The women are in Toronto this week with Maria Sharapova the one noteworthy withdrawal. Let’s take a look at this week’s draw. *Now updated with qualifiers and Victoria Azarenka’s withdrawal* FIRST PROJECTED QUARTER – S.Williams (1) v M.Bartoli (7) Marion Bartoli Serena Williams heads up this week’s draw and will play for the first time…
Wimbledon is a long and distant memory and it is now time for the preparations to begin towards the US Open with Canada hosting all the big names bar Roger Federer and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Note that the top eight seeds all have byes into the second round. FIRST PROJECTED QUARTER – N.Djokovic (1) v R.Gasquet…
1. Victoria Azarenka v Sam Stosur (Carlsbad, F) Sam Stosur Sam Stosur will look to break a 0-8 head-to-head record with Victoria Azarenka in the Carlsbad final on Sunday. Stosur suffered a disappointing first round loss to Olga Govortsova in Stanford, but a smart move to take a wildcard in Carlsbad has given her the…
1. Tommy Haas v Juan Martin del Potro (Washington, SF) Juan Martin del Potro The top match on Saturday’s schedule through the three tournaments will see Juan Martin del Potro take on Tommy Haas in a semi-final that has gone with the seeding. Del Potro has had a really fantastic week, efficinetly progressing with straight…
1. Grigor Dimitrov v Tommy Haas (ATP Washington, QF) Tommy Haas My Washington predictions have gone wildly astray this week as I thought Juan Martin del Potro might struggle in his first event back after Wimbledon, but it has been quite the opposite as he comfortably saw off Ryan Harrison and Bernard Tomic yesterday. Another…
Rain interrupted the Washington schedule last night so quite a few second round mens matches are still to be played. It is disappointing though that of the six matches scheduled on the Stadium court, all of them are ATP matches and as per usual, the women are relegated to the outside courts. 1. Grigor Dimitrov…
Agnieszka Radwanska v Daniela Hantuchova (WTA Carlsbad, R2) Aga Radwanska In her tireless pursuit of points, Agnieszka Radwanska is playing four straight weeks with Stanford, Carlsbad, Toronto and Cincy all on her schedule. After two long matches in Stanford in the quarter-finals (vs. Lepchenko) and final (vs. Cibulkova), one has to question how Aga is…
1. Victoria Azarenka v Francesca Schiavone (Carlsbad, R2) Victoria Azarenka 2013 has been a bit of a rollercoaster year for Victoria Azarenka. The first few months could not have been much better for Vika as she claimed her second Australian Open title in January and earnt a win over the world number one, Serena Williams…
Washington is certainly the tournament to follow tonight with five courts offering up quality mens and womens singles matches. Where Carlsbad flourished last night with a string of compelling matches, today you would be pretty peeved if you had tickets for main stadium court with Laura Robson and Daniela Hantuchova the main highlights. Anyway, the…
The Citi Open in Washington D.C. is a joint event with interesting draws for both the ATP 500 and WTA International events. ATP Washington Juan Martin del Potro Juan Martin del Potro will make his first appearance after a sensational semi-final performance at Wimbledon where he pushed Novak Djokovic all the way in a classic. …
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