Simona Halep beat Sloane Stephens, 7-6(6) 3-6 6-4 in two hours and 41 minutes of gripping tennis to win Montreal. This is Halep’s third title of 2018 and also her 10th consecutive win in Montreal having won the title back in 2016. You could write a book about this match! Read on for my jumbled…
Sunday’s final in Montreal will be a rematch of this year’s French Open final as the number one seed, Simona Halep will play the number three seed, Sloane Stephens. The final will be played at 1:30pm local time in Canada (6:30pm in the UK). This post recaps Saturday’s semi-final wins for Halep and Stephens and…
Simona Halep is a Slam champion! Rallying from a set and a break down, Halep beat Sloane Stephens, 3-6 6-4 6-1 in Saturday’s French Open final. I was out during the day and have just managed to catch up with the final having successfully (wow!) avoided the scoreline. Overwhelming thoughts right now – I…
The 2018 French Open final will be contested between the number one seed, Simona Halep and the number 10 seed, Sloane Stephens. I caught up with the Eurosport highlights on Thursday night after playing tennis (I didn’t injure myself or anyone else this time so wahey!) and now feel informed enough to write about the…
Friday was the last day of round robin action from the 2017 WTA Finals. The first match of the day saw another spirited comeback from Caroline Garcia, winning the last four games from 3-5 down in the third set (again!) and serving her way out of a *0-40 hole at *5-5 to beat Caroline Wozniacki,…
This post is a round-up for the past two days from the 2017 WTA Finals in Singapore. I was busy baking last night for my work’s charity bake sale. I made some Millionaire’s Shortbread, which had been my most successful bake of the year in terms of feedback from my colleagues! I managed to get…
The red group will take centre stage on Wednesday at the 2017 WTA Finals in Singapore. A blockbuster clash between Simona Halep and Caroline Wozniacki will be followed by a Beijing rematch between Elina Svitolina and Caroline Garcia. For a round-up of the first matches from the red group on Monday, click HERE. Read on…
The 2017 WTA Finals in Singapore continued on Monday with the first matches from the red group. Just like yesterday, both matches were done and dusted in straight sets as Simona Halep and Caroline Wozniacki produced brilliant displays to start with wins. Read on for reviews of the matches and links to match highlights and…
The 2017 WTA Finals in Singapore will continue on Monday with round robin action from the red group featuring Simona Halep, Elina Svitolina, Caroline Wozniacki and Caroline Garcia. The two winners of these match-ups will play each other on Wednesday. For a preview of day 1 action from the white group, click HERE. Let’s take…
The highlight of this year’s US Open draw is an absolute blockbuster first round match between the number two seed, Simona Halep and the 2006 champion, Maria Sharapova. The bottom half of the women’s draw will start on Monday with the pair unsurprisingly being scheduled for the first night match on Arthur Ashe stadium. Can’t…
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