It’s a quick turnaround as Manic Monday is in the books and the women’s quarter-finals are up on Tuesday! The last eight will be back on court to contest the 2018 Wimbledon quarter-finals. For a recap of how things unfolded on Monday, check out my rolling live post HERE. I’ve got Tuesday afternoon to watch…
Manic Monday is arguably the most exciting day on the tennis calendar as all of the last 16 matches come together for a tennis bonanza. It’s equally a frustrating day as so many tantalising match-ups are pitted against each other at the same time. This preview post focuses on the four matches from the bottom…
On a fabulously frenetic Friday, six of the eight WTA matches went three sets. I was double screening for much of the afternoon but managed to watch the entire match on No.2 Court between the number 13 and 23 seeds, Julia Goerges and Barbora Strycova. Read on for my review and analysis of what emerged…
This post features two snap previews for last 16 action at the 2017 US Open from the bottom half of the women’s draw including Garbiñe Muguruza vs. Petra Kvitova and Julia Goerges vs. Sloane Stephens – both matches will be played on Sunday. For a round-up of results from the bottom half of the women’s draw…
For my first time at Roland Garros, I wanted to do a recap of my day for Moo’s Tennis Blog. I was pretty excited to discover this place that I had never had the chance to discover before, although i live only 20 minutes away from the grounds. It was really easy to get tickets…
This post previews two of the first round matches set for Thursday’s order of play at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells with Denisa Allertova v Petra Cetkovska and Julia Goerges v Camia Giorgi. Indian Wells is always a strange one as it starts slowly with the seeds coming out to play from Friday. In case you missed it,…
In a pre-tournament interview, Julia Goerges remarked that she had “a good feeling” heading into the 2016 Dubai Duty Free Championships… the German player was pretty darn accurate as she produced a wonderful display in the first round to defeat the number eight seed, Svetlana Kuznetsova, 6-0 6-1 in 55 minutes. There have been a…
It’s been over a month since Lucie Safarova took to a tennis court and finally, she’s backkkkk. On the 1st of September, Lucie suffered a disappointing first round exit at the US Open to Lesia Tsurenko, later revealing that she had been struggling with an abdominal tear that needed rest. Worse news would come when…
1. Andrea Petkovic v Caroline Garcia (USO, R1) Of all the first round matches at this year’s US Open, this one between Andrea Petkovic and Caroline Garcia is giving me the most headaches in picking out a winner! Petkovic reached the third round in Cincy; she beat Julia Goerges in straight sets, came from a set…
Please note that during Wimbledon, predictions for all matches each day will be uploaded to a tab at the top of the page instead of appearing in daily previews. For the WTA click HERE and ATP click HERE. I’m going to be at Wimbledon on Monday (Court 3) and Friday (Court 1) so i’ll have…
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