This post previews two of the first round matches set for Thursday’s order of play at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells with Denisa Allertova v Petra Cetkovska and Julia Goerges v Camia Giorgi. Indian Wells is always a strange one as it starts slowly with the seeds coming out to play from Friday. In case you missed it,…
Simona Halep and Caroline Wozniacki both feature twice in part two of the countdown of my favourite WTA matches of 2015. In case you missed it, you can read part one HERE which featured some sentimental choices with my favourite live matches of 2015. Read on for part two which features matches 15 to 11.…
In one of the more difficult matches to call from the womens draw, Varvara Lepchenko comfortably defeated Petra Cetkovska, 6-4 6-1 out on court 2. It was a match that had three hour epic mess written all over it, but Lepchenko beat the darkness to wrap up the first round win in 72 minutes. The…
Jelena Jankovic Jelena Jankovic enjoyed a straightforward victory over Petra Cetkovska, 6-2 6-2 in the first round of the Dubai Duty Free Championships. In truth, Jankovic was not tested by Cetkovska, who hit 10 double faults throughout the lacklustre 73-minute contest. The most exciting moment was when the umpire, Mohammed Layani called Jelena “Mr Jankovic”…
Li Na progressed into the semi-finals of New Haven last night after beating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, 6-4 3-6 6-2. I watched the first set of the match, which was truly terrible! Li started the match well as she moved Pavlyuchenkova around the court and exposed her poor movement with some solid hitting. However from 3-1 up…
We took to our seats, which were some of the best we have ever had for Number one Court. We were side on to the court but on the opposite side of the umpire and felt really close to the action. It was a really entertaining start to the second set as Anderson went toe-to-toe…
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