I should be asleep right now but I felt compelled to write a few words! Belinda Bencic produced her best performance of 2015 by a country mile to beat Caroline Wozniacki, 6-4 6-4 to book her place in the last 16 at Indian Wells. Everything came together today for Belinda as she sealed just her…
1. Madison Keys v Jelena Jankovic (IW, R3) Oh mannnnn. It’s been too long since i’ve had the chance to include a picture of Jelena Jankovic. And heyyyy, it’s a relevant picture! Madison Keys and Jelena Jankovic are set to play each other in the desert on Monday and I was courtside for their last…
Venus Williams won her 16th consecutive match in Dubai with an excellent performance to defeat Belinda Bencic, 6-1 6-2 in just 69 minutes. Venus played a pretty sensational first set and was hitting the ball as clean as i’ve seen anyone hit the ball this year. She hit 11 winners to just 2 unforced errors…
The remainder of the first round matches in Dubai will be played on Monday along with the first of the second round matches, which will see 17-year-old, Belinda Bencic go up against the number eight seed, Venus Williams. Bencic won her first WTA main draw match of the year with a straight sets win over…
The Australian Open starts tonight! In case you missed it, my preview for the women’s AO draw is already up and you can check it out HERE. Thanks for all the votes in the poll; After nearly 200 votes, Maria Sharapova currently leads the way with 26% of your votes, followed by Simona Halep (16%),…
Choosing my top five WTA matches of 2014 was reasonably straightforward, but trying to put them into an order was not! This is my final post in my WTA best matches feature. I’d love to hear your opinion in the comments about what was your favourite match of the year and why. I hope you’ve enjoyed the…
I knew that whoever prevailed in Sunday’s Tianjin final between Belinda Bencic and Alison Riske, I was going to be happy. I like both Belinda and Alison and had the pleasure of watching them live earlier this year at Eastbourne. In Tianjin, it was Riske who came out on top, defeating Bencic, 6-3 6-4. Bencic…
A new WTA champion will be crowned in Tianjin as Belinda Bencic and Alison Riske will both contest their first ever WTA final on Sunday. Bencic isn’t a great surprise; in the pre-tourmament poll, Bencic was the most popular pick with 40% of readers picking the Swiss player as their champion. Riske, on the…
Osaka and Tianjin both have three seeds remaining in their line-up of semi-finals and more surprisingly, both of my pre-tournament picks are still in action! In Osaka, Madison Keys was forced to retire from her quarter-final match with Luksika Kumkhum. It’s been a tough few months for Keys, who has played her last competitive match…
Beijing is well underway and first round action will conclude on Monday. In the pick of the matches so far on Sunday, Andrea Petkovic outlasted Monica Niculescu in a gripping contest, 2-6 7-6(8) 6-4 that lasted two hours and 47 minutes (although it felt more like ten hours). Petkovic saved three match points, two of…
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