Women’s Australian Open, R4 Preview for Sunday: Agnieszka Radwanska v Anna-Lena Friedsam

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…

Women’s Australian Open, R3 Previews for Friday: Gasparyan v Putintseva, Mladenovic v Gavrilova

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…

A random babble of Wuhan thoughts: Scheduling and previews of 3rd round matches

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…

WTA Wuhan, 2nd Round Previews: Halep v Pavlyuchenkova, Kvitova v Gavrilova

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…

WTA New Haven 2015: First round matches to watch

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…