Francesca Schiavone This is just a quick note to say what a great day for the Brits with wins for Elena Baltacha, Anne Keothavong and James Ward! For so many years the media have ripped our British players to shreds for poor performances at Wimbledon so I hope there is much praise for them tomorrow. …
The Top 3 on Day 3 Tsvetana Pironkova 1. Maria Sharapova v Tsvetana Pironkova Sharapova faces a potentially tricky second round match against Pironkova. The Bulgarian has had a largely ineffective year so far, but always comes alive for the grass court season. She has made the semi-finals and quarter-finals at Wimbledon in the last…
Elena Vesnina The biggest surprise on the first day of the 2012 Wimbledon Championships saw the number six seed, Tomas Berdych bundled out of the tournament by Ernests Gulbis, 7-6 7-6 7-6 in a terrific Centre Court match. I questioned Berdych being put on Centre Court over Federer but massive credit to the schedulers for…
The first two days of Wimbledon are probably the most manic, crazy and exciting days during the whole year! Tomorrow’s scheduling has thrown up a number of surprises with Tomas Berdych put on the centre court schedule over Roger Federer. On paper, court number one has the best line-up of matches with Roger Federer neatly…
I cannot believe that Wimbledon is finally upon us! The draws have thrown up some intriguing clashes and as ever, the womens draw looks very open. Lets take a look at the 2012 Wimbledon draw… PROJECTED FIRST QUARTER – M.Sharapova (1) v A.Kerber (8) Maria Sharapova Maria Sharapova kicks off her Wimbledon campaign against Anastasia…
PROJECTED FIRST QUARTER – N.Djokovic (1) v T. Berdych (6) Novak Djokovic Novak Djokovic could face two tricky matches to begin the defence of his Wimbledon title, but will feel confident of going deep into the draw once more. Djokovic opens up against Juan Carlos Ferrero before a second round match against either Ryan Harrison…
Tamira Paszek I am just preparing my preview blogs for Wimbledon, but had to make a mention of a terrific Eastbourne final where Tamira Paszek saved five championship points to beat Angelique Kerber, 5-7 6-3 7-5. Paszek also fought through a bad ankle towards the end. I only watched the last three games, but there…
The draws for this years Wimbledon Championships have been officially unveiled with some fantastic first round matches in both the mens and womens draw. I will be preparing some bumper previews and predictions for both draws. The womens is especially tricky this year so deciding my winner is going to be a tough challenge! My…
Julien Benneteau v Yen-Hsun Lu We started watching this match as Benneteau served for it in the third set. He managed to get himself to match point but blew all three; one on a double fault and another one on a framed smash from an average looking lob by Lu. Benneteau looked to be struggling…
I went to the AEGON International at Eastbourne on Tuesday and here is my report from my day… I have tried to keep it as concise as possible without rambling too much 😉 The practice courts I love spotting players on the practice courts and that was where we headed first when I arrived at…
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