Hello from a currently dry Eastbourne! Qualifying for the Aegon International begins on Saturday and main draw action on Sunday so my focus here on mootennis.com will now switch to this tournament. I’ve just arrived, with not much thanks to Southern Trains! If you are training it down to Eastbourne in the next week, please check…
The weather in the UK is pretty wild at the moment and that’s set to continue on Thursday. For the second day in a row, Birmingham didn’t do too badly in getting matches finished considering the forecasts. They were close to finishing all the first round matches but two are still yet to be completed. Once again the…
Petra Kvitova and Jelena Ostapenko are set to meet in the second round of the Aegon Classic on Thursday… that’s if the weather holds up! The return of Petra to grass is always an exciting sight and she began the 2016 grass court season in style. In one of the blockbuster first round match-ups in…
Monday was a very quiet day as the Great British summer was in full swing! Three main draw matches did finish in Birmingham, which was probably a decent showing after play was delayed for many hours due to RAIN. Tuesday’s weather forecast looks dicey again (as does Wednesday and Thursday) but hopefully play won’t be…
In ANOTHER all-Czech first rounder, the number eight seed and Nottingham champion, Karolina Pliskova, takes on Barbora Strycova at the Aegon Classic in Birmingham. The four Czech players, who all like the grass, have had a seriously rough deal with this draw. Pliskova heads into Birmingham where she is defending finals points with a nice injection…
Why, draw gods, whyyyy?! In a blockbuster first round match-up at the Aegon Classic in Birmingham, the number five seed, Petra Kvitova takes on fellow Czech, Lucie Safarova. Originally, Safarova was due to play Simona Halep but Kvitova was moved to Halep’s place in the draw reshuffle after the Romanian player pulled out due to an achilles injury. Kvitova and…
The Aegon Classic in Birmingham will be next week’s star attraction on the WTA tour. Also worth a mention is the new tournament in Mallorca, which has a wonderful looking centre court. I’m loving this time of the season when all my grass court pictures are actually relevant! As a Brit, i’ll be keeping the…
As qualifying began in Birmingham, Mallorca, Queens and Halle, there were seven tournaments to try and keep up with on Saturday! I decided not to go to Birmingham qualifying in the end although i’m glad to see they got most of the matches were completed without few interruptions. I’m saving myself for Eastbourne and Wimbledon… this…
Apologies for no post yesterday. As I think i’ve said before, Thursday is my tennis club night and it was a perfect evening weather-wise. I’m still waiting for that moment when everything clicks in my game; my serve was dreadful last night (i’ve never served so many double faults into the net!) but my volleys and…
Wednesday’s action in Nottingham and Rosmalen was overshadowed by the news that Maria Sharapova is set to face a two year ban for a failed drugs test…. My Twitter timeline was a mess this afternoon! More of the Sharapova ruling to come in this post. Second round action began on Wednesday in Nottingham and Rosmalen, and will conclude on…
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