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Monthly Archives: February 2017

Tuesday’s Set Points, WTA Acapulco & Kuala Lumpur: Diyas and Tomljanovic return

This is a snappy Set Points to keep up-to-date with WTA happenings in Kuala Lumpur and Acapulco. Unfortunately both tournaments are at terrible times for me – KL is whilst i’m at work and Acapulco is whilst i’m asleep so i’ve decided to take a week off from predictions and daily posts. I’ll try and…

February 28, 2017 in Acapulco, Kuala Lumpur, Set Points, WTA.

Sunday’s Set Points, WTA Budapest: Timea Babos wins second WTA title at home

Timea Babos hadn’t won a singles match on the WTA tour in 2017 heading into her home tournament of Budapest. Five matches later and with victories over Ipek Soylu (6-3 6-2), Anna Blinkova (6-3 6-2), Oceane Dodin (6-4 2-6 6-1), Julia Goerges (7-5 6-1) and Lucie Safarova (6-7(4) 6-4 6-3), Timea scooped her second WTA…

February 26, 2017 in Acapulco, Budapest, Kuala Lumpur, Set Points, WTA.

Highlights of WTA Dubai 2017, Match Points: Elina Svitolina wins biggest title & cracks top ten

The 2017 Middle East swing came to a crescendo on Saturday with the final of the Dubai Duty Free Championships. This post presents the highlights from Dubai with best bits from the tournament including a recap of the final and links to memorable matches, shots, points and plenty more. If you fancy a trip down memory lane,…

February 25, 2017 in Dubai, Match Points, WTA.

Friday’s Set Points, WTA Dubai: Wozniacki and Svitolina win in straights to reach final

Friday was semi-finals day at the 2017 Dubai Duty Free Championships with the number 10 seed, Caroline Wozniacki up first against Anastasija Sevastova in a repeat of last year’s US Open quarter-final. In a third straight sets win over Sevastova, Wozniacki won her ninth match in the last 10 days to win, 6-3 6-4. It…

February 24, 2017 in Dubai, Set Points, WTA.

Thursday’s Set Points, WTA Dubai: Nine matches in nine days, take a bow Caroline!

The evening session in Dubai on day 5 of main draw action was delayed for rain…. that pesky rain! I thought it was a 2016 thing but it’s continuing in 2017 in the most unlikely of places. Here is Caroline’s take on the rain these past few weeks. .@CaroWozniacki bringing the rain 😂☔️ pic.twitter.com/x03AdcQUk7 —…

February 23, 2017 in Dubai, Set Points, WTA.

Angelique Kerber v Elina Svitolina: WTA Dubai 2017, Semi-Final Preview

In a tenth career meeting and a fourth encounter in the last six months, Angelique Kerber and Elina Svitolina will square off in the second of the semi-finals at the Dubai Duty Free Championships on Friday. The number one seed, Angelique Kerber came into Dubai with a 4-4 W-L record and having won just one…

February 23, 2017 in Dubai, Kerber, Svitolina, WTA.

Wednesday’s Set Points, WTA Dubai: Brilliant Bellis beat Radwanska, Konjuh also through to QFs

The upset train gathered more pace on day 4 of main draw action at the 2017 Dubai Duty Free Championships. The 17-year-old, CiCi Bellis scored the biggest win of her career so far, defeating the world number six, Agnieszka Radwanska, 6-4 2-6 6-2. Bellis played a superb match – I was so impressed with her…

February 22, 2017 in Dubai, Set Points, WTA.

Tuesday’s Set Points, WTA Dubai: Mladenovic scores 3rd top 5 win, Kerber sets up Puig rematch

The start of Tuesday’s bumper order of play was delayed an hour by rain but soon got underway with the number three seed, Dominika Cibulkova up against Ekaterina Makarova. Prior to 2017, Makarova had never beaten Cibulkova – now she has two hard fought three set wins to her name as she claimed the upset…

February 21, 2017 in Dubai, Set Points, WTA.

Monday’s Set Points, WTA Dubai, Budapest: Riske ousts Vandeweghe, Safarova holds on for R1 win

The final match of the day on Monday’s order of play in Dubai produced the biggest upset by seeding as Alison Riske maintained her excellent start to the year with a 6-4 6-4 victory over the number 11 seed, CoCo Vandeweghe. There’s no sugar coating this match which was an absolute shocker. Vandeweghe was in…

February 20, 2017 in Budapest, Dubai, Set Points, WTA.

WTA Dubai, 2nd Round Preview: Angelique Kerber v Mona Barthel

The world number two, Angelique Kerber will be aiming to get her year on track when she plays fellow compatriot, Mona Barthel in the second round of the Dubai Duty Free Championships on Tuesday. Kerber is 4-4 for the year and yet to make it past the quarter-finals at any of the four tournaments that…

February 20, 2017 in Barthel, Dubai, Kerber, WTA.

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