The first round of the womens and mens tournament will conclude in Cincy today. The highlights so far have seen Andy Roddick fall to Jeremy Chardy, Jelena Jankovic end up on the wrong side once again of a total epic as she wasted five match points against Peng Shuai, and Venus Williams edging Maria Kirilenko…
Cincinnati has taken a big hit this year with both Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova not participating. This gives the opportunity for Agnieszka Radwanska to headline her biggest event yet. Lets take a look at the draw, which looks rather bottom heavy to me… Agnieszka Radwanska QUARTER 1 – A. Radwanska v M.Bartoli Agnieszka Radwanska…
The second of the ATP Masters 1000 events for the summer hard court season takes place next week with Roger Federer returning to action. Lets take a look at the draw… Roger Federer PROJECTED QUARTER 1 – R.Federer v J.Monaco Roger Federer is the number one seed in Cincinnati and along with the top eight…
Petra Kvitova The final four in Montreal have guaranteed that we will see a first title for either Petra Kvitova, Caroline Wozniacki, Lucie Safarova or Li Na in 2012. Lets take a look at the semi-finals… Petra Kvitova vs. Caroline Wozniacki – Wozniacki and Kvitova topped the rankings at the end of 2011, but both…
Agnieszka Radwanska As to be expected, the big names are dropping like flies in Montreal with Victoria Azarenka joining Maria Sharapova in pulling out from the tournament. This now gives a prime opportunity for Agnieszka Radwanska to claim the number one spot if she can win the title. If she was to do this, I…
Sharapova is out of Montreal I may have had the worst day in my prediction history as I correctly predicted just one out of ten of the womens matches yesterday! Yesterday saw a few surprises but none more so than Sesil Karatantcheva‘s 6-0 6-0 demolition of Sorana Cirstea! It is also worth noting that Maria…
I have completely missed the ball this week with Toronto starting on the Monday (one day after the Olympic tennis event finished!) I promise to be on the ball for Cincinnati next week 🙂 Like the womens, I have gone for a number of surprises although I think Djokovic will be eager to defend his…
Unfortunately I have not had time at the start of this week to do a full preview for this weeks tournaments but here are my predictions anyway. I have gone for a load of surprises; I don’t fancy Sharapova to win this week, but I like both Wozniacki and Kerber to have strong weeks, with…
Just a very quick note to say how great it was to see Andy Murray claim an Olympic gold with a commanding straight-sets win over Roger Federer. I will be back on Tuesday and hopefully to get some previews out in time for the tournaments starting this week in Montreal and Toronto.
Serena Serena Williams claimed the golden career slam as she beat Maria Sharapova, 6-0 6-1 in the most extraordinary display yet of her sparkling grass court season. Victoria Azarenka scooped the bronze medal with a 6-3 6-4 victory against Maria Kirilenko. I was disappointed by the final matches in the womens tournament all being one-sided,…
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