Rain wiped out half of the schedule at Queens today, but that didn’t stop us seeing the match of the tournament so far as Juan Martin del Potro edged out an inspired Xavier Malisse, 7-6(5) 1-6 7-5. After losing the first set on the tiebreak, Malisse won 8 out of 9 games to lead by…
Tsvetana Pironkova The grass court season got underway today in Birmingham and there were some interesting results as last year’s champion, Melanie Oudin fell to Ajla Tomljanovic in the first competitive match to grace the new Ann Jones Centre Court. In other results, the grass lovers came out to play as Tsvetana Pironkova snapped a…
The WTA 2013 grass court season kicks off tomorrow in Birmingham. The draw does lack the big name with no top 20 players from this weeks rankings. Kirsten Flipkens is the top seed following the withdrawals of Marion Bartoli and Roberta Vinci, but there are a host of the hot prospects and grass court GOATS…
This year I will be attending the WTA event in Birmingham and the WTA/ATP joint event in Eastbourne. For Birmingham, I have tickets for the Friday, which is quarter-finals day. I went for the first time last year and got pretty much rained off so I am hoping for more luck this year! The line-up…
Chanelle Scheepers Birmingham has been a rollercoaster of a tournament this week, but things finally wrapped up on Monday when Melanie Oudin shocked Jelena Jankovic in the final with a 6-4 6-2 victory. She must be given huge credit for how she has managed to turn her fortunes around having endured a miserable couple of…
Jelena Jankovic Birmingham has always been affected by the weather but none more so than this year as play was practically wiped out on Thursday and Friday resulting in the final quarter-final and semi-finals being played today. Jelena Jankovic beat Misaki Doi in the quarter-finals and then edged past Zheng Jie, 6-7 7-5 6-1 in…
Yesterday I visited the AEGON Classic in Birmingham for quarter-finals action at the WTA International event. As you may have noticed there was not much play due to the weather, but it was still an interesting day as it was the first time I had ever been to this event. The Edgbaston Priory Club is…
Grigor Dimitrov I am going to Birmingham tomorrow to watch the tennis so only have time to post my quick predictions for tomorrow’s action! WTA Bimingham Quarter-Finals: Jelena Jankovic to beat Misaki Doi/Stephanie Foretz-Gacon in 3 sets Zheng Jie to beat Roberta Vinci in 2 tight sets Ekaterina Makarova to beat Su-Wei Hsieh in 2…
The top three at Birmingham on Thursday Heather Watson 1. Roberta Vinci (4) v Heather Watson Roberta Vinci has avoided the exodus of the seeds so far as she came through her opener when Virginie Razzano retired in their second round match after losing the first set. She takes on the only British player left…
The number 10 seed, Cirstea After a day of solid rain resulted in no play at Birmingham and Queens on Monday, things finally got underway today with the majority of round one matches completed. In Birmingham, three out of the four seeds in action were beaten. Most surprisingly, the young Brit Tara Moore destroyed Iveta…
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