1. Li Na v Sara Errani (White Group) Li Na Li Na will make her debut at this year’s YEC on Wednesday in the first match of the day against Sara Errani. The Italian kicked off her championships today and started brightly with plenty of variety, but was eventually worn down by Victoria Azarenka‘s greater…
The WTA Champs in Istanbul get underway tomorrow afternoon and here is my preview for the first three matches of the group stages. 1. Victoria Azarenka v Sara Errani (White Group) Victoria Azarenka The 2013 WTA Champs will kick off with the world number 2, Victoria Azarenka up against the world number 7, Sara Errani. …
The top eight women this year are in Istanbul with action set to kick off on Tuesday. I managed to waste an hour of my life watching the draw ceremony with about 45 minutes of speeches and bringing the players on and then 1 minute for the draw! I aim to write daily previews for…
This week sees the hunt for the final few places at the World Tour Finals hot up with Basel and Valencia to look forward too. Let’s take a look at the draws… ATP Basel Juan Martin del Potro Basel’s line-up was looking pretty mega at the start of the week, but notable withdrawals from Rafael…
What a sensational second half to the year for Simona Halep, who defeated Sam Stosur to win the Moscow title, 7-6(1) 6-2. Heading into Rome this year she had an unspectacular 9-9 W-L record. However since that event, which saw her beat Svetlana Kuznetsova, Agnieszka Radwanska, Roberta Vinci and Jelena Jankovic, she has gone on…
1. Sam Stosur v Simona Halep (Moscow, F) Sam Stosur Moscow will close with a fascinating finale between Sam Stosur and Simona Halep. Stosur has hit her best form of the year and produced another clinical display in the semi-finals to take out home favourite, Svetlana Kuznetsova in straight sets. Halep was even better as…
There are too many tournaments this week! Today’s predictions were pretty poor on the most part so let’s try and improve for Saturday. Here goes with another day of previews… 1. Caroline Wozniacki v Sabine Lisicki (Luxembourg, SF) Sabine Lisicki The Luxembourg draw is severely skewed with one semi-final offering up 2 top 15 players…
Yesterday was a struggle to pick out matches to preview, but today is much easier because there are some great potential encounters. Sam Stosur v Ana Ivanovic (Moscow, QF) Ana Ivanovic A quarter-final more fitting of a final will see Moscow’s two biggest draws, Sam Stosur and Ana Ivanovic square off in an intriguing match. …
I was surprised to see so little coverage about Alisa Kleybanova, who today beat Carla Suarez Navarro in straight sets to reach her first quarter-final since April, 2011. I have been thoroughly impressed with her comeback so far and look forward to seeing how she gets on in her quarter-final match against Simona Halep or…
1. Maria Kirilenko v Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Moscow, R2) Maria Kirilenko A tough all-Russian affair is set for Wednesday’s schedule as the number 1 seed Maria Kirilenko takes on the unseeded, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Kirilenko had a bye in the first round, meanwhile Pavlyuchenkova enjoyed a rare comfortable win as she took out the young Frenchwoman, Caroline…
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