There were no surprises overnight on Sunday with Maria Sharapova, Eugenie Bouchard and Ekaterina Makarova all progressing to the quarter-finals. Sharapova v Bouchard should be great. The women’s matches for day 8 are pretty awesome, but i’m gutted all the matches are either early or late so I won’t get to watch any of the…
Saturday’s results saw three set wins for Serena Williams and Venus Williams, the latter reaching the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the first time since Wimbledon 2011! Agnieszka Radwanska and Victoria Azarenka were also winners in straight sets. I watched the Azarenka v BZS match which was scrappy for the most part, but…
The women’s matches on Monday are shaping up to be pretty spectacular; however Sunday’s matches are not particularly enticing on paper. A few people have left comments about their lack of interest in the bottom half and to be honest, i’m feeling it a little too. The quarters could be interesting though. Fantasy Tennis Updates:…
1. Kevin Anderson v Rafael Nadal (AO, R4) After teetering on the brink in the second round against Tim Smyczek, Rafael Nadal sauntered through his third round match against Dudi Sela, 6-1 6-0 7-5. Sela had a pair of break points in the third set at 4-3, but couldn’t capitalise. Nadal’s fourth round opponent is…
1. Andy Murray v Grigor Dimitrov (AO, R4) A fourth round tie between Andy Murray and Grigor Dimitrov is the pick of the men’s matches on Sunday with huge opportunities for the winner with the loss of Roger Federer from the fourth quarter. Although the scheduling has been dumbfounding at times this week, i’m happy that…
In the night match on Rod Laver Arena, Maria Sharapova defeated Zarina Diyas, 6-1 6-1 to complete the line-up for the first batch of fourth round matches in the women’s draw. Have I mentioned that Saturday’s line-up of women’s matches is awesome? I’m sorry, I know I sound like a broken record. Hopefully it lives…
Simona Halep, Eugenie Bouchard and Ekaterina Makarova all won their matches in straight sets to book their places in the second week of the Australian Open. In the only seeded upset so far today, Yanina Wickmayer defeated Sara Errani in three sets. It’s great to see Yanina playing well again, who has won all her…
After four days of relative calm in the men’s draw, Friday saw the biggest shock of the tournament as Andreas Seppi beat Roger Federer in four sets. Seppi was tremendous and produced an incredible pass on match point… I’m still processing this information. Anyway, some quick thoughts about the men’s matches on day 6. Novak…
There have been no upsets overnight in Melbourne for the women; one seed did fall in Casey Dellacqua, but she always faced an uphill struggle against Madison Keys. Dellacqua started great, but Keys found her game to fly through the final two sets. Petra Kvitova had another solid win against Mona Barthel, who put up…
As the third round beckons, all top ten seeds in the men’s draw are still in. It’s actually been a great start to the men’s tournament with plenty of exciting matches. I enjoyed watching the highlights of Rafael Nadal against Tim Smyczek, the latter showing tremendous sportsmanship in the final game of the match. AO…
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