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…
I was expecting Garbiñe Muguruza to pull out of Beijing with the ankle injury that caused her to retire from the Wuhan final. A couple of days rest though has been enough for Muguruza to recover and win two matches in Beijing to reach the quarter-finals. By virtue of a lopsided three set victory over…
BOOM. I’m excited about the prospect of another Aga-Angie match. The last time they played, this happened. Kerber outlasted Radwanska in Stanford, 4-6 6-4 6-4, in a wonderful match. Both players are still looking to officially secure their places in Singapore which means there is plenty to play for and hopefully, should produce another competitive…
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…
1. Flavia Pennetta v Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Beijing, R1) The 2015 US Open champion, Flavia Pennetta (still can’t get over this) returned to action in Beijing where she has won her first two matches. In the first round, Pennetta overcame a game effort from the Chinese wildcard, Xinyun Han, 7-5 4-6 6-4. Pennetta also needed three…
The first batch of third round matches in Beijing will be played on Wednesday with the highlight being the night match between Caroline Wozniacki and Angelique Kerber. This will be the pair’s second match during the Asian Swing after Wozniacki scored her biggest win since May, beating Kerber, 6-2 2-6 6-3 in the quarter-finals of Tokyo. I…
Andrea Petkovic won her first match since the US Open although it wasn’t in the circumstances that she would have wished for. Eugenie Bouchard was forced to retire down 6-2 1-1 due to dizziness as the effects of her fall at the US Open still continue to be an issue. It’s a real shame for Genie and I…
Dominika Cibulkova scored a big win in the last match on Sunday, edging Jelena Jankovic in a close first round encounter, 6-1 1-6 6-3. After two almost identical sets, Cibulkova played a really positive and aggressive final set. As is often the case, the Slovak player benefitted from serving first in the decider. After exchanging…
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