The ATP announced their tennis calendar for the 2015 season today, which has seen quite a few changes for when the grass court season will be extended by one week. As a Brit, I am a huge fan of the grass court season and am eager to hear any news about the 2015 schedule. Here…
This week’s WTA Premier event in Doha has lost Serena Williams, Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova from the fold, which means Li Na goes in as the number one seed. Despite the casualties, the draw remains strong and has the potential for some upsets paving the way for an exciting week. Let’s take a look…
This week’s ATP events are headlined by the ATP 500 event in Rotterdam, which boasts five top ten players including Andy Murray, who has been granted a wildcard. Kei Nishikori and David Ferrer are the top seeds in Memphis and Buenos Aires respectively. Here are my previews and predictions for all three ATP events. ATP…
This will be the last update from the week’s ATP events in Montpellier, Zagreb and Vina del Mar as from Sunday, I will switch my attention to next week’s events in Doha and Rotterdam. Doha has seen another big withdrawal with Serena Williams pulling out, which means that Li Na will be the number one…
Doha was already missing Maria Sharapova, who is doing broadcasting work in Sochi, but the draw will now also be missing Victoria Azarenka who has pulled out with a foot injury and seems unlikely to make an appearance on tour before Indian Wells next month. Sabine Lisicki is also out and Petra Kvitova remains a…
Compared to the first five manic weeks of the season, it is actually nice to have a bit of a breather. There are three ATP tournaments going on this week, but none have really grabbed my attention. Next week will see the women head to Doha and there are three more ATP tournaments including Rotterdam. …
ATP action returns this week with three ATP 250 events in Montpellier (France), Zagreb (Croatia) and Vina del Mar (Chile). ATP Montpellier Richard Gasquet returns to Montpellier as the defending champion and will be the clear favourite to retain his title. Gasquet is one of 11 Frenchmen in this draw and that is before qualifying…
Week 5 on the WTA tour had two Russian winners as Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova won her biggest title to date in Paris and Ekaterina Makarova won her second WTA title in Pattaya City. The women will now take a week off before Fed Cup action kicks off next weekend. Anyway, here are my thoughts on the…
I missed today’s action in Paris, but am hoping to catch the final tomorrow afternoon, which begins at 2.30pm UK time. Paris is always a solid event on the tour and this draw hasn’t disappointed with a number of really competitive three setters through the week. The star names may have all departed, but the…
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