The second day of main draw action at the Miami Open had a tantalising schedule. I’m rather shocked I was able to watch all the matches that I wanted to before sleeeep. This post recaps first round day action with wins for Naomi Osaka, Victoria Azarenka, Ekaterina Makarova to name a few. Read on for…
The main draw of the 2018 Miami Open kicked off on Tuesday with a rather subdued schedule as many of the engaging first rounders were held over until Wednesday. This post is a quick one to recap the three matches that I followed, of which all of them went the distance! Read on for 5…
Barely a few hours after the WTA tournament had finished at Indian Wells and the draw for the second Premier Mandatory tournament of the year was unveiled. The main draw for the 2018 Miami Open will start on Tuesday and the draw has thrown up some blockbuster first round matches. This post has a few…
Naomi Osaka won the 2018 BNP Paribas Open with a 6-3 6-2 victory over Daria Kasatkina in Sunday’s final. This was Naomi’s first WTA title and a hugeee one at that. It is somewhat reminiscent of Jelena Ostapenko who won her first title last year at Roland Garros. The final was a bit of a…
One of the dominant storylines from the 2018 BNP Paribas Open has been performance of the teens and the up-and-comers on the WTA tour. It seems only fitting that the final will be played between first time finalists in a Premier Mandatory tournament and 20-year-olds, Daria Kasatkina and Naomi Osaka. I am so excited for…
I’ve just finished watching back the first of the semi-finals from Friday night in Indian Wells between Venus Williams and Daria Kasatkina… wow! In a fabulous match, Kasatkina rallied from a set down to win, 4-6 6-4 7-5 in two hours and 48 minutes. I was so captivated by the match that I have written…
The semi-finals are set at the 2018 BNP Paribas Open and it’s a dreamy final four with Simona Halep, Naomi Osaka, Daria Kasatkina and Venus Williams left to battle it out for the title. I can’t remember the last time that I was *this* excited for a semi-final line-up. Thursday’s Set Points includes a review…
The first two quarter-finals of the 2018 BNP Paribas Open were played on a windyyy day in Indian Wells. This Set Points features a detailed recap of the first quarter-final and catches up with a few things missed from a manic Tuesday including highlights of Wozniacki-Kasatkina. There’s a pair of snap previews for tomorrow’s quarter-finals…
The second Tuesday at Indian Wells is always reminiscent of Manic Monday at Wimbledon with all eight of the women’s fourth round matches on the schedule. Thankfully, the matches aren’t all clashing against each other. From a selfish point of view, it’s just as frustrating for me as Wimbledon because of the time difference and…
The highlight of Monday’s order of play was the all Willliams clash at night in the desert. There’s a few highlights from that match later on in the post but Monday’s Set Points, as usual, focuses on the matches from the day session and those that I got to watch live. As is tradition with…
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