Juan Martin del Potro made his second comeback of the year in a 6-4 7-6(7) loss to Vasek Pospisil in Miami today. Delpo had his chances in both sets; he had four break points in the first set and then served for the second set at *5-4. He also had a set point in the…
The highlight of the second round matches on Friday will see the Indian Wells finalist, Jelena Jankovic go up against the most dangerous of the unseeded players, Victoria Azarenka. Vika continues to be one of the main talking points of WTA draws this year, but that should start to change soon as she is defending nothing…
The streaming of WTA matches is never great in Miami, but the coverage started today. It’s much better than previous years so we should be thankful for that! I saw the end of the first round match between Belinda Bencic and Daniela Hantuchova. The Slovak hit some winners to recover a 5-2 deficit in the…
Indian Wells down, Miami up next. There is barely any time to let the dust settle and reflect on Indian Wells with the WTA main draw to begin on Tuesday. The quick turnaround does frustrate me, particularly with the main draw beginning before qualifying has finished. Indian Wells was a decent tournament this year with…
1. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova v Vera Zvonareva (Miami, R1) The last time that Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Vera Zvonareva played each other on the WTA tour was in the last 16 of Roland Garros in 2011 where Pavlyuchenkova prevailed in a tight three setter to reach her first Grand Slam quarter-final. Since then, both players have had…
Indian Wells saw plenty of points up for grabs in Racket Rally. All my women didn’t fare too well, but a late decision to ramp up my shares in Thanasi Kokkinakis proved to be a good move. It was the ATP players in my team that saved my bacon with Bernard Tomic also doing…
Where do I start with this one?! Simona Halep defeated Jelena Jankovic in the 2015 BNP Paribas Open final to win her biggest career title with a 2-6 7-5 6-4 victory in two hours and 37 minutes. This was absolute rollercoaster of a match; the quality wasn’t there, but it was strangely addictive and compelling…
I had my Saturday morning all planned out to watch the second of the semi-finals between Serena Williams and Simona Halep without knowing the result. I was gutted to find the match not available on TennisTV with the word “withdrawn” next to Serena’s name. I’m pleased to hear that Serena’s announcement went down without any…
Fact. Timea Bacsinszky is having a totally awesome year. Time for the stats… So far in 2015, Timea has compiled together a 22-3 W-L record, which has included a 15 match winning streak that included back-to-back titles in Acapulco and Monterrey, and a quarter-final showing at the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells. Her only…
Well who’d have thought it… Sabine Lisicki and Jelena Jankovic will meet in the first of the semi-finals on Friday after both players turned the tables on miserable starts to 2015. This tweet sums it all up perfectly. I love the WTA. One semifinal: chalk. Serena-Simona. The other semi: Probably the last two seeded players…
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