I thought the Paris draw was going to turn into a mess, but rather surprisingly, the big guns have all turned up and reached the quarter-finals. Milos Raonic‘s loss to Tomas Berdych has confirmed next week’s line-up at the O2 with Richard Gasquet and Stanislas Wawrinka joining Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, David Ferrer, Juan Martin…
1. Novak Djokovic v John Isner Novak Djokovic Surprisingly, Novak Djokovic was given quite a workout in his first match of the week against Pierre-Hugues Herbert. The young Frenchman, who had won his first match on the ATP tour against Benoit Paire in round one, hung well with the world number two and even held…
By virtue of his three set loss to Kei Nishikori, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was eliminated from the race to the World Tour Finals at the O2. I’m sad for the Frenchman, but I think it is for the best because he was obviously struggling with his knee, which has ravaged the second half of his season. …
Benoit Paire Watching a home crowd boo their own player is only something you would see in France, but on this occasion I almost felt that Benoit Paire‘s attitude deserved it. Firstly I must say what a superb performance by the 22 year old, Pierre-Hugues Herbert, who had played just one match on the ATP…
This afternoon, Serena Williams defeated Li Na to close out the WTA Champs in an entertaining finale, 2-6 6-3 6-0. Serena began the match in her semi-final slumber mode although Li came out firing on all cylinders with her successful serve-and-volleying a noteworthy feature of the first two sets. Serena suddenly found her intensity in…
This is the last Masters 1000 event of the year and with it taking place the week before the ATP World Tour Finals, it makes it the most challenging draw to dissect. There is no doubt there will shocks, retirements and things that do not normally happen at the other Masters events. Let me stress…
Serena The final for the WTA Champs in Istanbul has arrived in what feels like super quick time and will see world number one, Serena Williams take on the soon-to-be world number three, Li Na. By virtue of her semi-final victory over Petra Kvitova, Li will move up to career best number three in the…
1. Petra Kvitova v Li Na Petra Kvitova I have never particularly enjoyed matches between Petra Kvitova and Li Na, but the one you can expect from these two is a competitive match and that is particularly welcome because of the 12 matches we have seen this week, just 2 have gone the distance. Li…
Serena Williams has been in impeccable form throughout this tournament, which has certainly taken a shine off the excitement factor for me because it is all looking a bit too straightforward for the world number one. Tomorrow we will find out the three players joining Serena in the semi-finals. 1. Victoria Azarenka v Li Na…
It has been a pretty sluggish start to this year’s WTA Champs in Istanbul with 6 matches and 6 straight set wins. We have yet to see a really competitive match of any real quality, but things could change on Thursday with a considerably improved line-up of matches including the most hotly anticipated from the…
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