By virtue of a quarter-final win at the Western & Southern Open with her partner, Barbora Strycova, it has been confirmed that Lucie Safarova will rise to world number in the doubles rankings next Monday! I’m absolutely thrilled for Lucie to add this achievement to her career highlights. Lucie and Barbora beat Ashleigh Barty and…
Heading into the US Open, Lucie Safarova and Bethanie Mattek-Sands had lost their last four matches together including first round losses at both the French Open and Wimbledon. Pairing up at the US Open for the first time since Wimby, Lucie and Beth have only gone and won the whole caboodle! They’ve made a habit…
Lucie and Beth won their second Grand Slam doubles title this year as they beat Yaroslava Shvedova and Casey Dellacqua in the final of the 2015 women’s doubles, 3-6 6-4 6-2. I’m so pleased that Lucie won one of her finals! Beth also won the mixed doubles title with Mike Bryan so this has been…
I don’t have a great deal to say other than YAY! Lucie Safarova and Bethanie Mattek-Sands beat Yung-Jan Chan and Jie Zheng, 6-4 7-6(5) in the final of the women’s doubles. Lucie and Beth both saved break points in their last two service games before breaking to seal the opening set, 6-4. The second set was…
All my favourite players have long gone from the singles draws, but Lucie is still sticking around in the women’s doubles! Playing with partner, Bethanie Mattek-Sands, the pair have reached the final in their first ever tournament outing together. Beth has won a mixed doubles title before, but for Lucie, this is a first ever…
With my earlier predictions being decimated with walkovers and various teams not playing well, we’ve now arrived at a doubles final between the teams of Kop Jones/Spears and Mattek-Sands/Mirza. Both teams are quite experienced doubles players and have had long partnerships with one another, even though Mirza’s main partner is Hsieh Su-Wei this year. And…
I’m delighted to share a new feature to this site with a preview for the womens doubles draw in Sydney! Many thanks to Ivan Xie who has written this piece. You can follow Ivan on Twitter (@ fanatical tennis) HERE. He’s at the tournament in Sydney this week and is definitely worth a follow… In…
