Queens, Birmingham 2nd Round Predictions: Del Potro-Malisse, Hampton-Keys, Hewitt-Dimitrov

Tsvetana Pironkova The grass court season got underway today in Birmingham and there were some interesting results as last year’s champion, Melanie Oudin fell to Ajla Tomljanovic in the first competitive match to grace the new Ann Jones Centre Court.  In other results, the grass lovers came out to play as Tsvetana Pironkova snapped a…

WTA Birmingham: Preview and Predictions

The WTA 2013 grass court season kicks off tomorrow in Birmingham.  The draw does lack the big name with no top 20 players from this weeks rankings.  Kirsten Flipkens is the top seed following the withdrawals of Marion Bartoli and Roberta Vinci, but there are a host of the hot prospects and grass court GOATS…

ATP Queens, Halle: Preview and Predictions

There are two ATP tournaments next week to kick off the 2013 grass court season.  Queens has always reigned supreme, but over the last couple of years the draw has looked much thinner and Halle certainly has grabbed the better line-up for 2013 even with Rafael Nadal pulling out.  Let’s take a look at the…