The great third round matches just keep on coming… Muguruza-Kvitova will headline the schedule on the National Tennis Stadium but the first of the last 16 matches will be on the Lotus Court at not before 6.30pm local time where the number eight and nine seeds, Madison Keys and Svetlana Kuznetsova, will meet for the…
Away from Beijing, the big tennis news of the days was that Maria Sharapova’s drug ban has been reduced to 15 months meaning that she can return to competitive tennis on the 26th of April, 2017. I’m just glad that this whole matter can be put to bed because it had dragged on for long…
A blockbuster third rounder is on the cards in Beijing when the number two seed, Garbiñe Muguruza takes on the Wuhan champion, Petra Kvitova in the third round of the China Open. Muguruza was the first player into the third round with a 6-2 7-6(5) win over Yulia Putintseva. It was a nervous yet committed…
It’s been a tough road back for the world number 223, Peng Shuai who was sidelined from the tour for nine months after Roland Garros last year to have surgery on her back. The Chinese player has been competing well of late but not getting the wins; just this summer she pushed the likes of Zhang…
The first two matches of the day on the National Tennis Stadium saw Madison Keys and Roberta Vinci both start with a brilliant bagel against Chinese opposition, but need three sets to prevail. Keys beat Duan Ying-Ying, 6-0 4-6 6-1, while Vinci came from a break down in the final set to edge past Zheng Saisai,…
The number two seed, Garbiñe Muguruza will continue her title defence in Beijing where she will play Yulia Putintseva in the second round. Both players were forced to three sets in their opening round matches on Saturday. Muguruza has been struggling for form all year bar the French Open and she delivered another unconvincing display…
Petra Kvitova maintained her record of winning a WTA title every year since 2011 with another sensational display, blasting her way to the title with a 6-1 6-1 win over Dominika Cibulkova in the final which lasted just 52 minutes. First title of 2016 for @Petra_Kvitova! #WuhanOpenTennis pic.twitter.com/Ht7ofJFVHk — WTA (@WTA) October 1, 2016 It was…
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