This year I will be attending the WTA event in Birmingham and the WTA/ATP joint event in Eastbourne. For Birmingham, I have tickets for the Friday, which is quarter-finals day. I went for the first time last year and got pretty much rained off so I am hoping for more luck this year! The line-up…
The French Open is very nearly upon us, but we have one more week and four tournaments for players to get their last minute preparations tuned in for Roland Garros. WTA Brussels Caroline Wozniacki Brussels is the strongest of the two WTA tournaments this week with Caroline Wozniacki and Roberta Vinci the headline acts. Wozniacki…
Serena Williams I was hoping today’s finals would be competitive, but we saw two terrific performances from Serena and Rafa as they both completed the Madrid-Rome double. Serena Williams was up first as she produced a clinical display to dispatch Victoria Azarenka, 6-1 6-3. Serena hit a staggering 41 winners to just 19 unforced errors…
Roger Federer There are a pair of stunning finals for tomorrow, which hopefully should eclipse what was a rather drab finals day in Madrid. Rafael Nadal progressed to another final in 2013, his eighth in a row, which I believe takes him to number one in the Race rankings, which is pretty astonishing for many…
Victoria Azarenka The Rome semi-finals were both uninspiring, but the final showcase should be an intriguing contest between Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka. Serena has been in devastating form this week as she lost just three games to Simona Halep today in a 6-3 6-0 victory. The American number one has lost just 10 games…
1. Tomas Berdych v Rafael Nadal Tomas Berdych I was salivating at the prospect of a Nadal-Djokovic semi-final, but Tomas Berdych came out of nowhere to upset Novak Djokovic, posting just a second win over the Serb and coming back from a 6-2 5-2 deficit to triumph, 2-6 7-5 6-4. I didn’t see the match,…
1. Serena Williams v Simona Halep Serena Williams I thought Serena Williams may pull out somewhere along the line in Rome, but she has been in sensational form all week and dismissed Carla Suarez Navarro in today’s quarter-final for the loss of two games. In total, Serena has lost just 7 games in her first…
1. Victoria Azarenka v Sam Stosur Victoria Azarenka Two players who have avoided the headlines so far this week and probably will continue to lie low tomorrow with their match up third on the Supertennis arena, Victoria Azarenka and Sam Stosur, will clash in the quarter-finals of Rome. Azarenka tore past Julia Goerges in round…
1. Jelena Jankovic v Li Na Jelena Jankovic Jelena Jankovic and Li Na both won their second round matches handily to set up a first match since 2009; so much has changed for both since then with JJ sliding down the rankings, meanwhile Li has claimed her first Grand Slam title. After an early exit…
1. Novak Djokovic v Alexandr Dolgopolov Novak Djokovic It could have been a rematch of 2013’s finest encounter to date, but Novak Djokovic was spared an Australian Open rematch with Stanislas Wawrinka as the Madrid finalist pulled out before his third round match. Djokovic now takes on Alexandr Dolgopolov, another tricky opponent on his day. …
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