The first of the semi-finals at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati will be contested between the number four seed, Garbiñe Muguruza and the number 15 seed, Karolina Pliskova. In a first career match-up, Pliskova produced a fine display to topple Svetlana Kuznetsova in three sets, 6-3 4-6 6-2. After splitting sets, Pliskova powered through…
In third round action at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, Angelique Kerber and Barbora Strycova played out a brutal match in the sun on Grandstand court. Kerber won the battle of Rio medallists, prevailing in two tight sets, 7-6(5) 6-4. Kerber wrapped up the first set on a crazy set point; she couldn’t get the…
Rain caused a delay to the schedule but the sun soon made an appearance! Four first round matches were held over from Tuesday; Andrea Petkovic scored a big win over Lucie Safarova, 6-4 6-7(4) 6-2 in two hours and 29 minutes. Petkovic lost the second set having wavered with three match points at 6-5 but…
It seems to be a continuing storyline of the 2016 season as rain continues to follow the tour… EVERYWHERE. Tuesday was another stop-start day with many showers about. Four first round matches failed to finish which means a number of players will have to play twice on Wednesday on what is a monster schedule of…
Belinda Bencic will play her first competitive singles match since Wimbledon against Timea Babos in the second round of the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati on Wednesday. For Bencic, it’s been an injury-ravaged year which had promised so much with a very encouraging start. Bencic cracked the top ten back in February by virtue…
Tennis at the Olympics has concluded and we are straight into one of the biggest tournaments of the season at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati. This post profiles the top 16 seeds including their recent record at Cincy which makes for interesting reading (hopefully!) as half of the seeds lost in the first round last…
Just a quick preview of the women’s final in Cincy tonight (not before 3pm local time) featuring Serena Williams and Simona Halep. Not only did I miss both Cincy semi-finals because they were both in the evening session but i’m a busy bee today. My family are have a BBQ and i’m in charge of…
For the second consecutive week, Simona Halep and Jelena Jankovic will play each other on the WTA tour… but this time it’s in a semi-final. I’m bowled over by Halep’s efforts this week. The Romanian player, who will seal the number two seed at the US Open with a win here, played five matches last…
Ohh bugger. Elina Svitolina booked her place in the semi-finals of Cincy with a 6-4 2-6 6-0 victory against Lucie Safarova. The last time that Svitolina beat Safarova at Indian Wells I was too bummed to write anything but here goes. This was a rough watch for Lucie fans but I have to admit I…
After playing each other five times in 2014, it’s take until August of 2015 for another Serena-Ana match. For a time this didn’t look likely… Ivanovic made a woeful start to her third round match against Sloane Stephens, quickly going down 4-0 and losing the first set, 6-2. Stephens didn’t do anything special but played…
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