Unfortunately I have been drawn away from my computer, but thankfully internet in my hotel allows me to bring you my predictions for tomorrow. Today turned out to be a pretty interesting day; Sam Stosur blew a 5-2 third set lead over Zheng Jie to fall, 4-6 6-1 7-5. OK, Stosur made some bad errors…
Tomorrow’s line-up for the Australian Open looks to be pretty lifeless for me, but lets take a look at the top matches of the day: 1. Sam Stosur v Zheng Jie Zheng Jie The most intriguing womens match will see Sam Stosur continue her Australian venture against Zheng Jie. She won her first match with…
Petra Kvitova There were a lot of talking points on another busy day at the Australian Open. Where do we start?! In the womens draw, Serena Williams matched Sharapova’s double bagel scoreline, but suffered an injury scare as she roller her ankle in a 6-0 6-0 thrashing over Edina Gallovits-Hall. Victoria Azarenka also prevailed in…
Sam Stosur Day one was as manic as any first day of a Grand Slam, but the majority of the seeds progressed through into the second round. In the women’s draw, Maria Sharapova, Agnieszka Radwanska, Li Na, Angelique Kerber, Marion Bartoli, Venus Williams, Jelena Jankovic and Ana Ivanovic all progressed through in straight sets.…
No time to dwell, it is straight down to discussing the mens draw for the 2013 Australian Open… FIRST PROJECTED QUARTER – N.Djokovic (1) v T.Berdych (5) Novak Djokovic Novak Djokovic has drawn a pretty perfect draw and should feel confident of making a third consecutive Australian Open final. The world number one will take…
Let’s get straight into dissecting the womens draw for the 2013 Australian Open… PROJECTED FIRST QUARTER – V.Azarenka (1) v S.Errani (7) Victoria Azarenka The defending champion and world number one, Victoria Azarenka headlines the Australian Open draw and faces Monica Niculescu in her opening match. The Romanian trickster loves an upset and is many…
I am just in the process of writing my previews for the Australian Open and will publish them when the qualifiers have been placed in the draw, which hopefully should be by the time I get up tomorrow morning 🙂 Meanwhile in Sydney, Agnieszka Radwanska capped off another terrific week with a somewhat surprising 6-0…
Agnieszka Radwanska Agnieszka Radwanska v Dominika Cibulkova (Sydney Final) Agnieszka Radwanska won her 9th match of the year against an error-strewn Li Na, 6-3 6-4 to progress to the Sydney final where she will be the favourite to win her second title of the year. Dominika Cibulkova claimed her third top 10 scalp of this…
Li Na Agnieszka Radwanska v Li Na Two of the unbeaten 2013 records will go up against each other in the first of the Sydney semi-finals. Agnieszka Radwanska was solid as a rock as she edged past Roberta Vinci in a tight two setter, 6-4 7-5. Li Na was forced to battle hard for her…
Svetlana Kuznetsova 1. Svetlana Kuznetsova v Angelique Kerber This week’s big story has been the resurgence of Svetlana Kuznetsova, who defeated Caroline Wozniacki in her second round match, 7-6 6-1 6-2. The Russian player, who will be unseeded at next weeks Australian Open, has been building from strength to strength and faces another tough challenge…
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