A thoroughly entertaining ten days in the desert will conclude for the women with the world number one, Serena Williams taking on the number 13 seed, Victoria Azarenka in the 2016 final of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. This will be their first match-up in eight months… Friday night’s semi-finals looked enticing on paper…
The second semi-final on Friday at the BNP Paribas Open will feature the world number 13, Victoria Azarenka up against the world number 18, Karolina Pliskova. If their last match, a three hour-13 minute epic in Brisbane, is anything to go by then this could be a sensational semi-final… Pliskova produced her best performance in a…
The final two quarter-finals featuring the likes of Victoria Azarenka, Karolina Pliskova, Daria Kasatkina and Magdalena Rybarikova will be contested on Thursday at the BNP Paribas Open. For a round-up of fourth round action in the bottom half of the women’s draw, click HERE. 1. Karolina Pliskova v Daria Kasatkina (IW, QF) In her first Premier…
Angelique Kerber and Victoria Azarenka were the clear favourites to reach the quarter-finals from the third quarter of the draw and while upsets have been aplenty in this Australian Open draw, the form book has held true. Kerber was first into the last eight with a 6-4 6-0 victory against fellow compatriot, Annika Beck. Kerber battled…
The bottom half of the women’s draw will take centre stage on Monday with the final four fourth round matches to be played. This post covers the two matches from the third quarter of the draw including Victoria Azarenka against Barbora Strycova and Angelique Kerber playing Annika Beck. 1. Victoria Azarenka v Barbora Strycova (AO, R4) The biggest…
Victoria Azarenka has laid down the gauntlet in 2016, winning the Brisbane International, her first title since 2013 in Cincinnati. Azarenka defeated Angelique Kerber, 6-3 6-1 in 73 minutes; in fact the Belarusian dropped just 17 games throughout the whole tournament in what was a dominant sweep through the draw. After their last match at the…
The first week of the 2016 tennis season has been especially chaotic with a flood of withdrawals and the top three seeds in Brisbane, Simona Halep, Garbiñe Muguruza and Maria Sharapova, all pulling out with injury. However, the week will end with what promises to be a FASCINATING finale to the 2016 Brisbane International between Victoria Azarenka…
What a week for Samantha Crawford… The 20-year-old American, currently ranked at number 142 in the world, has well and truly put herself on the map with a tremendous breakthrough week at the Brisbane International. Crawford came through three rounds of qualifying, knocking out the number one seed, Tsvetana Pironkova in the first round, followed by…
It’s been a rather wacky start to the 2016 tennis season. Tuesday was a miserable day for the WTA with Simona Halep and Maria Sharapova both pulling out of Brisbane, and Serena Williams and Petra Kvitova retiring from their matches at the Hopman Cup and Shenzhen respectively. However, Wednesday presented some classic WTA drama… Broady…
And here we goooo… it’s time for the fourth and final post in the countdown of my favourite WTA matches in 2015. In case you missed it, you can read part one HERE, part two HERE and part three HERE. As always, i’d love to hear what your favourite matches were, especially if they were ones…
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