The big news in Dubai on Tuesday was Juan Martin del Potro retiring in his first round match to Somdev Devvarman with the wrist injury that has bothered him for much of 2014. I am really gutted for the big guy because this does not sound good. I can see another really lengthy spell on…
Along with the men’s event in Dubai there is a joint event in Acapulco, a WTA event in Florianopolis and an ATP event in Sao Paulo. There are big changes to the event held in Acapulco, which has now been converted from clay to bright blue hard court. The men’s draw features Andy Murray and…
Five of the world’s top ten players are in Dubai for the ATP event next week. Apart from the highlights of Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Juan Martin del Potro in attendance, the overall quality of the draw is actually quite weak. Noteworthy for British tennis fans is that James Ward has received a wildcard…
After an awful day of predictions for Saturday, I correctly predicted the winners in both finals from Doha and Rotterdam! Simona Halep won the Doha title beating Angelique Kerber, meanwhile Tomas Berdych was triumphant in Rotterdam. It is worth noting that there were ATP events in Memphis and Buenos Aires this week, but with the…
The straight set matches continued in Doha on Saturday although both semi-finals certainly had their moments. In Rotterdam, Marin Cilic stretched his winning streak to nine matches. Here are some previews to the finals in Doha and Rotterdam on Sunday. 1. Angelique Kerber v Simona Halep (WTA Doha, F) Angelique Kerber continued her dominant run…
I have only followed the tennis fleetingly today and can only go on the scorelines and things I have read. Doha had an extraordinary day with four straight set quarter-finals with none of four losing players mustering more than three games in a set. In Rotterdam, there were upsets galore as the top two seeds,…
Rotterdam predictions this week have been majestically terrible. Doha has been a mixed bag although both my finalists still remain in the draw. This could be my last preview for a while as I will be moving house and won’t have any internet. Hopefully I will find a way to get round this to be…
The tennis action keeps on coming with all third round matches in Doha and remaining second round matches from Rotterdam to be completed on Thursday. Doha saw some richly entertaining matches on Wednesday as Petra Kvitova beat Venus Williams and Simona Halep beat Kaia Kanepi in third set tiebreaks. The end of the Venus v…
I am really enjoying all the coverage this week from Doha, Rotterdam and Memphis. I happened to catch the end of Marinko Matosevic against Jiri Vesely in Memphis where Vesely came through, 6-3 6-2 to win just his second ATP tour match. Early on in the second set, Matosevic was heard on the court microphone…
This week’s ATP events are headlined by the ATP 500 event in Rotterdam, which boasts five top ten players including Andy Murray, who has been granted a wildcard. Kei Nishikori and David Ferrer are the top seeds in Memphis and Buenos Aires respectively. Here are my previews and predictions for all three ATP events. ATP…
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