First round action was completed on Tuesday at the two WTA tournaments this week at the Aegon Open in Nottingham and the Ricoh Open in Rosmalen. There were two prominent storylines; the return of some star names from injuries and a rough day for the Brits in Nottingham. Read on for Tuesday’s Set Points… Four Brits were…
The WTA grass court season kicked off on Monday with first round action in both Nottingham and Rosmalen/’s-Hertogenbosch (there are so many names for this tournament, I don’t know what is the most accurate!). It’s my intention to do a daily round-up for each day of the grass court season, but it might be difficult…
For my first time at Roland Garros, I wanted to do a recap of my day for Moo’s Tennis Blog. I was pretty excited to discover this place that I had never had the chance to discover before, although i live only 20 minutes away from the grounds. It was really easy to get tickets…
It’s goodbye to the clay and a hearty hello to the grass court season… i’ve been waiting for this moment for suchhhh a long time! The British grass court season actually got underway last week at the $50k ITF tournament in Eastbourne but the upcoming week will see the first WTA events on grass in 2016. The…
Take a bow, Garbiñe Muguruza. For the third Slam in a row, we have a new champion! Muguruza produced a sensational display to defeat the world number one, Serena Williams, 7-5 6-4 to win the 2016 French Open. It was a high-quality final with some thunderous hitting. The first set was one of the best…
After a dicey and damp second week, the final of the 2016 French Open is all set and will be a repeat of last year’s Wimbledon final between the number one seed, Serena Williams and the number four seed, Garbiñe Muguruza. For Muguruza, her form at this tournament in recent years has been a pre-cursor to her…
Finally the rain abated to allow all the matches on Wednesday’s schedule to be completed. For Thursday, the remaining quarter-finals will be completed. I only just realised today that they played for two hours and one minute yesterday which meant that schedulers didn’t have to fork out for refunds… sounds a little shady to me!…
Jeepers… another soggy day in Paris has left a backlog of matches in Paris. While the bottom half of the women’s draw has progressed to the quarter-final stage, the four fourth round matches from the top half are still to be completed. The previews for those matches are still relevant HERE. While the lack of…
Day 8 Matches The first of the 2016 Roland Garros quarter-finals is all set and will be contested between Garbiñe Muguruza and Shelby Rogers! Rogers didn’t play the last Slam at the Australian Open but she is into the quarters of the French Open after defeating Irina-Camelia Begu in straight sets on Sunday. Her on-court interview…
Following the conclusion of the final women’s match of the day on Twitter (and with a spotty internet connection haha) between Daria Kasatkina and Kiki Bertens has destroyed me… Bertens missed five match points and then Kasatkina twice failed to serve out the match. Bertens eventually won, 10-8 in the decider. A huge win for Kiki (in…
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