Tuesday was a busy day in Birmingham and Mallorca with 26 singles matches on the schedule. I’m melting as I write this so i’m going to keep it relatively brief. First up on the Ann Jones Centre Court in Birmingham was Petra Kvitova up against Tereza Smitkova. I watched the second set and was really…
One more week to go at work until my holiday and two and a half weeks off… nearly there! My focus will switch solely to Eastbourne from Friday when i’ll be heading down to the South coast for the week. The main draw for the Aegon Classic in Birmingham began on Monday with four first…
Six of the world’s top 20 are heading to Birmingham next week for the Aegon Classic. The draw could have been even stronger if it hadn’t been for a spate of withdrawals which saw the likes of Jelena Ostapenko, Simona Halep, Maria Sharapova, Karolina Pliskova, Agnieszka Radwanska and many more all pull out – it…
The weather in the UK is pretty wild at the moment and that’s set to continue on Thursday. For the second day in a row, Birmingham didn’t do too badly in getting matches finished considering the forecasts. They were close to finishing all the first round matches but two are still yet to be completed. Once again the…
Petra Kvitova and Jelena Ostapenko are set to meet in the second round of the Aegon Classic on Thursday… that’s if the weather holds up! The return of Petra to grass is always an exciting sight and she began the 2016 grass court season in style. In one of the blockbuster first round match-ups in…
Monday was a very quiet day as the Great British summer was in full swing! Three main draw matches did finish in Birmingham, which was probably a decent showing after play was delayed for many hours due to RAIN. Tuesday’s weather forecast looks dicey again (as does Wednesday and Thursday) but hopefully play won’t be…
In ANOTHER all-Czech first rounder, the number eight seed and Nottingham champion, Karolina Pliskova, takes on Barbora Strycova at the Aegon Classic in Birmingham. The four Czech players, who all like the grass, have had a seriously rough deal with this draw. Pliskova heads into Birmingham where she is defending finals points with a nice injection…
Why, draw gods, whyyyy?! In a blockbuster first round match-up at the Aegon Classic in Birmingham, the number five seed, Petra Kvitova takes on fellow Czech, Lucie Safarova. Originally, Safarova was due to play Simona Halep but Kvitova was moved to Halep’s place in the draw reshuffle after the Romanian player pulled out due to an achilles injury. Kvitova and…
The Aegon Classic in Birmingham will be next week’s star attraction on the WTA tour. Also worth a mention is the new tournament in Mallorca, which has a wonderful looking centre court. I’m loving this time of the season when all my grass court pictures are actually relevant! As a Brit, i’ll be keeping the…
1. Angelique Kerber v Sabine Lisicki (Birmingham, SF) Yay for Angie-Sabine! This was the semi-final I wanted to see from the bottom half and oh my goodness, it actually happened! Sabine has won all three of her matches in straight sets. Against Belinda Bencic in the second round, she hit a record breaking 27 aces.…
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