The women’s draw at the 2018 French Open is shaping up rather beautifully with a series of blockbuster third round matches set up for Friday and Saturday. This post meanders through the matches that I got to watch, as well as the most gruelling match with my bro so far. Tomorrow is our last day…
Simona Halep’s three set win over Alison Riske wrapped up first round action at the 2018 French Open on Wednesday. The bottom half of the draw was also completed for the second round with the final match of the day just finishing in time before the darkness. I didn’t get to watch as much tennis…
The first round of the 2018 French Open is almost complete with just one match outstanding – the world number one, Simona Halep and Alison Riske were scheduled for Philippe Chatrier but never got on court and will play first thing on Wednesday. It was an eventful day with my three top matches from the…
First round matches continued at the 2018 French Open on Monday with rain halting proceedings at the end. This has paved the way for a smashing schedule on Tuesday. This Set Points guides you through the snippets of matches that I got to watch. Please chip in with your thoughts about matches that I missed!…
The 2018 French Open is officially underway with Sunday the first day of main draw action. I’m on holiday for the next week in Portugal and am writing this from the balcony of our villa. I wish I could paint a glorious scene that I am drenched in sunshine. In fact, i’m shivering in a…
The draw for the 2018 French Open was unveiled on Thursday night. This post previews three of my favourite matches from the 64 first round matches which will be played over Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. I’d hoped to do a post of ten matches but just ran out time and want to do a draw…
Sunday was the final day of the 2018 Internazionali d’Italia where the singles and doubles champions were decided. A recap of the singles final between Elina Svitolina and Simona Halep is included below. There are two tournaments next week in Strasbourg and Nurnberg with final preparations for the second Slam of the year in Paris!…
Friday’s Set Points wraps up the quarter-finals of the 2018 Internazionali d’Italia. There’s recaps for the two matches that I got to see and summaries for the two that I was live scoring! Polls for Saturday’s semi-finals are linked below with thoughts about both matches up on the separate page. The best news of the…
Another busy day in Rome saw 16 become 8 with the quarter-finals of the 2018 Internazionali d’Italia all set. Thursday was bookended with three setters including another late night match on Court Centrale with Wozniacki-Sevastova going the distance. Friday’s line-up of quarter-final looks pretty stunning! Read on for nine stories from Thursday’s action in Rome.…
Wednesday’s order of play at the 2018 Internazionali BNL d’italia was a wild one with 14 second round WTA matches and one, at the time of writing, still to be played between Garbiñe Muguruza and Daria Gavrilova. I’m off to enjoy that match so here’s my recap of the day and what I got to…
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