuhel (ATP); however the main focus is on the impending Olympics, which begin this Saturday. Wimbledon is already shaping up with many of the top players already in London. The 64-player draw (one less round than the Grand Slams) will be completed…
This weeks tournaments wrapped up yesterday with Dominika Cibulkova winning in Carlsbad and Polona Hercog retaining her title in Bastad. Cibulkova beat Marion Bartoli, 6-1 7-5 to claim her second career title and move up to number 13 in the world rankings. Hercog beat Mathilde Johansson, 0-6 6-4 7-5 in one of those crazy chokefest…
Dominika Cibulkova Lets take a look at what has happened over the past few days and towards todays finals: WTA Carlsbad: Three of the four quarter-finals in San Diego reached epic proportions in the soaring heat; Jelena Jankovic wasted two match points against Yung-Jan Chan, 6-7 7-6 7-5, Marion Bartoli survived Christina McHale, 7-5 4-6…
It was announced today that Wimbledon will be moved back by a week in 2015, therefore providing an extra week of grass court tennis! I think this is an excellent move because the grass court season has always been far too short and it allows players more times to get ready for the big one…
Marin Cilic Here are some of my predictions for the numerous quarter-finals to be played out tomorrow: ATP Hamburg: A strong line-up has made the quarter-finals with the highlights being the first quarter-final between Kohlschreiber and Almagro and the all-German clash between Haas and Mayer. Predictions: Philipp Kohlschreiber to beat Nicolas Almagro in 3 sets…
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