Li Na and Angelique Kerber will contest the Cincinnati final in what should be a highly competitive match. Li has hit a rich vein of form having made the final in Montreal just last week. She defeated an ailing Venus Williams, 7-5 3-6 6-1 in the Cincy semi finals; despite the win, there were still…
Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer set up a mouthwatering final in Cincinnati as both progressed with straight set wins in their semi-finals. Djokovic beat Juan Martin Del Potro, 6-3 6-2. It was an entertaining match with some gruelling rallies and Djokovic putting in an extremely impressive performance. Del Potro has been hampered by a wrist…
Venus Williams Angelique Kerber v Petra Kvitova Angelique Kerber will be full of beans having taken out Serena Williams in the quarter-finals; however Petra Kvitova will also be super-confident having won five matches on her way to the title in Toronto and another three here in Cincy. Their last match was an entertaining three-setter in…
Angelique Kerber Angelique Kerber‘s 2012 season just keeps getting better and better as she inflicted the first defeat on Serena Williams since the French Open with a 6-4 6-4 triumph in Cincinnati. Serena played a pretty horrendous match and was all over the place mentally, but I think Kerber deserves a lot of credit for…
Angelique Kerber Serena Williams v Angelique Kerber Serena Williams has looked far from her best in Cincinnati so far. She laboured to a 6-4 6-3 victory over Urszula Radwanska, recovering from deficits in both sets. It must have been so demoralising for Radwanska to see Serena playing miles below her best, but still comfortably winning. …
1. Milos Raonic vs. Tomas Berdych Milos Raonic has been knocking on the door for his big breakthrough for quite a while. I thought Wimbledon might be the time, but he suffered a disappointing Wimbledon and fell early at the Olympics despite a very solid effort in the second round going down to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 25-23 in the…
The first round of the womens and mens tournament will conclude in Cincy today. The highlights so far have seen Andy Roddick fall to Jeremy Chardy, Jelena Jankovic end up on the wrong side once again of a total epic as she wasted five match points against Peng Shuai, and Venus Williams edging Maria Kirilenko…
Cincinnati has taken a big hit this year with both Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova not participating. This gives the opportunity for Agnieszka Radwanska to headline her biggest event yet. Lets take a look at the draw, which looks rather bottom heavy to me… Agnieszka Radwanska QUARTER 1 – A. Radwanska v M.Bartoli Agnieszka Radwanska…
The second of the ATP Masters 1000 events for the summer hard court season takes place next week with Roger Federer returning to action. Lets take a look at the draw… Roger Federer PROJECTED QUARTER 1 – R.Federer v J.Monaco Roger Federer is the number one seed in Cincinnati and along with the top eight…
Maria Sharapova got her hands on the Cincy title after beating Jelena Jankovic in a gripping final, 4-6 7-6 6-3. The quality of tennis on show was not always of a high standard, but it was an entertaining and fiesty affair. Sharapova raced out into a 4-1 lead but surprisingly, Jankovic managed to get her…
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