Yay for the Bank Holiday… Three days off work is glorious and a weekend start presents the opportunity to watch a bit more tennis! Saturday was a manic day with two tournament weeks overlapping; the International tournaments in Prague and Rabat both had their singles finals, while the third Premier Mandatory tournament of the year in Madrid, got underway…
All the remaining first round matches at the Mutua Open in Madrid will be played on Sunday in what will be one of the best days of WTA action all year. In a match-up that features two of my favourite personalities on the WTA tour, the number 10 seed, Timea Bacsinszky will play Andrea Petkovic, fifth up on Pista 6 at…
Coming into Prague, Lucie Safarova had won just one set from five singles matches in 2016… roll on the week and Lucie has been crowned the champ! If you’d told me that Lucie would win Prague before the tournament, I really wouldn’t have believed it. Lucie came from a set down to defeat Sam Stosur, 3-6 6-1…
The clay court season is taking shape with the third Premier Mandatory tournament of the 2016 WTA season upon us, the Mutua Madrid Open. Note that main draw action kicks off on SATURDAY! Madrid always produces a brutal draw because none of the seeds have byes in the first round… as always, this has produced some tasty…
Lucieeeeee! For the first time since the 30th of October, 2015, Lucie Safarova won a singles match on the WTA tour; coming from a set down, Lucie defeated Mariana Duque-Mariño, 3-6 6-3 6-3, in the first round of the J&T Banka Prague Open on Tuesday. It’s been a tough time for Lucie after suffering from…
I love Stuttgart… it’s been another fantastic week at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix where Angelique Kerber successfully defended her title, beating Laura Siegemund in the final. This is always one of my favourite tournaments of the year and read on for my match points to round up the week’s action including the best matches, tweets,…
The finals are all set at the 2016 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart… you can read my full preview of the singles final HERE. Apologies for no Set Points yesterday, it’s been another tiring week and I chose to eat ice cream and fall asleep instead :-P. This will be the final Set Points from Stuttgart…
Wowsers… The 2016 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix final in Stuttgart will be an all-German affair between the defending champion, Angelique Kerber and the unseeded, Laura Siegemund. In one of the feel-good fairytale runs of the year so far, Siegemund is into her first WTA final on home soil. The world number 71 has won SEVEN…
All in for this one… the first of the Stuttgart semi-finals at 1.30pm local time will be contested between the number two seed and defending champion, Angelique Kerber and the number five seed, Petra Kvitova. In the first match of the day, Angelique Kerber produced another winner-laden performance to defeat Carla Suárez Navarro in straight…
Hi everyone, my name is Mitch (@carnesy56 on Twitter) and this is part two of my post from the 2016 Australian Open. For part one covering the first week of the tournament, click here. WEEK 2 As the tournament progresses, the crowds naturally thin out and Melbourne Park becomes an attraction for a greater number of…
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