1. Agnieszka Radwanska v Caroline Garcia (Dubai, R2) Agnieszka Radwanska will be looking for revenge when she goes up against Caroline Garcia in the first match of the day in Dubai on Tuesday. The pair played in Wuhan at the back end of 2014 where Garcia prevailed in a fabulous encounter, 3-6 7-6(4) 7-6(7). Their…
In light of the rather majestic set of second round matches in Dubai, this will be the first of two previews. I can’t remember such a cracking line-up and hopefully, it actually delivers some great matches. Unfortunately I ran out of time yesterday to write any other previews so i’ll be focusing firmly on Dubai for the…
The remainder of the first round matches in Dubai will be played on Monday along with the first of the second round matches, which will see 17-year-old, Belinda Bencic go up against the number eight seed, Venus Williams. Bencic won her first WTA main draw match of the year with a straight sets win over…
Dubai and Doha have switched this year in the calendar and will continue to do so over the coming years with Dubai being upgraded to a Premier 5 tournament for 2015. Personally, I much prefer Dubai to Doha and the court surface is normally much faster. The draw was hit with two late withdrawals of Serena…
Roger Federer won his first ATP title since Halle last year and his biggest title since winning the Masters 1000 event in Cincinnati in 2012. Federer’s win has set up the first Masters 1000 event of 2014 in Indian Wells next week rather marvellously. Here are my thoughts on Saturday’s final and the tournament as…
Today saw an announcement about the Indian Premier League Tennis, which is set to take place in the off-season. I have to admit I didn’t know anything about this until today when all the tennis tweeters started announcing it. I don’t know the ins and outs of it, but personally, it seems completely ridiculous. The…
I am rejoicing at having internet all sorted now so I can now stream tennis, all ready for Indian Wells, which begins next week! There were no surprises in Dubai on Thursday as Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer set up a blockbuster semi-final showdown at the Dubai Duty Free Championships. Can it live up to…
Dmitry Tursunov was the only seed to fall on Day 3 of the ATP Dubai Duty Free Championships. Roger Federer was given a pretty healthy scare by Radek Stepanek, who won a set and had multiple game points to lead the deciding set, 3-0. Federer won a flurry of games and although he was unable…
The big news in Dubai on Tuesday was Juan Martin del Potro retiring in his first round match to Somdev Devvarman with the wrist injury that has bothered him for much of 2014. I am really gutted for the big guy because this does not sound good. I can see another really lengthy spell on…
Five of the world’s top ten players are in Dubai for the ATP event next week. Apart from the highlights of Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Juan Martin del Potro in attendance, the overall quality of the draw is actually quite weak. Noteworthy for British tennis fans is that James Ward has received a wildcard…
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