The men’s clay court season well and truly kicks off this week in the most luxurious of settings in Monte-Carlo. Here is my preview to the draw…. First projected quarter-final – Novak Djokovic (1) v David Ferrer (5) Novak Djokovic returns to Monte-Carlo having skipped the tournament last year and will open his title bid…
This week sees the beginning of the European clay court season in Barcelona and the hard court tournament in Denmark, which continues to somersault around the calendar each year… WTA Copenhagen Caroline Wozniacki Copenhagen boasts a much stronger line-up than previous years although Caroline Wozniacki looks a dead cert to reach the final with much…
Serena Williams was utterly dominant in the Charleston final as she won her first title since the Premier event in Toronto last August with a 6-0 6-1 victory over Lucie Safarova. Like Stosur in the semi-finals, Safarova did not do a lot wrong as she was thoroughly outplayed by the rampant American. There will be…
Polona Hercog (14) v Lucie Safarova (9) Lucie Safarova The top half of the Charleston draw always looked a little ropey compared to the bottom half and things have panned out that way with two unexpected faces making the semi-finals; however lets not write them off just yet as both have sparkled on the green…
Serena Williams has reached her first semi-final of the year at the expense of Sabine Lisicki, who had to retire from their quarter-final match down 1-4 due to an ankle injury. Lisicki has had a history of ankle problems so it must have a very worrying situation for her. There was a nice moment at…
Nadia Petrova Polona Hercog (14) v Nadia Petrova (13) Hercog caused the upset of the tournament in the third round as she took out the number three seed, Marion Bartoli, 6-4 1-6 6-4. The Slovenian showed great fight to recover from a 4-2 deficit in the third set and has flourished on the green clay…
Sabine Lisicki The second round matches wrapped up on Wednesday with Venus Williams scoring a 7-5 6-0 victory over Jelena Jankovic at night. Jankovic had served for the first set at 5-4, but from that point on lost the next nine games as she suffered her fourth bagel set of 2012. After a promising run to…
Venus Williams The first round of play at this week’s tournament in Charleston wrapped up on Tuesday with Venus Williams, Aleksandra Wozniak and Jamie Hampton among the winners. Venus was paired with the toughest qualifier, Iveta Benesova, but produced a solid display to win 6-4 6-3 and continue her projected assault up the rankings in…
I have now published my full predictions for Charleston, which can be viewed here… I must admit that I found this week’s draw very difficult to predict, which may explain my rather wacky predictions. I always seem to favour an underdog and have taken a number of risks this week. I hope to have time…
There is barely time to take a breather after the excitement of Indian Wells and Miami as the women kick off the clay court season in Charleston. This is the only tournament this week, which was originally headlined by the Miami champion, Agnieszka Radwanska. However she has now pulled out of the tournament citing a…
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