Marion Bartoli and Angelique Kerber won their semi-finals on Saturday to set up an intriguing final in Paris. Bartoli was first into the final with a 7-6 6-0 victory over Klara Zakopalova. Zakopalova was the much better player in the early proceedings, but she she faltered when given a chance to take the first set. …
Marion Bartoli The quarter-finals at the WTA Premier event in Paris failed to disappoint on Friday as three of the matches were pushed to three sets and the remaining one saw the top seed ousted. The best match of the day saw Marion Bartoli produce a terrific fightback to beat Roberta Vinci, 4-6 6-4 7-6. …
Yanina Wickmayer I am running out of superlatives to describe Mona Barthel as she continued her mightily impressive streak with another convincing win on Thursday. Barthel won the last nine games of her match with Pauline Parmentier to win 6-3 6-0 and storm into the quarter-finals where she will play Yanina Wickmayer. Wickmayer recorded a…
Chanelle Scheepers It was business as usual for Maria Sharapova who overcame stiff early opposition before strolling past Chanelle Scheepers in a 6-3 6-1 victory. Sharapova twice went up a break in the first set but was pegged back both times by Scheepers who returned extremely well in the early stages. However at 3-3, Sharapova…
Li Na This week’s tournament in Paris has seen a flurry of withdrawals and this was further compounded on Monday as the number 3 seed, Li Na retired from her match down 7-6 4-2 to Tsvetana Pironkova. Pironkova raced into a 5-0 lead in just 18 minutes, but was pegged back to 5-5 as Li…
The Paris Draw has been hit with a number of withdrawals since I posted my preview… I do hate it when that happens! My tip for the final, Kaia Kanepi has pulled out with a shoulder injury and the number five seed, Sabine Lisicki has withdrawn too. This has resulted in a reshuffle of the…
Maria Sharapova Maria Sharapova headlines a strong line-up for the Premier event in Paris this week. There were some fabulous matches in this tournament last year where Petra Kvitova beat Kim Clijsters in the final. The top two seeds, Sharapova and Marion Bartoli have byes into the second round. Sharapova is projected to meet the…
The tennis season always goes a little quiet after the Australian Open finishes so if you are still feeling the AO blues, then this video will hopefully cheer you up 🙂 It includes pretty much everything that made this year’s Grand Slam so memorable! The Fed Cup has been the headline act on this week’s…
Victoria Azarenka Two weeks ago, I published my predictions for the first Grand Slam of the year in Australia – so, how did I do? I had a pretty good week in predicting the womens tournament as I successfully tipped Victoria Azarenka to win from the start (see original predictions here). I was also correct…
Novak Djokovic The Australian Open finished off with a truly extraordinary mens final as Novak Djokovic outlasted Rafael Nadal in 5 sets, 5-7 6-4 6-2 6-7 7-5. The final, which lasted a staggering five hours and 53 minutes broke several records; not only was it the longest ever match at the Australian Open, but it…
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