While day 3 of the 2017 Australian Open saw four seeds go out, none of them were huge surprises. The highest seed to fall on Wednesday was the number 10 seed, Carla Suárez Navarro. The Spaniard had been struggling with a shoulder injury and ultimately that was an issue for her today as Sorana Cirstea…
Bring all the popcorn in the world… the number 31 seed, Yulia Putintseva will play Jelena Ostapenko in the second round of the Australian Open on Thursday. Putintseva had a challenging opener on Tuesday, saving ten (!) set points to beat Lara Arruabarrena, 7-6(7) 7-6(10). Putintseva saved six set points in the first set and…
The most anticipated match on day 2 of the 2017 Australian Open featured the number two seed, Serena Williams up against Belinda Bencic. While Serena laboured in her first tournament of the year in Auckland, it didn’t come as a surprise to see her produce a vastly improved performance in her first match in Melbourne,…
Second round action will commence at the 2017 Australian Open on Wednesday with the number 20 seed and 2016 quarter-finalist, Zhang Shuai taking on the Shenzhen finalist, Alison Riske. Nicely nestled in a favourable section of the draw, the winner of this match will fancy their chances of reaching the second week. Both Zhang and Riske won…
Day 1 of the 2017 Australian Open is in the books and as has become the norm of the first day of the AO down under, there were some surprising, head-scratching results, even for the WTA! I set my alarm for 4am but managed to wake naturally at 3.30am… what can I say, my body clock…
Two weeks down in Australia and the two most important to go as we arrive on the eve of the first Slam of 2017. The Australian Open will kick off on Monday in Melbourne in what promises to be a fascinating Slam for the women. The Australian Open is always the trickiest for me to…
The 2017 Apia International is in the books and was wrapped up with an all-top ten final between Agnieszka Radwanska and Johanna Konta. It was the same schedule as always but Sydney felt even more rushed than usual! Still, there were plenty of highlights so if you missed out on the tennis this week, hopefully…
Agnieszka Radwanska was first into Friday’s Apia International final with what was surely her best performance of 2017 so far. Radwanska defeated Barbora Strycova for the seventh consecutive time, wrapping up a straightforward win, 6-1 6-2 in 75 minutes. It was always going to be a tough match for Strycova who had played a brutal…
The first of Wednesday’s quarter-finals in Sydney was an absolute epic as Barbora Strycova defeated Caroline Wozniacki in the longest match of the year so far and played out in the extreme heat of the day. 3 HOURS & 20 MINUTES! 😮@BaraStrycova edges Wozniacki 7-5, 6-7(6), 6-4 for a spot in @SydneyTennis Semifinals! pic.twitter.com/E5EMkw1Ymw — WTA…
In my preview for Angelique Kerber’s second round match against Daria Kasatkina, i’d written about how close Kasatkina had come to upsetting a notable seed having missed match points against the likes of Roberta Vinci, Sloane Stephens, Karolina Pliskova and Garbiñe Muguruza. On Tuesday in Sydney, Kasatkina finally got the big win! FIRST Top 5 win!…
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