Victoria Azarenka v Li Na Agnieszka Radwanska Azarenka has not played her best tennis in Madrid but showed how far she has come along in a year as she rose her game at the crucial stages to edge Ana Ivanovic, 6-4 6-4. Li Na has looked in fine form this tournament taking out two talented…
Lucie Hradecka The big shock in the WTA Madrid draw was the exit of the defending champion, Petra Kvitova, who was sensationally ousted by the big hitting Lucie Hradecka, 6-4 6-3. Hradecka has an explosive game, but she is even more inconsistent than Kvitova and has really struggled for form in recent months. I tipped…
Li Na Victoria Azarenka v Ana Ivanovic Azarenka and Ivanovic both progressed to a third round meeting with two straight set wins in Madrid. In the second round, Azarenka beat Andrea Hlavackova with a 6-3 7-6 victory, meanwhile Ivanovic had a good win against Nadia Petrova, 7-5 6-1, who despite being inconsistent is still a…
Serena Williams hit 40 winners as she beat the Budapest runner-up Elena Vesnina, 6-3 6-1 and set up a second round clash with Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova at the Mutua Madrilena Open. Serena served particularly well including hitting four aces in one game in the second set. She produced some beautiful angles throughout the match and defended…
The women kicked off the action on the first day of the WTA Mutua Madrid Open with some upsets and epic encounters. The first match to hit the blue clay was the longest one of the day as Marion Bartoli succumbed to Sorana Cirstea in a 6-7 6-4 6-3 loss that lasted just short of…
The ATP draw for Madrid is littered with all the names you would expect apart from Andy Murray, who has had to withdraw due to a back injury. Note that that top eight players all receive byes in the first round. Let’s take a look at the draw… Giles Simon PROJECTED QUARTER 1 – Novak…
You can now view my full predictions for Madrid, which will kick off at 12pm today with the match between Marion Bartoli and Sorana Cirstea. Venus Williams, Li Na, Vera Zvonareva are all in action along with the all-German clash between Mona Barthel and Julia Goerges, which wraps up proceedings on the opening day of…
The women’s draw for Madrid is completely packed with no byes for the top seeds, which means there are some tricky obstacles from the get go. There is a buzz around this tournament with the switch to a blue clay court, which has received mixed opinions from the players. Anyway let’s take a look at…
Kaia Kanepi WTA Estoril Day 4 round-up – Roberta Vinci and Kaia Kanepi both overcame tough opponents to set up an interesting semi-final encounter. Vinci recovered from a 0-3 third set deficit against the wandering Nadia Petrova, meanwhile Kanepi beat Petra Cetkovska, 6-3 3-6 6-3. Suarez Navarro won an all Spaniard quarter-final with Silvia…
WTA Estoril QF: Day 3 round-up: My tip for the title, Anabel Medina Garrigues wasted a match point in a second round loss to Silvia Soler Espinosa. Maria Kirilenko threw away a 5-1 third set lead to Karin Knapp and was joined on the loser’s bench by Zheng Jie and Polona Hercog. QF Predictions: Roberta…
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