The eighth and final spot for the WTA Finals in Singapore will go to either Svetlana Kuznetsova or Johanna Konta. Carla Suárez Navarro was eliminated from the race after she was forced to withdraw down 4-6 0-3 to Daria Gavrilova in her second round match in Moscow. Kuznetsova needs to reach the final and she…
Starting with Moscow… the most dramatic match of the day saw the 18-year-old, Anna Blinkova save five match points and come from 2-5 down in the third set to defeat, Anastasija Sevastova, 4-6 6-1 7-6(10). Not only was it the best win of Blinkova’s career so far but it was also her first ever WTA main draw win.…
The WTA hipster match of the day on Wednesday will be in Luxembourg when Monica Niculescu and Francesca Schiavone meet in the second round. Niculescu won 10 of the last 12 games to defeat Kirsten Flipkens in a all-slicing first round battle, 6-4 6-2. This was a seriously fun match and there were some wonderfully…
In the first main draw match of the VTB Kremlin Cup in Moscow, the number nine seed, Timea Babos beat Irina-Camelia Begu for the first time on tour with a 6-2 6-7(2) 7-5 win in two hours and 27 minutes. Andd in the second main draw match, the one I had been looking forward to…
Dominika Cibulkova won her third WTA title of 2016 in Linz and with that, is the seventh player to officially qualify for the WTA Finals in Singapore. Cibulkova had to work exceptionally hard to fend off a spirited challenge from Victorija Golubic in the final, saving four set points in the second set to seal…
Dominika Cibulkova is a semi-final win away from overtaking Johanna Konta into the lucrative eighth place in the Race to Singapore. In her quarter-final match on Friday against the defending champion, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Cibulkova wobbled serving out both sets but her level was generally high, prevailing 7-6(3) 6-4. Cibulkova was 5-1 up in the first…
It was a good day for the seeds in Linz as they went four out of four, all reaching the quarter-finals with straight set wins. The words Garbiñe Muguruza and unconvincing have been paired up quite a few times in the last month but not today… Muguruza produced an excellent display of attacking tennis to overwhelm Monica…
Carla Suárez Navarro needs a good week in Linz to keep her slim hopes of qualifying for a first WTA Finals in singles alive… two matches down and so far so good! Suárez Navarro has advanced to the quarter-finals where she play with the dangerous, Denisa Allertova. Suárez Navarro has yet to drop a set in…
The first round finally concluded in Linz on Wednesday with the top three seeds all winning through to the second round with straight set wins. First up was Madison Keys who wavered in the second set but won four straight games to seal a 6-3 6-4 win against Camila Giorgi. .@Madison_Keys on her way into…
The two seeds in action in Linz, Carla Suárez Navarro and Daria Kasatkina, had contrasting fortunes on Wednesday; the number four seed, Carla Suárez Navarro kept her hopes for Singapore alive with a relatively routine 6-4 6-2 win over Mona Barthel. Kasatkina though tumbled out in straight sets to one of last year’s quarter-finalists, Denisa Allertova.…
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