Marion Bartoli The most shocking storyline of 2013 erupted last night as the Wimbledon champion, Marion Bartoli announced her immediate retirement from tennis after losing out to Simona Halep in her second round match in Cincy, 3-6 6-4 6-1. Firstly, I must say I am really sad to hear the news because I really warmed…
Well done Marion! Marion Bartoli won her first Grand Slam title with a 6-1 6-4 triumph over Sabine Lisicki in the 2013 Wimbledon womens title. Firstly, what a performance from Bartoli. She has played a terrific tournament and did not a drop a set through the whole two weeks. She played a solid, consistent match…
Marion Bartoli Thursday’s semi-finals could not have been any different from each other, but it was Marion Bartoli and Sabine Lisicki who came through to set up a fascinating final showpiece for Wimbledon 2013. Lisicki played out the match of the women’s tournament so far in a gripping semi-final where she beat Agnieszka Radwanska, 6-4…
Agnieszka Radwanska v Sabine Lisicki A.Radwanska This tournament has seen an incredible amount of shocks, but the giant-killers on the most part have not been able to back it up. Sabine Lisicki did not fall into that category as she followed up her fantastic win over Serena with a straight sets triumph against Kaia Kanepi,…
1.Sabine Lisicki v Kaia Kanepi Sabine Lisicki Wow… I wrote in my preview yesterday that Sabine Lisicki was one of the few players who I felt had the belief to challenge Serena and boy did she show that today. Lisicki produced a sensational performance to come from a break down in the third set to…
Andrea Petkovic 1. Andrea Petkovic v Marion Bartoli Andrea Petkovic had a superb win yesterday over Bojana Jovanovski, 6-3 6-1 in just 57 minutes on the first day of action in Miami. The German player, who was plagued by injuries in 2012, is giving it another go this year and hopefully, she can stay injury…
Yesterday was a bad day at the prediction office… lets see if I can do any better for the semi-finals. Maria Sharapova v Li Na Maria Sharapova has hit a rich vein of form following a disappointing week in Tokyo. She was on fire in her quarter-final match with Angelique Kerber when the German player…
Maria Sharapova Angelique Kerber v Maria Sharapova The top billing for the quarter-finals in Beijing will see Angelique Kerber take on Maria Sharapova. Kerber improved her stunning record in three set matches this year to 20-2 with a 6-1 2-6 6-4 victory over Caroline Wozniacki in the third round. It was Kerber’s third win over…
Julia Goerges I must firstly point out that I think the scheduling in Beijing has been shocking! I hate it when two different rounds are played on the same day; for example, tomorrow we have two second round matches being played and four third round matches. Victoria Azarenka is not scheduled for tomorrow, meanwhile the…
Azarenka The first two quarter-finals looked like they would be very straightforward for Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka based on the head-to-heads, but they would be anything but as Marion Bartoli and Sam Stosur both made some new ground against the soon-to-be world top two. Victoria Azarenka was first into the quarter-finals as she edged…
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