Singles Champion Simona Halep defeated Madison Keys in Sunday’s Montreal final, 7-6(2) 6-3. The match, in terms of the quality of tennis, was not one for the scrapbook! Halep twice failed to serve out the first set but held on in the first set tiebreak, which was decided entirely by errors. The quality was marginally better in the…
The 2016 Rogers Cup final will be contested between the number five seed, Simona Halep and the number ten seed, Madison Keys at 1pm local time in Montreal. In a wild semi-final, Halep won the first and last six games of the match, overcoming a shaky patch in the second set to defeat Angelique Kerber,…
I love a good fairytale run and there have been so many on the WTA tour this year in 2016. The one that stands out for me so far… Samantha Crawford reaching the semi-finals of Brisbane Monica Puig reaching the final of Sydney Zhang Shuai and Jo Konta reaching the latter stages of the Australian…
The seedings have held in the bottom half of the Rogers Cup draw to produce a Wimbledon rematch between Angelique Kerber and Simona Halep in the first of the semi-finals in Montreal. Halep won 14 of the last 17 games in her quarter-final match, fighting back to defeat Svetlana Kuznetsova in a lopsided three setter,…
All in for Kerber v Kasatkina! I don’t have time to write a full preview but I just had to the acknowledge the existence of this match in our lives. It didn’t look likely for a time as Kerber lost the first set of her third round match to Elina Svitolina, 6-1. Svitolina twice failed to…
In a wild year of WTA tennis that has produced upset after upset, it’s almost a surprise to see a projected quarter-final actually come to fruition! The first confirmed last eight match-up at the Rogers Cup in Montreal will see the number five seed, Simona Halep take on the number nine seed, Svetlana Kuznetsova. Kuznetsova sealed just…
Just three seeds went out on Wednesday which compared to what we’ve seen on the WTA tour throughout most of 2016, was a shock in itself. While not the highest seed to go out, the most eye-popping scoreline was in the third match on Central as Eugenie Bouchard beat the number 11 seed, Dominika Cibulkova,…
Daria Kasatkina missed three match points against Roberta Vinci when they last played in Doha, eventually losing out in a third set tiebreak. Six months on, Kasatkina will get another shot against Vinci in the third round of the Rogers Cup in Montreal on Thursday. Kasatkina enjoyed an excellent win over the number 13 seed, Sam…
The match of the day came on Central as Eugenie Bouchard edged past Lucie Safarova, 3-6 6-3 7-6(3). It was a really fun match and there was some superb shotmaking in the third set… obviously it wasn’t the result I hoped for but congrats to Genie on a big win. Lucie did so well to force the…
All in for this one… Venus Williams will open her campaign in Montreal against Barbora Strycova as second round action continues on Wednesday at the Rogers Cup. In her first match of the week, Strycova recovered from a set down to record her fifth consecutive victory over Caroline Garcia, 2-6 6-3 6-3. Garcia won five straight…
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