On Wednesday in Doha, Lucie Safarova claimed her first WTA top ten win since Wimbledon last year with a three set victory over Ekaterina Makarova, 6-2 6-7(5) 6-3. It was another match I ended up watching on live scores (it sounds like everyone was!) and it was one of those matches that makes you age…
Venus Williams produced a gutsy performance to save a match point in beating Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, 7-5 3-6 7-6(3) in two hours and 54 minutes. The match finished close to 1.30am local time in Doha and considering the conditions, it was a pretty good match. There was a minor altercation at the net after BZS was…
First round action in Doha concluded on Tuesday with Alexandra Dulgheru’s victory over Alize Cornet in three sets, 6-4 3-6 6-1. Two of the Dubai semi-finalists had contrasting fortunes on Tuesday. Garbine Muguruza was forced to retire from her first round match against Carla Suarez Navarro due to a viral illness. She had served for…
In the only second round match to be played in Doha on Tuesday, Venus Williams will take on Barbora Zahlavova Strycova in the last match of the day at not before 8pm local time (5pm UK time). Venus also played the first second round match in Dubai last week when she played Belinda Bencic on…
In the first match of the Doha 2015 main draw, Flavia Pennetta came from a set down to defeat Svetlana Kuznetsova and book her place in the second round where she will play Agnieszka Radwanska. Kuznetsova had started with great promise; she looked confident and assertive as she went up a double break. She lost…
Simona Halep officially pulled out of Doha today. This doesn’t come as a great surprise, but what it has done is shake up the draw and make the majority of my predictions obselete… that will teach me for posting the preview early! Caroline Wozniacki has been bumped up to the number two seed and will…
Dubai down, Doha up next. Six of the world’s top ten will be in Doha for the 2015 Qatar Total Open with the main draw beginning on Monday. Doha is a 32-player draw with byes for the top four seeds so it comes as no surprise that with such a solid line-up, there are some…
After an awful day of predictions for Saturday, I correctly predicted the winners in both finals from Doha and Rotterdam! Simona Halep won the Doha title beating Angelique Kerber, meanwhile Tomas Berdych was triumphant in Rotterdam. It is worth noting that there were ATP events in Memphis and Buenos Aires this week, but with the…
I have only followed the tennis fleetingly today and can only go on the scorelines and things I have read. Doha had an extraordinary day with four straight set quarter-finals with none of four losing players mustering more than three games in a set. In Rotterdam, there were upsets galore as the top two seeds,…
Rotterdam predictions this week have been majestically terrible. Doha has been a mixed bag although both my finalists still remain in the draw. This could be my last preview for a while as I will be moving house and won’t have any internet. Hopefully I will find a way to get round this to be…
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