In the first match of the Doha 2015 main draw, Flavia Pennetta came from a set down to defeat Svetlana Kuznetsova and book her place in the second round where she will play Agnieszka Radwanska. Kuznetsova had started with great promise; she looked confident and assertive as she went up a double break. She lost…
The joint tournament in Acapulco this week features a WTA international draw and an ATP 500 event. I have fond memories of watching the ATP event in Acapulco last year. There were some brilliant matches towards the end of the tournament with the semi-final between Grigor Dimitrov and Andy Murray a particular highlight. The crowds…
After posting a couple of articles about Lucie Safarova last year, i’ve had the fortune of talking to quite a few Lucie fans both here on my blog and on social media. I was recently chatting to one of the most dedicated Lucie fans out there, @Mc_Mooo on Twitter about an idea for a project…
Simona Halep officially pulled out of Doha today. This doesn’t come as a great surprise, but what it has done is shake up the draw and make the majority of my predictions obselete… that will teach me for posting the preview early! Caroline Wozniacki has been bumped up to the number two seed and will…
Plenty of points were up for grabs this week in Racket Rally. I had a good week (yay!) and buying extra shares in Garbine Muguruza proved to be a good move. All my players are set to play next week although I do have Makarova and Muguruza (set to play in the first round of…
Dubai down, Doha up next. Six of the world’s top ten will be in Doha for the 2015 Qatar Total Open with the main draw beginning on Monday. Doha is a 32-player draw with byes for the top four seeds so it comes as no surprise that with such a solid line-up, there are some…
Dubai has once again attracted the cream of the crop of ATP players with Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Andy Murray and Tomas Berdych all in the draw for the 2015 Dubai Duty Free Championships. The draw is normally quite top-heavy in Dubai, but there is a lot more depth this year with all eight seeds…
Simona Halep defeated Karolina Pliskova, 6-4 7-6(4) in the final of the 2015 Dubai Duty Free Championships to win her second title of the year. It was a really entertaining final, which concluded with a wacky final few games as Halep held off her nerves and a spirited effort from Pliskova. Halep needed just one…
Karolina Pliskova continued her stunning week with a semi-final victory over Garbine Muguruza, 6-4 5-7 7-5 in Dubai. Karolina has won five matches this week against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, Ana Ivanovic, Lucie Safarova and Muguruza with each match taking progressively longer. This marathon semi-final lasted two hours and 53 minutes. I can’t believe…
Just four players remain in Dubai; the bottom half has been ravaged with upsets, but there’s a tasty looking semi-final between two of the hottest players of 2015 so far. The top half has stuck with the seeding and should produce an equally enticing semi-final. I’ve had an awesome week in Racket Rally and my…
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