Thursday was a long day of tennis with a big upset and one horrendous moment, which i’ll get to later in the post. There were three women’s matches up first – Svetlana Kuznetsova and CoCo Vandeweghe both looked in great form as they booked their places in the third round with straight set wins. Svetlana…
This post previews third round action set for Friday at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships with a series of snap previews. For a recap of action from the top half of the draw on Wednesday – Set Points #1 covers Azarenka-Vesnina and Osaka-Strycova HERE, while Set Points #2 covers the dramatic Keys-Giorgi match on No.3 Court…
This post continues on from my first live Set Points post from Wednesday, which ended with seeing Naomi Osaka cause an upset by beating Barbora Strycova. After this match we headed straight for cover under Centre Court. At this time, Johanna Konta and Donna Vekic were playing out an epic and we could hear all…
I was lucky enough to get the chance to go to Wimbledon on Wednesday. A big thanks to my brother who (somehow!) managed to buy a pair of tickets for Court 3. Every morning at 9am, a small batch of tickets get released online for Centre Court and No.3 Court on Ticketmaster. We both tried…
This post features two snap previews for second round action at day four of the 2017 Wimbledon Championships including a tricky match for one of the favourites, Karolina Pliskova against Magdalena Rybarikova. For recaps of all the action from the top half of the women’s draw on Tuesday, check out Set Points #1 for the first…
The second part of Tuesday’s Set Points covers the 16 matches from the second quarter of the 2017 Wimbledon draw where Karolina Pliskova and Caroline Wozniacki were in action. For a recap from the first quarter of the draw, which was a mostly safe day for the top seeds including Angelique Kerber and Garbiñe Muguruza,…
Tuesday saw the second batch of first round matches take centre stage at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships. It was another busy day, but it didn’t feel quite as frantic as Monday with the women’s matches a little more evenly phased during the day. This particular post covers the first quarter of the women’s draw, including…
This post features three snap previews for the third day of main draw action at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships when the bottom half of the women’s draw will contest the second round. I’m thrilled to say that my brother (somehow!) managed to get a pair of tickets for Court 3 so i’ll be at Wimbledon…
For a recap of everything that happened in the third quarter of the Wimbledon draw, check out part one of Monday’s Set Points HERE. This post covers the fourth quarter of the draw for part two of Set Points where Simona Halep, Johanna Konta and Petra Kvitova all began their 2017 Wimbledon campaigns. I just…
Are you ready? Two weeks of tennis mayhem began at 11:30am on Monday morning as the 2017 Wimbledon Championships officially got underway. This post, part one of Monday’s Set Points, covers the 16 matches from the third quarter of the draw, which is headlined by Elina Svitolina and Dominika Cibulkova. First up on Court 12…
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