Prague returns to the WTA calendar this year for the first time since 2011 having operated as an ITF for the last few years. It’s fully deserving of a place on the calendar with Czech women’s tennis absolutely booming right now with nine players in the world’s top 100. The only one of those not…
The clay court season kicks into full swing this week with two WTA tournaments including the Grand Prix de Sar La Princesse Lalla Meryem in Marrakech… that’s quite a mouthful. For an International event, it’s a reasonable draw and it should improve with the likes of Teliana Pereira, Urszula Radwanska and Alison Van Uytvanck still…
It’s been a while since i’ve had the opportunity to post some smiling Lucie pics so here’s a quick post to do just that. Lucie Safarova and Bethanie Mattek-Sands were playing just their THIRD tournament together but won their second title in Stuttgart to go along with their Australian Open triumph. The pair beat Katarina…
Have I mentioned that I love Stuttgart? I’m sorry for sounding like a broken record all week, but this tournament is just totally awesome. Angelique Kerber extended her winning streak to 11 matches, winning the last four games of the match to beat Caroline Wozniacki in a gripping finale, 3-6 6-1 7-5. Kerber was 5-3…
Another week passes by on Racket Rally and it was a much more successful one for moi. Nishikori’s win in Barcelona was most helpful. Garcia made the quarters of Stuttgart and Muguruza and Safarova both won a match. The star of this week though was zyxn52 who scored a whopping 9540 points which was double…
It’s been another great week in Stuttgart with plenty of high quality matches that will be remembered come the end of the season. There have been quite a few upsets, but the final promises to be a cracker. At not before 2.30pm local time, Angelique Kerber and Caroline Wozniacki will meet for the tenth time…
I wish every tennis week was held in Stuttgart. It’s not a coincidence that each year there are a handful of matches from this tournament that are in my top 20 countdown and there is no doubt that the first of the semi-finals between Caroline Wozniacki and Simona Halep will be featuring in 2015. In…
The first of the semi-finals in Stuttgart on Saturday at 12.30pm UK time will feature the two highest seeds from the bottom half, Simona Halep and Caroline Wozniacki. Halep faced a tough first match in Stuttgart against Garbine Muguruza. She survived, producing an excellent comeback to record her first ever win against the Spaniard, 3-6…
In an all-unseeded semi-final, Angelique Kerber will take on Madison Brengle in the second of Saturday’s singles matches in Stuttgart. Brengle is having a superb year, but I don’t think many people predicted her reaching the last four this week. In the last of the quarter-finals, she came from a set down to defeat Caroline…
I’m still getting over that fabulous win for Angelique Kerber last night over Maria Sharapova! In case you missed it, I recapped the match here. I ran out of time to write detailed previews about the Stuttgart quarter-finals last night, but here are a few quick thoughts about each match. 1. Angelique Kerber v Ekaterina…
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