1. Belinda Bencic v Madison Keys (Eastbourne, R2) It’s like London buses… Belinda Bencic and Madison Keys had never met before on the WTA tour before the French Open but the pair will now play each other for the second time in a month. In their first ever match-up, Keys comprehensively defeated Bencic in the…
1. Venus Williams v Sloane Stephens (Roland Garros, R1) The match that stood out to me most on the drawsheet from the selection of first round matches is in the top half featuring two Americans, Venus Williams and Sloane Stephens. The pair were set to meet in a highly anticipated third round match in Miami…
I just finished watching the third set of the torrid third round match between Carla Suarez Navarro and Eugenie Bouchard… Jeepers, my eyes! Carla eventually prevailed, 6-7(2) 7-5 7-6(7) in three hours and two minutes. The third set tiebreak was painful from both players, but especially Bouchard. This was a really tough loss for the…
It’s been a while since i’ve had the opportunity to write a preview involving Eugenie Bouchard. The last couple of months have been ROUGH for Genie. The world number six had lost her last six matches, of which five had come against players outside of the top 50. Chuck in handshake gate and it’s been…
In Thursday’s final match of the day, Mona Barthel scored her first top ten win since beating Angelique Kerber in Doha two years ago, to take out the number one seed in Antwerp, Eugenie Bouchard. Mona won, 4-6 6-1 6-2 in one hour and 38 minutes, finishing with 19 winners to 17 unforced errors. This…
Thursday’s schedule in Antwerp is excellent with seven of the eight second round matches still to be played. On Wednesday, Dominika Cibulkova opened her tournament campaign with a very convincing victory over Kateryna Bondarenko, 6-1 6-2. It’s always nice when your predicted champion isn’t ousted in the first round! Antwerp seems to be delivering both…
There have been shocks aplenty in the bottom half of the women’s draw, but the quarter-finals have really held up. Eugenie Bouchard and Maria Sharapova have both come through for the loss of just one set and will resume what is slowly become a very intriguing rivalry. Bouchard lost her first set of the tournament…
Saturday’s results saw three set wins for Serena Williams and Venus Williams, the latter reaching the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the first time since Wimbledon 2011! Agnieszka Radwanska and Victoria Azarenka were also winners in straight sets. I watched the Azarenka v BZS match which was scrappy for the most part, but…
There have been no upsets overnight in Melbourne for the women; one seed did fall in Casey Dellacqua, but she always faced an uphill struggle against Madison Keys. Dellacqua started great, but Keys found her game to fly through the final two sets. Petra Kvitova had another solid win against Mona Barthel, who put up…
Poland were crowned champions of the Hopman Cup today after Agnieszka Radwanska and Jerzy Janowicz won the pivotal mixed doubles rubber against Serena Williams and John Isner. It was an exciting final match, which saw one point have to be replayed and all four players unhappy with the poor umpire. Once again, i’ve found myself…
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