The womens draw in Washington has seen a string of upsets with Lucie Safarova, Sloane Stephens, Alize Cornet and Madison Keys all exiting after the first round. Following the break after Wimbledon, it’s not hugely surprising. The Changeover team are in DC this week and Lindsay Gibbs wrote a fantastic piece about some of the…
Dominika Cibulkova and Carla Suarez Navarro are the only two seeds to have fallen so far in Stanford. Cibulkova’s loss was pretty significant as she was the defending champion. She lost to Garbine Muguruza in three sets. If you missed that match, I reviewed it HERE. The biggest headline of Tuesday was Sabine Lisicki breaking…
In a messy match, Garbine Muguruza ousted the Stanford defending champion and number six seed, Dominika Cibulkova, 6-2 4-6 6-2 in one hour and 56 minutes. Muguruza played a fine opening set, hitting 13 winners to 12 unforced errors, mixing up her serve and maintaining an incredible depth on her groundstrokes and return. Her shots…
The first day of Stanford saw a rather weighty shock as Sam Stosur was beaten by the world number 406, Naomi Osaka, 4-6 7-6(7) 7-5 in two hours and 30 minutes. This was Sam’s first match of the hard court season, but it is a little worrying and particularly, with the recent changes in her…
In response to the article I wrote about Neil Harman in the week (see HERE), it was revealed on Friday that he has been suspended by the Times pending an investigation. Now we can focus on some actual, relevant tennis! The Citi Open hosts a joint event next week with an ATP 500 and WTA…
It’s been three weeks since the conclusion of Wimbledon and finally, we have some relevant tennis to get excited about. To be honest, as tennis fans we are continually spoilt and that’s the case for the next two months with non-stop tennis up to the US Open. The time after Wimby is always odd with…
News spread quickly yesterday that Neil Harman had been caught plagiarising whilst writing for the Wimbledon Annual. I must say, this is the most surreal storyline of the entire year. If this story is news to you, then you catch up on what’s happened with the three links below. I felt compelled to write a…
I wrote this post about two months ago, but completely forgot about it what with grass and Wimbledon and general tennis festivities. I have become hooked on tennis podcasts over the last couple of months. When I am stuck at work, podcasts have helped me get through many a long day! I thought it would…
There is one more week of tournaments before things really kick into gear for the US Open Series and the road to Flushing Meadows. The series actually begins next week in Atlanta where John Isner and Kevin Anderson are the top seeds. These draws are always difficult to pick out a winner but it adds…
The most intriguing of Sunday’s three finals will be in Istanbul where the top two seeds (wow) have progressed through to the showpiece finale. Caroline Wozniacki and Roberta Vinci have both looked in great form so far this week; Wozniacki has lost two sets through the tournament to Karin Knapp (4-6 6-2 6-1 in the…
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