First round action concluded at the Volvo Car Open in Charleston with all the seeds scoring wins. Two second round matches were also on Tuesday’s schedule and were both epic for different reasons. For a pair of previews including Stephens-Kovinic and V.Williams-Riske, click HERE. Read on for Set Points to wrap up Tuesday in Charleston… In…
Wednesday at the Volvo Car Open in Charleston will feature 14 second round matches, all of them to be streamed across TennisTV and Stre.am. This particular post covers two matches; Sloane Stephens v Danka Kovinic and Venus Williams v Alison Riske. For a full recap of day 1 action in Charleston, click HERE. 1. Sloane Stephens v Danka…
The main draw for the 2016 Volvo Car Open began in Charleston on Monday. This is one of my favourite tournaments of the year so I am intending to keep up with the Set Points articles during the week. Day 1 saw four seeds in action with one falling at the first hurdle. There were notable wins…
Yay for Charleston! Along with Stuttgart and Eastbourne, Charleston is one of my favourite stops on the WTA calendar. It’s shame that it now runs side-to-side with Miami but there’s still a decent line-up including the likes of Angelique Kerber, Belinda Bencic, Venus Williams and Lucie Safarova. Charleston has also been renamed from the Family Circle Cup…
Singles action from Miami concluded on Saturday with Victoria Azarenka claiming the Sunshine Double. The second Premier Mandatory tournament of the year was a fun one with many of the top ten players finding some form again after an unsettled start to the year. Attention will soon switch to the Volvo Car Open in Charleston. This is one my…
My favourite matches of the week are normally covered in Match Points (coming soon!) but i’ve been so impressed with the quality of women’s matches in Miami this week, I thought this deserved a separate post. Matches from Miami have rarely featured in my best match countdowns but quite a few of these matches are already in the top 10. My list…
The 2016 Miami Open final will be contested on Saturday between the number 13 and 16 seeds, Victoria Azarenka and Svetlana Kuznetsova. Ten years on since winning the title, Kuznetsova is back into the Miami final. It’s never a major surprise when Kuznetsova puts it all together because of the talent she possesses… you just never know…
Boom… an Australian Open rematch is set between the top two players in the WTA Race to Singapore, Angelique Kerber and Victoria Azarenka. The semi-final will be played at not before 9pm in Miami on Thursday night. Azarenka is proving super tough to beat right now; in her 20th win of the year, the Belarusian was clutch…
In an unlikely yet intriguing semi-final, Timea Bacsinszky will take on Svetlana Kuznetsova on Thursday for a place in the final of the 2016 Miami Open. Bacsinszky has come good in Miami after losing five of her first six matches in 2016. There were positive signs in Doha and Indian Wells where Bacsinszky won back-to-back…
A potentially cracking quarter-final is on the cards for Wednesday when Angelique Kerber and Madison Keys play each other at the Miami Open. Kerber has endured a tricky spell after winning her first Slam at the Australian Open, but looks to be back in contention in Miami, scoring her first wins on the WTA tour since January. Kerber fended…
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