There is just one WTA International tournament this week in Katowice, Poland and it is a new tournament gracing the tour. Katowice is played on indoor clay, like Stuttgart and I am interested to see the main draw get underway as the venue looks impressive. Lets take a look at the draw… Sabine Lisicki Petra…
Serena Williams It has been an enjoyable week of tennis to follow in Charleston and we have been rewarded with an interesting final between Serena Williams and Jelena Jankovic. Serena strolled past her sister Venus Williams in a rather anticlimactic semi-final, 6-1 6-2. The other semi-final, which Jankovic won, was much more dramatic as she…
Serena Williams Serena Williams v Venus Williams On an epic Friday schedule in Charleston, it was a day fitting for a Williams fan as both sisters won their 3rd round and quarter-final matches to set up a semi-final showdown, a first match-up since 2009. Serena Williams overcame a richly encouraging performance from Mallory Burdette in…
Jelena Jankovic The schedule was decimated yesterday in Charleston although the rain did eventually clear to allow the bottom half of 3rd round matches to be completed… 1. Jelena Jankovic v Eugenie Bouchard Jelena Jankovic had been pushed to the brink in her first two matches, most notably in her second round match where she…
Venus Williams 1. Bethanie Mattek-Sands v Madison Keys The second quarter has a distinctively American feel to it and will definitely see one American semi-finalist. The third round match between Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Madison Keys promises to be a lot of fun. Mattek-Sands crushed Sloane Stephens in the second round, 6-2 6-0, which was all the…
1. Venus Williams v Monica Puig The late night match in Charleston on Wednesday will see Venus Williams take on the world number 104, Monica Puig. Venus was forced to pull out of her third round match with Sloane Stephens in Miami due to a persistent back injury and there are still some concerns about…
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