There were some very interesting results in Dubai on Wednesday as five of the top eight seeds went out of the tournament. The loss of the top seeds in the bottom half means that one of Lucie Safarova, Karolina Pliskova, Garbine Muguruza or Carla Suarez Navarro will make a Premier 5 final in Dubai this…
Lucie Safarova and Karolina Pliskova will play each other for the second consecutive week in the first of the Dubai quarter-finals at 2pm local time. Lucie had her best win since Wimbledon as she defeated the world number 11, Venus Williams, 6-4 6-2. Once again, I was following on the live scoreboard… this time, with…
The second round matches lived up to expectation in Dubai with quite a few interesting results. Petra Kvitova, Caroline Wozniacki and Agnieszka Radwanska all dropped a set, but won through to the third round. Three seeds weren’t quite as fortunate as Jelena Jankovic, Andrea Petkovic and Peng Shuai all lost. If you after some new…
Oh my days. Following Lucie Safarova‘s second round match in Dubai on the live scoreboard nearly destroyed me. After two hours and 52 minutes, Lucie defeated Casey Dellacqua, 6-7(6) 7-6(4) 7-5. Dellacqua had served for the match in the second set and came within two points of the win on multiple occasions. I expected Lucie to…
Venus Williams won her 16th consecutive match in Dubai with an excellent performance to defeat Belinda Bencic, 6-1 6-2 in just 69 minutes. Venus played a pretty sensational first set and was hitting the ball as clean as i’ve seen anyone hit the ball this year. She hit 11 winners to just 2 unforced errors…
1. Agnieszka Radwanska v Caroline Garcia (Dubai, R2) Agnieszka Radwanska will be looking for revenge when she goes up against Caroline Garcia in the first match of the day in Dubai on Tuesday. The pair played in Wuhan at the back end of 2014 where Garcia prevailed in a fabulous encounter, 3-6 7-6(4) 7-6(7). Their…
In light of the rather majestic set of second round matches in Dubai, this will be the first of two previews. I can’t remember such a cracking line-up and hopefully, it actually delivers some great matches. Unfortunately I ran out of time yesterday to write any other previews so i’ll be focusing firmly on Dubai for the…
The remainder of the first round matches in Dubai will be played on Monday along with the first of the second round matches, which will see 17-year-old, Belinda Bencic go up against the number eight seed, Venus Williams. Bencic won her first WTA main draw match of the year with a straight sets win over…
It’s my intention to have a weekly update on Racket Rally to try and maintain interest throughout the whole year. Still, i’m struggling to get to grips with the game and put my tactical brain on. I’m really enjoying it, but i’m just useless. I used my one free sell to get rid of Daria…
Andrea Petkovic won her sixth WTA title at the BNP Paribas Fortis Diamond Games as Carla Suarez Navarro was forced to pull out of the tournament with a neck injury. It’s such a shame when this happens and it was a big occasion for Carla as it was her first Premier final. Many readers voiced…
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