Day 6 was a fantastic day for the up-and-coming WTA players on tour as Garbine Muguruza, Simona Halep and Sloane Stephens all won to join Eugenie Bouchard in the last 16. There is so much talent coming through and these are exciting times on the WTA tour. On the ATP side, Grigor Dimitrov had a…
1. Novak Djokovic v Juan Martin del Potro (Shanghai, F) Novak Djokovic Two weeks and two hard court losses for Rafael Nadal, who went down to a magnificent performance from Juan Martin del Potro. The gentle giant crafted out a huge win to book his place at the O2 and take out the world number…
1. Venus Williams v Eugenie Bouchard Eugenie Bouchard The most intriguing of the quarters features two of the giant killers from Tokyo this year as the experience of Venus Williams takes on the youth of Eugenie Bouchard. Venus upset an illness-riddled Victoria Azarenka in the second round and backed it up with a far superior…
Today saw quite an upset as a struggling, Victoria Azarenka was bundled out of the tournament by Venus Williams, who put in a measured performance to go to 3-0 in their head-to-head. I have only had a chance to watch the highlights and boy is it weird watching Azarenka not grunting. I remember she went…
1st round action in Tokyo wrapped up today with a series of spectacular collapses. Madison Keys, who struggled for momentum during the summer hard court season due to a number of injuries, had a really great win over Carla Suarez Navarro as she recovered from a 6-2 5-2 deficit to win 2-6 7-5 6-2. Last…
First it’s time for a rant… the US Open have decided for the past couple of years to split the mens first round over 3 days, which personally I think is ludicrous! I had a similar issue with the French Open starting their tournament on a Sunday, but this year was the first time that…
Jelena Jankovic The schedule was decimated yesterday in Charleston although the rain did eventually clear to allow the bottom half of 3rd round matches to be completed… 1. Jelena Jankovic v Eugenie Bouchard Jelena Jankovic had been pushed to the brink in her first two matches, most notably in her second round match where she…
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