It was frustrating that the two matches on the schedule that I really wanted to see started at exactly the same time. In the end, I missed Alize Cornet v Alison Riske on Court 1 and watched Belinda Bencic and Mona Barthel on Centre. I’m a fan of both Mona and Belinda so it had…
I will be trying to catch as many first round matches in Eastbourne as I can! I’m a bit tied up so there won’t be a tournament preview this week. However, with the 16 byes in the draw and quite a few uncertainties with players going deep in Birmingham, this is a tournament where it’s…
Another reason why I love this time of year is I can bring my happy Sabine pictures out again… yay for the grass. Scanning through the second round matches in Birmingham for Wednesday, the one that JUMPS out at me features Sabine Lisicki and Belinda Bencic. Lisicki is playing her first match on the grass…
For the first weekend of the 2015 grass court season, we have a potentially awesome final to look forward to with Camila Giorgi and Belinda Bencic to play in ‘s-Hertogenbosch on Sunday. In a real rarity, I picked both finalists at the start of the week! In the first of the semi-finals, Bencic defeated Jelena…
The semi-finals in ‘s-Hertogenbosch open with my favourite match-up of the day featuring Jelena Jankovic and Belinda Bencic. Before this tournament in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Jankovic had not won a match on grass since the 2013 Wimbledon Championships when she defeated Johanna Konta in the first round. JJ has had some decent results on grass in the…
My favourite WTA match on Thursday’s line-up is all the way out on court 7 featuring Belinda Bencic and Madison Keys who will play each other for the first ever time. Both players have struggled during the clay court season, but this promises to be a fascinating match between two different styles of play. Bencic…
1. Danka Kovinic v Belinda Bencic (Charleston, R2) In a first career meeting, Belinda Bencic and Danka Kovinic will meet in Charleston on Wednesday. Â Considering their respective journeys on tour, it came as a surprise to learn that Kovinic is two years older than Bencic. Â Kovinic, currently ranked at 121 in the world, has made…
1. Simona Halep v Flavia Pennetta (Miami, R4) I was soooooo much looking forward to a potential fourth round match between Simona Halep and Victoria Azarenka. I obviously wanted it too much! Instead, we get Halep against Flavia Pennetta, which is still very intriguing. Pennetta defeated Azarenka in two tiebreak sets, 7-6(5) 7-6(6) in two…
1. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova v Vera Zvonareva (Miami, R1) The last time that Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Vera Zvonareva played each other on the WTA tour was in the last 16 of Roland Garros in 2011 where Pavlyuchenkova prevailed in a tight three setter to reach her first Grand Slam quarter-final. Since then, both players have had…
1. Caroline Garcia v Sabine Lisicki (IW, R4) It’s good to see Sabine Lisicki winning matches again; she did the Roberta Vinci and Sara Errani double for the second time in under a year. In the second round, Lisicki couldn’t get the job done in straight sets against Vinci, despite serving for the match in…
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