An intriguing quarter-final between two players who have been on the rebound in March, Simona Halep and Timea Bacsinszky, will play at not before 1pm local time in Miami. Bacsinszky produced the best win of her career on Monday, coming from a set down to defeat the world number two, Agnieszka Radwanska, 2-6 6-4 6-2 in two…
A fascinating match-up between Agnieszka Radwanska and Timea Bacsinszky is all set for Miami’s Magic Monday line-up of fourth round matches. Compare Bacsinszky’s current form in Miami to how she played in Australia and the difference is quite remarkable. The 26-year-old Swiss player struggled through the Australian swing, clearly still hampered by a knee injury that…
Timea Bacsinszky and Eugenie Bouchard will play each other for the first time on the WTA tour when they meet in the third round of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells on Monday. Bacsinszky played her best match of 2016 so far, comfortably defeating Tsvetana Pironkova in the second round, 6-2 6-1. The key…
It was yet another eventful day on the WTA tour. Top seeds departed Doha but what’s new? I’m really struggling with Doha as I expected, thought, HOPED that the second round matches would be played over two days but then realised it’s a Saturday final… It all feels so rushed. So much happened today so…
The bottom half of the women’s draw will kick off on Tuesday with the likes of Simona Halep, Venus Williams, Garbiñe Muguruza and Angelique Kerber all opening their Australian Open campaigns. This post covers two matches from the third quarter of the draw. 1. Caroline Garcia v Barbora Strycova (AO, R1) One of the stand-out matches…
This post previews six of the first round matches from the 2016 Brisbane International main draw including Sunday’s matches featuring Timea Bacsinszky v Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Alizé Cornet v Kristina Mladenovic. In case you missed it, you can read a (newly revamped!) preview of the full main draw on mootennis.com HERE. 1. Maria Sharapova (3) v Ekaterina Makarova A…
The fourth and final Premier Mandatory tournament of 2015 concluded on Sunday with Garbiñe Muguruza winning her biggest career title to date, coming from a break down in both sets to beat Timea Bacsinszky, 7-5 6-4. When I was looking at the title stats yesterday prior to the final, it slipped my mind that Muguruza…
The 2015 China Open final will be contested between Timea Bacsinszky and Garbiñe Muguruza when the pair play in Beijing on Sunday at not before 4pm local time (9am UK time). Prior to Beijing, Bacsinszky was on a five match losing streak and hadn’t won a match since Wimbledon. Spin on a week and Bacsinszky…
I’m behind on the tennis tonight so i’ve been frantically trying to catch up with all the quarter-finals. Therefore, just a quick post tonight. There have been plenty of retirements and withdrawals this week but the semi-final line-up for Beijing is goood. The first of the semi-fnals will feature Ana Ivanovic and Timea Bacsinszky. It’s…
There are a couple of players i’ve really warmed to during this year but none more so than Timea Bacsinszky. Her personality, her story and most importantly, the way she plays tennis have all drawn me in like a moth to a flame. It’s been a tough few months for Timea as she has struggled for match…
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