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…
Fourth round action begins on Sunday at the 2016 Australian Open with the top half of the women’s draw battling it out for quarter-final berths. For a full preview of the match at the top of the drawsheet between Serena Williams and Margarita Gasparyan, click HERE. This post covers one of the fourth round matches…
Third round action kicks off on Friday at the 2016 Australian Open with the top half of the women’s draw. Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova, Agnieszka Radwanska and Belinda Bencic are all on the schedule; a preview of Serena’s match against Daria Kasatkina can be read HERE. This post covers two fascinating matches featuring four players…
In a strange twist of fate, Petra Kvitova opened up her 2016 Australian Open campaign in the first round against the same player that had knocked her out at this stage back in 2014. In her first completed match of the year, Kvitova avenged that defeat to Luksika Kumkhum, progressing into the second round with…
The Race to Singapore is still on (sobbing) after Karolina Pliskova and Carla Suárez Navarro both won on Tuesday. Pliskova saved two match points (!) against Alexandra Dulgheru, 6-4 5-7 7-6(7) to keep her slim hopes of qualifying for Singapore alive. Pliskova was a break up in the second and third sets, but then found…
I’ve been focussing my blogging attention on Linz this week as it’s the only tournament in my timezone so I can actually watch some of the matches in the evening. However, the most attractive of the quarter-final line-ups is over in Hong Kong where the draw has really held up and holds much intrigue with…
I forgot how difficult the Asian Swing is to follow when i’m working… play starts at 4am when i’m sound asleep. I could get up to watch some tennis but sleeeeeep. Then i’m at work while everything is going on. I’ve managed to find nuggets of time in the morning and during my lunch hour…
1. Simona Halep v Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Wuhan, R2) Simona Halep‘s first match of the week at 2015 Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open will be against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova on Tuesday. In a first round match that screamed three lopsided sets, Pavlyuchenkova produced a remarkably clean performance to dispatch her fellow compatriot, Svetlana Kuznetsova in straight sets, 6-0…
Stepping up to serve for the match at 6-3 *5-4 against Daria Gavrilova, you couldn’t blame Lucie Safarova for feeling the nerves. Just two weeks ago, Lucie had been in an almost identical position, up 6-4 *5-4 in their second round clash in Toronto. Lucie came within two points of the match but was unable…
Did someone speed up time or something because I can’t believe that the US Open is only a week away. The final tournament before the women head to Flushing Meadows is the Connecticut Open in New Haven. There have been string of withdrawals with the likes of Garbiñe Muguruza, Sloane Stephens, Belinda Bencic and Ekaterina…
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