Wednesday’s Set Points, Australian Open 2017 Day 10: Mirjana’s moment, Serena soars into the semis

While we are still missing that one fantastic match from this year’s Australian Open, the storylines have been immense… MIRJANA LUCIC BARONI. At the age of 34, Lucic-Baroni is into her second Slam semi-final, almost 18 years after her first one back in 1999 at Wimbledon. Lucic-Baroni scored her second top ten win of the week on Wednesday,…

Australian Open 2017, Quarter-Final Preview for Tuesday: Garbiñe Muguruza v CoCo Vandeweghe

A heavy-hitting clash between Garbiñe Muguruza and CoCo Vandeweghe will be on Tuesday’s schedule with a first ever Australian Open semi-final appearance up for grabs for the winner. Vandeweghe scored the biggest win of her career on Sunday evening, comfortably seeing off the world number one, Angelique Kerber, 6-2 6-3. It was a lacklustre display from the German…

Saturday’s Set Points, Australian Open 2017 Day 6: Bourne-GOAT Makarova into the second week

Never write off the Bourne-GOAT… Ekaterina Makarova maintained her sensational record in Melbourne by reaching the second week for the seventh (!) consecutive year. In a bruising battle on Rod Laver Arena, Makarova beat the number six seed, Dominika Cibulkova, 6-2 6-7(3) 6-3. And if you’re wondering why I keep calling Makarova the Bourne-GOAT then check…