That’s a wrap for the 2021 Volvo Car Open in Charleston. The tournament concluded on Sunday as the number 15 seed, Veronika Kudermetova won her first WTA title with a 6-4 6-2 victory over Danka Kovinic in the final. If you’re still in the mood for some green clay court tennis then there is a…
The surprises keep on coming at the 2021 Volvo Car Open. The number one seed, Ash Barty, was defeated in the quarter-finals which means that the number 12 seed, Ons Jabeur, is the highest ranked player left in the draw and we are guaranteed a new WTA champion at the end of the tournament! Read…
We’re now powering through the Volvo Car Open with the quarter-finals all set for Friday. Thursday’s last 16 matches witnessed yet more upsets with just one of the top eight seeds, the number one seed, reaching the elite eight. Thursday’s big tennis news was the announcement of a one week delay of the French Open.…
Day 3 of main draw action in Charleston saw the completion of the second round matches. After Tuesday’s complete sweep of straight set matches, Wednesday was at the other end of spectrum with over half the matches going the distance and six of the ten seeds in action bowing out of the tournament. The two…
Hello there, Charleston! The iconic green clay courts of Charleston are supporting a stellar line-up at this year’s Volvo Car Open. This is one of the better line-ups that I can remember with nine of the world’s top 20. Charleston is always one of my favourite tournaments of the year and the players seem to…
That’s a wrap for the 2021 Miami Open. In Saturday’s final, Ash Barty was leading 6-3 4-0 when Bianca Andreescu was forced to retire ðŸ˜. It’s now farewell to the hard courts and we move onto the green clay courts of Charleston, one of my favourite tournaments of the year. On a random note, I…
Thursday was semi-finals day at the 2021 Miami Open. Barty-Svitolina took the day session and Andreescu-Sakkari wrapped up proceedings with yet another longgg night match. Thankful for the Easter weekend so managed to watch back this morning without knowing the score. Saturday’s final in Miami should be an absolute cracker as Ash Barty and Bianca…
