Roger Federer There are a pair of stunning finals for tomorrow, which hopefully should eclipse what was a rather drab finals day in Madrid. Rafael Nadal progressed to another final in 2013, his eighth in a row, which I believe takes him to number one in the Race rankings, which is pretty astonishing for many…
Victoria Azarenka The Rome semi-finals were both uninspiring, but the final showcase should be an intriguing contest between Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka. Serena has been in devastating form this week as she lost just three games to Simona Halep today in a 6-3 6-0 victory. The American number one has lost just 10 games…
1. Tomas Berdych v Rafael Nadal Tomas Berdych I was salivating at the prospect of a Nadal-Djokovic semi-final, but Tomas Berdych came out of nowhere to upset Novak Djokovic, posting just a second win over the Serb and coming back from a 6-2 5-2 deficit to triumph, 2-6 7-5 6-4. I didn’t see the match,…
1. Serena Williams v Simona Halep Serena Williams I thought Serena Williams may pull out somewhere along the line in Rome, but she has been in sensational form all week and dismissed Carla Suarez Navarro in today’s quarter-final for the loss of two games. In total, Serena has lost just 7 games in her first…
1. Victoria Azarenka v Sam Stosur Victoria Azarenka Two players who have avoided the headlines so far this week and probably will continue to lie low tomorrow with their match up third on the Supertennis arena, Victoria Azarenka and Sam Stosur, will clash in the quarter-finals of Rome. Azarenka tore past Julia Goerges in round…
1. Jelena Jankovic v Li Na Jelena Jankovic Jelena Jankovic and Li Na both won their second round matches handily to set up a first match since 2009; so much has changed for both since then with JJ sliding down the rankings, meanwhile Li has claimed her first Grand Slam title. After an early exit…
1. Novak Djokovic v Alexandr Dolgopolov Novak Djokovic It could have been a rematch of 2013’s finest encounter to date, but Novak Djokovic was spared an Australian Open rematch with Stanislas Wawrinka as the Madrid finalist pulled out before his third round match. Djokovic now takes on Alexandr Dolgopolov, another tricky opponent on his day. …
Caroline Wozniacki What a day today in Rome with some real surprises… Caroline Wozniacki lost her fourth consecutive match as she blew 4-0 in the third set and a 5-2 lead in the tiebreak as she went down to an incredibly tenacious effort from Bojana Jovanovski. The young Serb was battling through injuries and cramp,…
Today was a real mixed bag of results; it was great to see Laura Robson defeat Venus Williams although the American is really struggling with a persistent back injury right now. The shock result of the day was Simona Halep thumping Svetlana Kuznetsova, 6-1 6-1. I lost two womens quarter-finalists as Angelique Kerber also pulled…
Another week and another big clay court tournament in the preparation for Roland Garros. Madrid was so-so, but Rome has very similar conditions to Roland Garros so this will be the big tournament to base things on for Paris, which begins in just TWO WEEKS! Note the top eight seeds all have byes in round…
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