What a day. The upsets kept rolling and most notably, the quality of matches was superb. I’m back on Wimbleholiday until Tuesday so am looking forward to my last few days of chilled out bliss watching the tennis and a bit of hard work on the blog! The first quartet of fourth round matches has…
On a fabulously frenetic Friday, six of the eight WTA matches went three sets. I was double screening for much of the afternoon but managed to watch the entire match on No.2 Court between the number 13 and 23 seeds, Julia Goerges and Barbora Strycova. Read on for my review and analysis of what emerged…
Thursday was a frustrating day as I had to go back to my day job. I used a lot of my leave during my Australia trip so I knew I would have to make up for it at Wimbledon. Still, I got to see plenty of great tennis and there were more upsets! I’m back…
I was at Wimbledon on Wednesday as my brother managed to get a pair of tickets in the public ballot. It has become increasingly difficult to get tickets this way as its popularity has clearly increased. It seems to have generally been easier this year on the whole with the LTA Wimbledon Ticket Resale which…
The first round is in the books for the 2018 Wimbledon Championships. It’s been an eventful few days with 10 of the seeds already out of the tournament. Just the one post today to recap another sunny and windy day at SW19. It’s a bumper edition with 13 stories that map my day of watching the…
Second round matches will dominate the order of play on day 3 of the 2018 Wimbledon Championships. There are some great matches and big names involved such as Serena Williams, Venus Williams and Madison Keys. My three favourite second round matches were pretty clear cut for the bottom half and i’m hoping to see at…
This post is the second Set Points recap of the day, which covers the fourth and final quarter of the draw. For the first Set Points post that covers the third quarter, click HERE. It was another Slam day of surprises with a top five seed and two of last year’s quarter-finalist both going out…
Ready. Steady. Go! The 2018 Wimbledon Championships are officially underway with another sweltering day packed with wall-to-wall sunshine. The bottom half of the women’s draw began on Monday with plenty of first round shocks. There will be two Set Points posts today. Part one focuses on the third quarter of the draw where Karolina Pliskova,…
Sunday was a nice, quiet chilled out day before the madness starts on Monday with the first day of the 2018 Wimbledon Championships. This post features stories from the weekend heading into the third Slam of the year. My aim is to continue with my daily Set Points recaps and a daily preview post when…
The top half of the women’s draw will be played on Tuesday with Garbiñe Muguruza opening proceedings on Centre Court at 1pm. The top half was not quite as loaded for match-ups as the bottom half. Still, there’s so much going on and it will be another exciting day! Read on for profiles of my…
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