The one match I really wanted to watch on Saturday in Miami was the third round match between Maria Sharapova and Lucie Safarova. Thanks to Serena’s long match, a rain delay and Donald Young v John Isner taking forever (thanks guys), it didn’t start till gone past 11pm UK time. By all accounts it was…
Serena Williams endured another tough match on Saturday as she spent over two and half hours on court with Caroline Garcia. The Frenchwoman put in a spirited performance and hung around terrifically well in the third set before Serena closed out the match in style, 6-4 4-6 6-4. In other news, Sabine Lisicki’s rough luck…
Reports from the Argentine media came out on Friday suggesting that Juan Martin del Potro is considering having surgery on his left wrist (see article here). It would be a crushing blow for the big man because it would rule him out for the rest of the year. As a DelPo fan, I feel genuinely…
Jelena Jankovic was the most high profile loss on Friday as she wasted a 5-1 third set lead to go down in what sounded like a strange match to Varvara Lepchenko, 6-3 2-6 7-6(2). The coverage of the womens draw has been slack, but I did manage to watch the first set of Serena William’s…
After an excellent week of coverage from Indian Wells, Miami is already starting to take quite a bit of flack with its lack of streams for the WTA tour. On Thursday, there were just two streamed WTA matches, which seems rather pathetic for a Premier Mandatory event. In general, Miami really seems to have regressed,…
The coaching carousel has been very busy in the last couple of months with a huge number of change-ups during the off-season. Today’s big news saw Andy Murray and Ivan Lendl part ways after two years together. There were no indications that this split was on the cards. Here are a few thoughts on Murray-Lendl…
Last year, the men’s draw in Miami really suffered with the losses of Federer and Nadal. This year though it’s packed with all the big names. David Ferrer and Juan Martin del Potro are both set to return after missing Indian Wells, although DelPo remains a doubt regarding his participation. Please vote in the poll…
As the dust has barely settled from two weeks in the desert of Indian Wells, the Miami draw is out and main draw action for the women kicks off on Tuesday. It has been difficult to put a full preview together for this tournament with very limited time and with qualifiers unlikely to be placed…
The curtain came down on the 2014 BNP Paribas Open with the best match from the whole two weeks as Novak Djokovic beat Roger Federer in a third set tiebreak. Here are some of my thoughts on that terrific final and the two weeks in the desert for the men. The Final: Djokovic d. Federer,…
Flavia Pennetta defeated Agnieszka Radwanska, 6-2 6-1 in the final of the 2014 BNP Paribas Open in 73 minutes. Here are some of my thoughts on the final and the key talking points from the two weeks in the desert. The Final: Pennetta d. Radwanska, 6-2 6-1 Urgh. It’s always horrible when one player is…
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