1. Serena Williams v Sabine Lisicki (Miami, QF) A Wimbledon rematch is on the cards on Wednesday as Serena Williams will take on Sabine Lisicki in the quarter-finals of the Miami Open. Their last match saw Lisicki stun the world number one in last 16 action at SW19. Lisicki prevailed for the biggest win of…
1. Simona Halep v Flavia Pennetta (Miami, R4) I was soooooo much looking forward to a potential fourth round match between Simona Halep and Victoria Azarenka. I obviously wanted it too much! Instead, we get Halep against Flavia Pennetta, which is still very intriguing. Pennetta defeated Azarenka in two tiebreak sets, 7-6(5) 7-6(6) in two…
Where do I start with this one?! Simona Halep defeated Jelena Jankovic in the 2015 BNP Paribas Open final to win her biggest career title with a 2-6 7-5 6-4 victory in two hours and 37 minutes. This was absolute rollercoaster of a match; the quality wasn’t there, but it was strangely addictive and compelling…
I had my Saturday morning all planned out to watch the second of the semi-finals between Serena Williams and Simona Halep without knowing the result. I was gutted to find the match not available on TennisTV with the word “withdrawn” next to Serena’s name. I’m pleased to hear that Serena’s announcement went down without any…
The 2015 BNP Paribas Open has had its fair share of upsets and surprises this year, but order has been restored somewhat with the first of the semi-finals, which will be played on Friday evening in the desert. The number one seed, Serena Williams will play the number three seed, Simona Halep in what should…
I’m still trying to process some of the results from Tuesday… One of Lesia Tsurenko, Jelena Jankovic, Flavia Pennetta and Sabine Lisicki will be in the Indian Wells final on Sunday. It’s a surprising line-up considering Lisicki and Jankovic have endured miserable starts to the year. In fact, the four players in the bottom half all failed to win…
1. Simona Halep v Karolina Pliskova (IW, R4) In a rematch of last month’s Dubai final, Simona Halep and Karolina Pliskova will meet in the last 16 at Indian Wells. Pliskova has continued her superb start to the year in the desert. She played a great match to beat Garbine Muguruza for the second time…
1. Simona Halep v Daria Gavrilova There were rumours that Simona Halep may pull out of Indian Wells after a family tragedy, but that has not been the case as Simona will play her first match of the week on Friday. She goes up against Daria Gavrilova, who is enjoying a great start to 2015. …
Simona Halep defeated Karolina Pliskova, 6-4 7-6(4) in the final of the 2015 Dubai Duty Free Championships to win her second title of the year. It was a really entertaining final, which concluded with a wacky final few games as Halep held off her nerves and a spirited effort from Pliskova. Halep needed just one…
Karolina Pliskova continued her stunning week with a semi-final victory over Garbine Muguruza, 6-4 5-7 7-5 in Dubai. Karolina has won five matches this week against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, Ana Ivanovic, Lucie Safarova and Muguruza with each match taking progressively longer. This marathon semi-final lasted two hours and 53 minutes. I can’t believe…
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