Six of the world’s top 20 are heading to Birmingham next week for the Aegon Classic. The draw could have been even stronger if it hadn’t been for a spate of withdrawals which saw the likes of Jelena Ostapenko, Simona Halep, Maria Sharapova, Karolina Pliskova, Agnieszka Radwanska and many more all pull out – it…
A busy few days for me so here’s a bumper Saturday’s Set Points to catch up on the last three days. We’re enjoying some lovely weather in the UK right now and i’m writing this with a Pimms! I was planning to go to Birmingham qualifying today but decided the 6am alarm was just too…
Wednesday was a pretty quiet singles day in Nottingham with the first four second round matches of the tournament all decided in straight sets. While all unseeded, Ashleigh Barty, Tsvetana Pironkova and Donna Vekic have all had excellent results on the grass so it’s no surprise to see them starting off strongly in Nottingham. Kristie…
Johanna Konta is set to play the trio of British grass court warm-up tournaments and she got off to a solid start, only needing to play a set and a half against an injured, Tara Moore in Nottingham. Konta was leading 6-2 3-0 *40-0 when Moore called it a day due to a foot injury.…
As is often the case with tennis and the manic schedule, there’s little time to reflect on the clay season as we dive head first into the grass court season! There are two WTA International tournaments this week in Nottingham (UK) and ‘s-Hertogenbosch/Rosmalen (Netherlands). Nottingham’s draw is headlined by Johanna Konta and Anastasija Sevastova who…
An exciting French Open concluded on Sunday with the women’s doubles final. On Saturday, a first time Slam champ was crowned in an enthralling final to end another memorable Slam. This post brings together the highlights from the tournament including a recap of the final and links to memorable matches, points, media and plenty more. All previous…
Thursday was my tennis club night so unfortunately this post to wrap up the women’s semi-finals and preview the final is coming very late! I played well last night and my highlight was winning a singles set, 6-0 against someone I normally have very close sets against. I hit one of my best ever shots…
The semi-final line-up for the 2017 French Open is all set for Thursday. The match of the day on Wednesday was a thriller on Suzanne Lenglen court between Simona Halep and Elina Svitolina. It was one of those rubbish days where I was live scoring and frequently gasping at the momentum changes that were updating…
Tuesday was another wet day in Paris with the first pair of women’s quarter-finals severely interrupted by the weather. Eventually the rain abated for the matches to finish and we now know the first two semi-finalists… Timea Bacsinszky and Jelena Ostapenko! While I wouldn’t have been surprised at any of the four quarter-finalists winning today,…
Fancy sharing your opinion of the Eurosport coverage of the French Open? You may remember I shared a post about a survey for the coverage for the Australian Open in January. This time round, ANYONE can participate in the survey and you do not need to have signed up to Eurosport Voice beforehand to join.…
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