WTA US Open, Quarter-Finals Preview for Day 9: Peng v Bencic, Wozniacki v Errani

Ekaterina Makarova defeated Eugenie Bouchard in a tight two setter, 7-6(2) 6-4 to book her spot in the quarter-finals.  This means that Serena Williams is the only top eight seed remaining.  Considering the heat and humidity, Bouchard and Makarova fought out an intense and high quality fourth rounder.  Bouchard was visibly struggling towards the end,…

Birmingham, Queens, 2nd Round Predictions: Hantuchova v Bencic, Ward v Dimitrov and more

The main draws in Birmingham, Queens and Halle all kicked off today.  My first round predictions for Birmingham are following a similar trend to 2013.  Looking at my full draw predictions, i’ve never seen such a solid cluster of red.  There were a number of surprising results; one of the more eye popping was Victoria…