Saturday’s Set Points wraps up the week at the 2018 Dubai Duty Free Championships. I had a crazy busy week at work so wasn’t able to follow the tennis that closely and didn’t feel up to writing. I’m back home on the Isle of Wight for the weekend. I still call it home even though…
Tuesday was a mostly uneventful day in Dubai with six of the seven first round matches being decided in straight sets and the two seeds in action, Angelique Kerber and Caroline Garcia, both prevailing. All eight second round matches are up on Wednesday so here’s a sweeping preview of the matches to watch out for.…
Bye bye Doha, hello Dubai! Main draw action action at the 2018 Dubai Duty Free Championships began on Monday with five first round matches. I managed to catch up on a few of the matches around a very long day at work. It’s only Monday and i’m ready for the weekend 😭😂. WTA TV continues to…
PETRA KVITOVA There was just the one semi-final today in Doha and it was another cracker! Petra Kvitova extended her winning streak to 12 with a come-from-behind victory over the world number one, Caroline Wozniacki, 3-6 7-6(3) 7-5 in two hours and 35 minutes. Kvitova rallied from a set and a break down, and Wozniacki…
The 2017 Middle East swing came to a crescendo on Saturday with the final of the Dubai Duty Free Championships. This post presents the highlights from Dubai with best bits from the tournament including a recap of the final and links to memorable matches, shots, points and plenty more. If you fancy a trip down memory lane,…
Friday was semi-finals day at the 2017 Dubai Duty Free Championships with the number 10 seed, Caroline Wozniacki up first against Anastasija Sevastova in a repeat of last year’s US Open quarter-final. In a third straight sets win over Sevastova, Wozniacki won her ninth match in the last 10 days to win, 6-3 6-4. It…
The evening session in Dubai on day 5 of main draw action was delayed for rain…. that pesky rain! I thought it was a 2016 thing but it’s continuing in 2017 in the most unlikely of places. Here is Caroline’s take on the rain these past few weeks. .@CaroWozniacki bringing the rain 😂☔️ pic.twitter.com/x03AdcQUk7 —…
In a tenth career meeting and a fourth encounter in the last six months, Angelique Kerber and Elina Svitolina will square off in the second of the semi-finals at the Dubai Duty Free Championships on Friday. The number one seed, Angelique Kerber came into Dubai with a 4-4 W-L record and having won just one…
The upset train gathered more pace on day 4 of main draw action at the 2017 Dubai Duty Free Championships. The 17-year-old, CiCi Bellis scored the biggest win of her career so far, defeating the world number six, Agnieszka Radwanska, 6-4 2-6 6-2. Bellis played a superb match – I was so impressed with her…
The start of Tuesday’s bumper order of play was delayed an hour by rain but soon got underway with the number three seed, Dominika Cibulkova up against Ekaterina Makarova. Prior to 2017, Makarova had never beaten Cibulkova – now she has two hard fought three set wins to her name as she claimed the upset…
