All in for Dasha squared! Daria Gavrilova and Daria Kasatkina will play each other for just the second time on the WTA tour in one of Thursday’s most intriguing third round matches in Charleston. In yet another three setter between Kasatkina and Monica Puig, the Russian player scored a noteworthy second round win, 6-0 6-7(3)…
In what will be their sixth encounter in just the last year, Elina Svitolina and Daria Gavrilova will meet in an all-seeded match-up at Indian Wells on Sunday. Svitolina was pushed to the brink in her second round match, while Gavrilova had a much more straightforward passage to the third round. Svitolina d. Wang Qiang, 3-6…
This post previews two first round matches at the 2016 US Open including Serena Williams v Ekaterina Makarova and Lucie Safarova v Daria Gavrilova. Just before take-off, I managed to catch a few snippets of the draw via Twitter so it gave me something to do (aside from rewatch Bake Off again!) to write a…
Simona Halep and Daria Gavrilova will meet in one of two second matches to be played at the Rogers Cup in Montreal on Tuesday Gavrilova won her first round match on Monday, beating the rain and Annika Beck, 6-4 6-3. Beck had recovered from an early break down to go ahead *4-3 in the first set. However,…
Dominika Cibulkova and Daria Gavrilova finished their first round matches within the space of thirty seconds to set up a compelling second round encounter set for Thursday at Wimbledon. Cibulkova arrived at Wimbledon with a huge wedge of confidence following her first title on grass in Eastbourne. She faced a tricky first round opponent in…
Third round action will take place on Thursday at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome. There wasn’t one match that really stood out but they all interest me so I thought i’d go all out and do a sweep of mini-previews for all eight third round matches… this includes Kuznetsova v Gavrilova, Suárez Navarro v…
While the seeds have been dropping like flies, the defending champion, Petra Kvitova is sticking around in Madrid and is beginning to showcase some of her best form of the year. Kvitova will face an Australian Open rematch against Daria Gavrilova in the third round of the Mutua Madrid Open on Wednesday. Kvitova had an…
It was yet another eventful day on the WTA tour. Top seeds departed Doha but what’s new? I’m really struggling with Doha as I expected, thought, HOPED that the second round matches would be played over two days but then realised it’s a Saturday final… It all feels so rushed. So much happened today so…
All 16 second round matches will be played in Doha on Tuesday… it’s going to be a feast of WTA action! I’m currently crying at the prospect of having to work through it all but on a positive note, Lucie’s match is later, third on, so I *should* get home in time to watch. In…
This post previews two of the first round matches from the Dubai Duty Free Championships main draw set to be played on Tuesday including Ana Ivanovic v Daria Gavrilova and Belinda Bencic v Jelena Jankovic. In case you missed it, you can read a preview of the full main draw for the 2016 Dubai Duty Free…
