The highest seed remaining in the Birmingham draw, Simona Halep will take on the unseeded, Kristina Mladenovic in quarter-finals action on Friday. The Frenchwoman is enjoying an impressive few months on the tour; on the clay, Mladenovic reached the semi-finals of Marrakech and the final of Strasbourg, and reached the third round of Roland Garros,…
Two of the in-form players on the WTA tour this year, Carla Suarez Navarro and Karolina Pliskova will meet for the fourth time in 2015 on Friday in the first of the quarter-finals from the Aegon Classic in Birmingham. Both players were pushed to three sets in their first matches of the week; Suarez Navarro…
It’s Ryan here… How awesome was that French Open men’s final? Both players played exceptional tennis and it was an amazing accomplishment for Stan Wawrinka to win. There were so many takeaways from the match, but one theme stood out the most…. Wondering what it was for me? It was how physical the modern game…
Unfortunately no previews… i’m not feeling very well tonight. I’m hoping I will be better for Eastbourne at the weekend :-S Kerber and Lisicki are both looking good in Brum; Angie toughed out a three setter against Pironkova, who played some superb tennis in the second set of their match. Sabine bagged a new serving…
Another reason why I love this time of year is I can bring my happy Sabine pictures out again… yay for the grass. Scanning through the second round matches in Birmingham for Wednesday, the one that JUMPS out at me features Sabine Lisicki and Belinda Bencic. Lisicki is playing her first match on the grass…
Fact… every match i’ve watched featuring Katerina Siniakova has been an experience that I won’t forget. I mean… Status Level: Siniakova. pic.twitter.com/t8nJ8GElbK — The Overrule (@theoverrule) June 16, 2015 In the final match of the day on the Ann Jones Centre Court in Birmingham, Katerina Siniakova scored her first top 20 win with a victory…
1. Angelique Kerber v Tsvetana Pironkova (Birmingham, R2) Angelique Kerber will play her first grass court match of 2015 up against Tsvetana Pironkova on court 1 on Wednesday. Kerber has always done well on the grass and I think she could be a dark horse at Wimbledon if the draw gods are kind. Last year,…
This is always one of my favourite times of the tennis season and watching grass court tennis in the evening just feels so good. When I got home from work, the opportunities were endless! After Johanna Konta wrapped up another impressive win in Birmingham, I switched my attention to ATP. My focus will be on…
Recently, I had the pleasure of reading a book called “Locker Room Power: Building an athlete’s mind”. Written by David Sammel, this book concentrates on the importance of self-belief in succeeding in professional sport and in life too. David is an International tennis coach with over 25 years in world tennis, coaching international players to career high…
The grass court season kicks into full gear next week with the women in Birmingham. This is the best ever line-up for the Aegon Classic with eight of the world’s top 20 in attendance. However, I expected the line-up to be even better and i’m surprised more of the top ten aren’t here. After a…
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