This week, I made a few slightly risky predictions and they have not paid off at all! On Saturday, Stanislas Wawrinka made a fine start to his Indian Wells campaign with a 6-3 7-5 victory over a dangerous opponent in Ivo Karlovic. I thought he may struggle in his first action on the ATP tour…
Saturday’s match between Ana Ivanovic and Elina Svitolina was a real cracker. The first two sets were high quality and the third was tremendously awful, yet gripping in its entirety. There was a lot to get excited about with Svitolina’s game. She served very well for a set and a half, and is a terrific…
Victoria Azarenka’s miserable year continued as she laboured to a 6-0 7-6 loss to Lauren Davis in Indian Wells. Her foot injury, which she described as inflammation and nerve damage in between the bones of her foot, doesn’t sound promising and she is now a major doubt for Miami. Predictions-wise, Friday was a pretty ropey…
The first ATP Masters 1000 event of the year in Indian Wells promises to be a fantastic tournament. This will be Stanislas Wawrinka’s first appearance on the ATP tour since winning his first Grand Slam and he is joined by familiar faces with Nadal, Djokovic, Murray and Federer all competing in the desert. David Ferrer…
Acapulco wiped the floor with Dubai this week in terms of producing high quality and competitive matches. I had several gripes about the scheduling with five consecutive days of matches finishing past midnight. However it didn’t seem to affect the quality of tennis and the crowds were pretty spectacular all week. When the Murray-Dimitrov semi-final…
Roger Federer won his first ATP title since Halle last year and his biggest title since winning the Masters 1000 event in Cincinnati in 2012. Federer’s win has set up the first Masters 1000 event of 2014 in Indian Wells next week rather marvellously. Here are my thoughts on Saturday’s final and the tournament as…
Today saw an announcement about the Indian Premier League Tennis, which is set to take place in the off-season. I have to admit I didn’t know anything about this until today when all the tennis tweeters started announcing it. I don’t know the ins and outs of it, but personally, it seems completely ridiculous. The…
I am rejoicing at having internet all sorted now so I can now stream tennis, all ready for Indian Wells, which begins next week! There were no surprises in Dubai on Thursday as Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer set up a blockbuster semi-final showdown at the Dubai Duty Free Championships. Can it live up to…
Dmitry Tursunov was the only seed to fall on Day 3 of the ATP Dubai Duty Free Championships. Roger Federer was given a pretty healthy scare by Radek Stepanek, who won a set and had multiple game points to lead the deciding set, 3-0. Federer won a flurry of games and although he was unable…
The order of play in Acapulco is beginning awfully late at 4pm local time every day, which means that it all takes place while I am asleep. All the first round matches wrapped up yesterday and the entire slate of second round matches will play on Wednesday. Credit to the schedulers for not relegating the…
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