Beijing draw carnage… the top two seeds, Simona Halep and Petra Kvitova, are both out of the final Premier Mandatory event of the season. Kvitova lost for the first ever time to Sara Errani in straight sets, 7-5 6-4. Kvitova was characteristically error-strewn and went 4 for 17 on break point conversions. Errani played a…
1. Dominika Cibulkova v Jelena Jankovic (Beijing, R1) The final match on the National Tennis Stadium in Beijing on Sunday will feature an all unseeded clash between Dominika Cibulkova and Jelena Jankovic. JJ leads the head-to-head, 3-1 although the pair haven’t played since 2009 when Jankovic won 6-1 6-1 on the clay courts of Stuttgart.…
I haven’t been covering Tashkent this week, the International event that has been running alongside Wuhan. Saturday’s final was an intriguing one on paper between Donna Vekic and Nao Hibino and I did get to watch some of it. Vekic has had a disappointing year up till now but still manages to have these…
Let’s rant… Overlapping tournaments seriously bug me. The fourth and final Premier Mandatory event in Beijing will begin on Saturday BEFORE the final of this week’s tournament in Wuhan takes place. Perhaps it’s my OCD but I find it frustrating that there aren’t clear definitions between weeks and it’s a pain for writing a preview…
The Wuhan semi-finals featured some fantastic quality tennis but both ended on a sour note with a pair of frosty handshakes. For the second straight day, Venus Williams pulled out another victory in a third set tiebreak, saving a match point on this occasion to defeat the US Open finalist, Roberta Vinci, 5-7 6-2 7-6(4)…
Just a quick heads up that I recently did an interview with BettingRunner about Moo’s Tennis Blog and my experiences of blogging. If you are interested, you can read it on their sports blog HERE. Stay tuned for a preview of the Wuhan final and also, some thoughts about the Beijing draw. The Asian swing…
The big news on Thursday was the confirmation that Serena Williams has ended her year and will not compete in the WTA Finals in Singapore, which are set to get underway in just over three weeks. While it is a real blow to the tournament, I don’t think it comes as a major surprise as there…
The US Open finalist, Roberta Vinci has continued her excellent recent form and just like her last tournament, will play a Williams sister in the semi-finals… this time, Venus. It’s refreshing to see Vinci backing up that run in New York because to be honest, I expected her form to drop off after such a…
Wuhan continued to produce some wacky results with the top two seeds remaining in the draw prior to Wednesday both on their way to Beijing after losing their third round matches. The result of the week so far saw Johanna Konta keep on winning, recovering from the abyss of a 1-5 third set deficit to…
For the first time since Wimbledon, Garbiñe Muguruza secured back-to-back wins on the tour to secure her place in the quarter-finals of the 2015 Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open. Muguruza achieved this feat in real style as she secured both of her wins in Wuhan with bagel sets. In the second round she defeated Sloane Stephens, 6-2…
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