Prague’s schedule for Tuesday was affected by rain which means they are already playing catch-up as two first round matches are still yet to be finished. This means a couple of players will have to play two matches on Wednesday; one of them could be the number two seed Lucie Safarova who opens against Tereza…
In Friday’s first batch of WTA matches, Victoria Azarenka and Sloane Stephens both won through in straight sets. Azarenka comprehensively outplayed Jelena Jankovic to win, 6-1 6-1. Jelena put up some resistance at the end in a marathon final game. Azarenka needed multiple match points and Jankovic was 0/13 on break points throughout the whole…
Thursday’s schedule in Antwerp is excellent with seven of the eight second round matches still to be played. On Wednesday, Dominika Cibulkova opened her tournament campaign with a very convincing victory over Kateryna Bondarenko, 6-1 6-2. It’s always nice when your predicted champion isn’t ousted in the first round! Antwerp seems to be delivering both…
In the night match on Rod Laver Arena, Maria Sharapova defeated Zarina Diyas, 6-1 6-1 to complete the line-up for the first batch of fourth round matches in the women’s draw. Have I mentioned that Saturday’s line-up of women’s matches is awesome? I’m sorry, I know I sound like a broken record. Hopefully it lives…
Poland were crowned champions of the Hopman Cup today after Agnieszka Radwanska and Jerzy Janowicz won the pivotal mixed doubles rubber against Serena Williams and John Isner. It was an exciting final match, which saw one point have to be replayed and all four players unhappy with the poor umpire. Once again, i’ve found myself…
Most of the results in Wuhan on Wednesday were predictable, but there was one that stood out like a sore thumb… Timea Bacsinszky d. Maria Sharapova, 7-6(3) 7-5. Bacsinszky has been in great form over the last couple of weeks, but I don’t think anyone expected this. A straight sets win over Sharapova is a…
The first round in Wuhan wrapped up with Ana Ivanovic, Dominika Cibulkova, Lucie Safarova and Flavia Pennetta all going out. The Tokyo champion, Ivanovic retired at 5-7 5-6 down to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Safarova went out in three sets to Sabine Lisicki, meanwhile Pennetta was knocked out by the soaring, Jarmila Gajdosova. The biggest surprise of…
Ana Ivanovic was the latest seed to fall at this year’s US Open after a surprising 7-5 6-4 loss to Karolina Pliskova. It means that Ivanovic has lost before the third round at the last three Grand Slams. It was disappointing because this was a really good draw for the Serb. Credit though to Pliskova,…
In one of the most intriguing first round matches from the WTA draw, Madison Keys defeated Alize Cornet, 6-2 6-4, to progress into the second round of Cincinnati. I was hoping it would be a three set epic, but this was a reasonably straightforward match for Madison. The stats weren’t pretty with a…
There are a handful of second round matches in Montreal and Toronto on Tuesday with Eugenie Bouchard, Agnieszka Radwanska, Victoria Azarenka, Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka all in action. First round action will also conclude at both tournaments. On the first day of action, two seeds fell in Montreal; Sabine Lisicki produced one of her…
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