The first three days of the 2017 season had seen the top ten go 11-0 for the year. Wednesday opened up the wild proceedings for the new year… starting in Auckland, there was a huge surprise as Madison Brengle scored the biggest win of her career over the world number two, Serena Williams, 6-4 6-7(3) 6-4 in…
Three days into the 2017 season and it sounds like we already have a solid contender for match of the year. In the Brisbane night session, Garbiñe Muguruza saved a match point to edge past Daria Kasatkina, 7-5 3-6 7-6(7) in two hours and 58 minutes. I was livescoring the match (back to work today…
Playing her first match as a top five player, Dominika Cibulkova will open her 2017 campaign against the world number 23, Zhang Shuai in the second round of the Brisbane International. As the number two seed, Cibulkova was granted a first round bye, while Zhang played her first match of the year on Monday. The…
First round action in Brisbane continued on Monday with a trio of three setters. The first match of the day was the most dramatic and will be tough to beat all year! Roberta Vinci saved five match points to beat Kateryna Bondarenko, 7-6(4) 6-7(4) 7-6(5) in two hours and 46 minutes. Vinci had been drawn…
Second round action will begin at the Brisbane International on Tuesday with the match of the day adorning the night session as the number four seed, Garbiñe Muguruza will play Daria Kasatkina. The winner will advance to a first ever quarter-final in Brisbane. Muguruza opened her 2017 campaign with a gritty win over Sam Stosur,…
The first week of the season is always one of the most hectic due to the number of tournaments and the time difference, but with no more TennisTV catch-up service, it’s going to be even more of a challenge to cover! My Set Points posts this week are not going to cover everything but will…
The first main draw has been released and the 2017 tennis season is finally upon us! I was ready for the off-season but equally, i’m ready to dive right in with another season of WTA goodness. This post previews the 2017 Brisbane International which includes the world number one, Angelique Kerber and five of the world’s…
Victoria Azarenka has laid down the gauntlet in 2016, winning the Brisbane International, her first title since 2013 in Cincinnati. Azarenka defeated Angelique Kerber, 6-3 6-1 in 73 minutes; in fact the Belarusian dropped just 17 games throughout the whole tournament in what was a dominant sweep through the draw. After their last match at the…
The first week of the 2016 tennis season has been especially chaotic with a flood of withdrawals and the top three seeds in Brisbane, Simona Halep, Garbiñe Muguruza and Maria Sharapova, all pulling out with injury. However, the week will end with what promises to be a FASCINATING finale to the 2016 Brisbane International between Victoria Azarenka…
What a week for Samantha Crawford… The 20-year-old American, currently ranked at number 142 in the world, has well and truly put herself on the map with a tremendous breakthrough week at the Brisbane International. Crawford came through three rounds of qualifying, knocking out the number one seed, Tsvetana Pironkova in the first round, followed by…
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