We’re now powering through the Volvo Car Open with the quarter-finals all set for Friday. Thursday’s last 16 matches witnessed yet more upsets with just one of the top eight seeds, the number one seed, reaching the elite eight. Thursday’s big tennis news was the announcement of a one week delay of the French Open.…
Day 3 of main draw action in Charleston saw the completion of the second round matches. After Tuesday’s complete sweep of straight set matches, Wednesday was at the other end of spectrum with over half the matches going the distance and six of the ten seeds in action bowing out of the tournament. The two…
Hello there, Charleston! The iconic green clay courts of Charleston are supporting a stellar line-up at this year’s Volvo Car Open. This is one of the better line-ups that I can remember with nine of the world’s top 20. Charleston is always one of my favourite tournaments of the year and the players seem to…
That’s a wrap for the 2021 Miami Open. In Saturday’s final, Ash Barty was leading 6-3 4-0 when Bianca Andreescu was forced to retire 😭. It’s now farewell to the hard courts and we move onto the green clay courts of Charleston, one of my favourite tournaments of the year. On a random note, I…
Thursday was semi-finals day at the 2021 Miami Open. Barty-Svitolina took the day session and Andreescu-Sakkari wrapped up proceedings with yet another longgg night match. Thankful for the Easter weekend so managed to watch back this morning without knowing the score. Saturday’s final in Miami should be an absolute cracker as Ash Barty and Bianca…
The quarter-finals of the 2021 Miami Open were played on Tuesday and Wednesday. Three matches went the way of the rankings. The other one certainly didn’t! Read on for my quarter-finals diary with recollections, thoughts and analysis on the first three quarter-finals. Andreescu-Sorribes Tormo was a long one so going to watch that one back…
Manic Monday Miami style. All eight of the fourth round matches were played on Monday and it was quite a day. Much like Sunday, it concluded in overwhelmingly exciting fashion during the night session. I’m going to watch back Muguruza-Andreescu tonight! Read on for Monday’s diary which focuses on the day session matches. Day 7️⃣…
The third round is in the books at the 2021 Miami Open. Six of the seven matches on Sunday went the distance. There were some bizarre matches, some great matches. It was a day! I think the heat and humidity might have played a part during the day session. Sunday’s diary covers the third Pliskova-Pegula…
Day 5 at the Miami Open featured a star-studded line-up of WTA matches. There were a couple of upsets and a noteworthy withdrawal, but the four top 10 seeds in action all advanced to the last 16. Magic Monday Miami style is shaping up to be a belter! Read on for Saturday’s diary from Miami.…
The second round is officially in the books at the 2021 Miami Open. It was a quiet day session as all the matches that I watched were decided in straight sets. Most of the excitement on day 4 happened at night as the last four matches on the schedule were all decided in three sets…
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