The first round is in the books for the 2021 Mutua Madrid Open. The first two days have been largely uneventful with 14 of the 15 seeds progressing to the next round. I’ve historically hated the Madrid tournament but i’ve slowly come round to it in recent years and am looking forward to a chilled…
Hola Madrid! The 2021 edition of the Mutua Madrid Open is the debut of the extended tournament with a Thursday main draw start. It does feel weird to be starting on a Thursday but I quite like how the matches will be more spaced out in the earlier rounds because it’s normally carnage at the…
The 2021 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix is officially in the books as Ash Barty won her third title of 2021, beating Aryna Sabalenka in Sunday’s final, 3-6 6-0 6-3. I was hoping to blog all week but other things got in the way and then was meeting some family and friends this weekend for the…
Wednesday’s order of play at the 2021 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix was a mix of first round and second round matches. My schedule is always suited more to the evening matches so Wednesday’s Stuttgart diary is centred on the second rounders which included first ever showings on the Stuttgart clay for the number one seed,…
Day 2 of main draw action at the 2021 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix is in the books. I feel like you notice the absence of fans more indoors and particularly in a tournament like Stuttgart where it was always well attended. Trying to be positive that there is even a tournament this year! Tuesday’s diary…
The Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart is back with yet another stunning line-up including seven of the world’s top 10. It’s an odd draw though with disparity between the first round matches. The pick of the bunch is an all top 15 clash between the defending champion, Petra Kvitova and Australian Open finalist, Jen…
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…
