1. Sabine Lisicki v Sam Stosur Sabine Lisicki During the first two rounds, you would be hard pushed to find anyone who played better than Sabine Lisicki. The 2011 Wimbledon semi-finalist blitzed past Francesca Schiavone, 6-1 6-2 in the first round and then lost just one more game to the Eastbourne champion, Elena Vesnina in…
1. Petra Kvitova v Ekaterina Makarova Petra Kvitova Black Wednesday, as it was so aptly coined, saw a wave of shocks and withdrawals, which has certainly weakened Friday’s schedule. The highlight in the womens draw features Petra Kvitova, who remains the one player who can save the integrity of the bottom half. She played flawless…
I’m still shocked at Day 3, but here are my picks for Day 4… 1. Li Na v Simona Halep Li Na Li Na takes on the in-form Simona Halep in an enticing second round Wimbledon clash that has been shockingly carted out to court 3. Halep was having a pretty abysmal year up until…
Wow Wow Wow… Roger Federer Since I have started following tennis, I have never witnessed a day like today at Wimbledon. I thought that Maria Sharapova‘s exit to Michelle Larcher de Brito in straight sets over on court 2 was the biggest shock of the year, but that was totally trumped as Roger Federer suffered…
Firstly a big thumbs up to Laura Robson today who produced a fantastic performance to stun Maria Kirilenko, 6-3 6-4. I did not see that one coming particularly as Robson’s form of late has not been great, but she played a stunning match and has an opening in her section of the draw. Let’s now…
Rafael Nadal The first two days at Wimbledon are normally the most frenetic of the year and 2013 has already thrown up it’s fair share of incredible drama as Rafael Nadal was sensationally beaten by Steve Darcis, 7-6(4) 7-6(8) 6-4. Firstly, huge credit to Darcis for what was a terrific performance, but I found it…
The mens half has thrown up one half featuring Roger Federer, Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, meanwhile Novak Djokovic and David Ferrer are comfortably sitting in the other half. Let’s get straight down to analysing the draw… First Quarter – N.Djokovic (1) v T.Berdych (7) Novak Djokovic Novak Djokovic will have very happy…
There is so much to discuss so lets get straight down to dissecting the womens Wimbledon draw for 2013… First Quarter – S.Williams (1) v A.Kerber (7) Serena Williams Serena Williams will arrive in Wimbledon as the heavy favourite to win the Venus Rosewater Dish for the 6th time. Serena is on a 29-match winning…
I first went to Eastbourne in 2010 and have been back every year since to enjoy some tennis by the sea. This year I decided to go for two days and stayed right on the seafront, about a 15 minute walk from the venue. Monday was forecasted to be a rain affected day, but it…
Eastbourne is coming to a close for another year and just like 2012, a surprise womens finals is on the cards. Jamie Hampton overcame Caroline Wozniacki in a marathon semi-final, 6-7(8) 7-5 6-3 to set up a final with Elena Vesnina, who tore past Yanina Wickmayer, 6-2 6-0. Both have had excellent weeks, but I…
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