Roger Federer is back… let’s take a look at the draw. FIRST QUARTER – N.Djokovic (1) v R.Gasquet (8) Novak Djokovic Novak Djokovic heads into Cincy with probably, not a great deal of confidence having suffered another loss to Rafael Nadal in Montreal. His first match of the week will be against either Juan Monaco…
1. Serena Williams v Sorana Cirstea (Toronto, F) Sorana Cirstea This week’s memorable moments have all but exclusively featured Sorana Cirstea, who has played a fantastic week of tennis with wins over Caroline Wozniacki, Jelena Jankovic, Petra Kvitova and Li Na. Her semi-final victory over Li showed nerves of steel as she came back from…
1. Novak Djokovic v Rafael Nadal (Montreal, SF) Novak Djokovic The highlight of Saturday’s line-up will see Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic play each other on the hard courts for the first time since the 2012 Australian Open final. Both players strolled into the semi-finals with straight set wins; Djokovic recovered from a lacklustre quarter-final…
1. Agnieszka Radwanska v Sara Errani (Toronto, QF) Sara Errani This week has been a real struggle, but Sara Errani and her non-existent second serve have somehow managed to reach yet another quarter-final in what has been another brilliant year for the Italian. Errani has suffered major wobbles in both her matches this week; today…
1. Agnieszka Radwanska v Sloane Stephens (Toronto, R3) Sloane Stephens There are quite a few potential third round matches I would put ahead of this match but it is the best of the ones confirmed for Thursday so far. Sloane Stephens has continued her good form in 2013 anywhere but the US with two solid…
1. Caroline Wozniacki v Sorana Cirstea (Toronto, R2) Caroline Wozniacki Aside from a run to the final at Indian Wells, 2013 has been largely forgettable for Caroline Wozniacki. This will be her first match since Wimbledon where she slipped and suffered an injury on Black Wednesday, but kept fighting, before falling to to Petra Cetkovska…
The women are in Toronto this week with Maria Sharapova the one noteworthy withdrawal. Let’s take a look at this week’s draw. *Now updated with qualifiers and Victoria Azarenka’s withdrawal* FIRST PROJECTED QUARTER – S.Williams (1) v M.Bartoli (7) Marion Bartoli Serena Williams heads up this week’s draw and will play for the first time…
Wimbledon is a long and distant memory and it is now time for the preparations to begin towards the US Open with Canada hosting all the big names bar Roger Federer and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Note that the top eight seeds all have byes into the second round. FIRST PROJECTED QUARTER – N.Djokovic (1) v R.Gasquet…
1. Victoria Azarenka v Sam Stosur (Carlsbad, F) Sam Stosur Sam Stosur will look to break a 0-8 head-to-head record with Victoria Azarenka in the Carlsbad final on Sunday. Stosur suffered a disappointing first round loss to Olga Govortsova in Stanford, but a smart move to take a wildcard in Carlsbad has given her the…
1. Tommy Haas v Juan Martin del Potro (Washington, SF) Juan Martin del Potro The top match on Saturday’s schedule through the three tournaments will see Juan Martin del Potro take on Tommy Haas in a semi-final that has gone with the seeding. Del Potro has had a really fantastic week, efficinetly progressing with straight…
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