The first round was wrapped up on Wednesday in Stuttgart. The match of the day didn’t quite deliver in terms of a contest, but we did see one of the longest matches of the season so far. The world number one, Simona Halep concluded the day with the first of the second rounders and yet…
The seven remaining second round matches will be played on a busy day in Stuttgart on Thursday. Seeds two to four come out to play for the first time this week, as well as home favourites, Angelique Kerber and Laura Siegemund. A recap of Wednesday’s schedule will be up on the blog soon… Laura Siegemund…
Just a short, snappy Set Points for Tuesday as I was away from the tennis for most of the day. I played tennis this evening, just about managing to miss the rain. It was another all-doubles session and a mixed bag – I need some singles to find my rhythm! Read on for some…
Stuttgart is one of the favourite tournaments each year and I am excited for the week ahead! The 2018 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix begins on Monday with one main draw match. The remainder of the first round matches will be played across three days. Qualifying will finish on Monday. This post is a sweeping preview…
The blog is back for one of my favourite events in the calendar as the stars of the WTA descend on Stuttgart where the 2018 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix starts on Monday. I feel that i’m getting a better balance this year on the blog and I am enjoying spending more time watching tennis without…
After Saturday’s semi-finals were rained out, the 2018 edition of the Volvo Car Open had a frenetic final day with a total of eight matches on the schedule including the conclusions of both the singles and doubles tournaments. The women’s semi-finals began with home favourite and number seven seed, Madison Keys up against the number…
The semi-finals are set in Charleston and it’s the weekend 🎉🎉🎉. Friday’s quarter-finals mostly went with ranking with the only minor upset in the first match of the day where the defending champ exited the tournament. Read on for eight stories from Charleston with a wrap-up of the quarter-finals and previews/polls for Saturday’s semi-finals. Goerges’s…
The last 16 was played on Thursday at the 2018 Volvo Car Open in Charleston with four of the top eight seeds making it to the quarter-finals. I didn’t get to watch as much tennis on Thursday as I was playing tennis. More about my tennis at the end of this post for anyone interested!…
Wednesday was the busiest day so far at the 2018 Volvo Car Open with 14 second round matches on the schedule and most of the top eight seeds coming out to play for the first time this week. After the seeds went a perfect ten for ten, four fell on day 3 of main draw…
The entire third round of the 2018 Volvo Car Open will be played on Thursday in Charleston. At the time of writing there are five match-ups that I know about before I watch Konta-Stollar and sleeep! I’m not sure if I will get to watch much tennis on Thursday as it’s tennis club night. I’m…
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