Chanelle Scheepers Birmingham has been a rollercoaster of a tournament this week, but things finally wrapped up on Monday when Melanie Oudin shocked Jelena Jankovic in the final with a 6-4 6-2 victory. She must be given huge credit for how she has managed to turn her fortunes around having endured a miserable couple of…
Agnieszka Radwanska This years crop of WTA players heading to Eastbourne is considerably weaker than last year’s line-up; however the tournament has still managed to attract five of the top ten players and should see some fine tennis as we edge closer to the third Grand Slam of the season. I will be going on…
Andy Roddick This is the fourth year that Eastbourne hosts an ATP tournament and there has definitely been an improvement in the players they have managed to attract with all top eight seeds residing in the top 40. They have also benefited from Andy Roddick accepting a wildcard into the event who will play in…
Jelena Jankovic Birmingham has always been affected by the weather but none more so than this year as play was practically wiped out on Thursday and Friday resulting in the final quarter-final and semi-finals being played today. Jelena Jankovic beat Misaki Doi in the quarter-finals and then edged past Zheng Jie, 6-7 7-5 6-1 in…
Incredible scenes saw David Nalbandian defaulted from the Queens Final, which handed the title to Marin Cilic. As Nalbandian led 7-6 3-4, he kicked an advertising board and drew blood from a linesman. The Queens crowd were furious during the post-match presentation as they booed the tournament director, but it should have been Nalbandian they…
Yesterday I visited the AEGON Classic in Birmingham for quarter-finals action at the WTA International event. As you may have noticed there was not much play due to the weather, but it was still an interesting day as it was the first time I had ever been to this event. The Edgbaston Priory Club is…
Grigor Dimitrov I am going to Birmingham tomorrow to watch the tennis so only have time to post my quick predictions for tomorrow’s action! WTA Bimingham Quarter-Finals: Jelena Jankovic to beat Misaki Doi/Stephanie Foretz-Gacon in 3 sets Zheng Jie to beat Roberta Vinci in 2 tight sets Ekaterina Makarova to beat Su-Wei Hsieh in 2…
The top three at Birmingham on Thursday Heather Watson 1. Roberta Vinci (4) v Heather Watson Roberta Vinci has avoided the exodus of the seeds so far as she came through her opener when Virginie Razzano retired in their second round match after losing the first set. She takes on the only British player left…
The top three at Queens on Thursday Kevin Anderson 1. Kevin Anderson (9) v Feliciano Lopez (5) The two highest seeds left in the top section of the draw will square off in the most intriguing third round match. Kevin Anderson has had two tough matches so far this week as he came from a…
The number 10 seed, Cirstea After a day of solid rain resulted in no play at Birmingham and Queens on Monday, things finally got underway today with the majority of round one matches completed. In Birmingham, three out of the four seeds in action were beaten. Most surprisingly, the young Brit Tara Moore destroyed Iveta…
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