Rain wiped out half of the schedule at Queens today, but that didn’t stop us seeing the match of the tournament so far as Juan Martin del Potro edged out an inspired Xavier Malisse, 7-6(5) 1-6 7-5. After losing the first set on the tiebreak, Malisse won 8 out of 9 games to lead by…
Still no TV coverage, but the seeds have now come out to play. Here is a preview of the best matches that will align Saturday’s schedule… Daniela Hantuchova 1. Victoria Azarenka v Daniela Hantuchova Victoria Azarenka will open up her title defence with a tough match-up against the world number 73, Daniela Hantuchova. The Slovakian…
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Last year, I thought it would be Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova‘s year to shine. I tipped her at the start of 2012 to make a Grand Slam final, but she ended the season outside of the top 35 and spent the majority of the year looking rather disinterested on the tennis court. 2013 has seen…
Julia Goerges The quarter-final line-up for Dubai promised much, but failed to deliver on the most part. The one shining light came in the final match of the day as Julia Goerges came back from a set down for the second time this week to beat Daniela Hantuchova, 6-4 3-6 6-4 in a fantastic contest. …
Kaia Kanepi capped off a fine week in Brisbane with a comprehensive victory over Daniela Hantuchova in the final, 6-2 6-1. Kanepi, the world number 34 dominated a one-sided encounter with her thumping groundstrokes and solid serve, which was too consistent for Hantuchova to impose herself on this final. It is interesting to note that…
An unlikely final was all set in Friday’s semi-finals as Daniela Hantuchova and Kaia Kanepi both won against struggling opponents. At the start of the week, the names of Kim Clijsters, Serena Williams and Sam Stosur were all being mentioned as possible winners however things have not turned out as many (including me!) predicted in…
The 2012 tennis season officially kicked off last night in Brisbane with Francesca Schiavone posting the first win of the new season over Ksenia Pervak. Unfortunately, Pervak had to retire at 4-4 in the first set because of a migraine. In other matches, Kim Clijsters made a confident start to 2012 with a 6-1 6-4…
Daniela Hantuchova staged a superb fightback from 7-5 3-0 down to beat Ksenia Pervak, 5-7 6-3 6-4. Pervak looked to be on the way to the biggest win of her career but she let slip her lead to allow the more experienced Hantuchova eventually prevail after she herself wasted several leads in a see-saw swinging…
Sabine Lisicki was knocked out of WTA Linz by Alberta Brianti in a 7-5 4-6 6-3 loss. Lisicki raced out into a 5-2 lead but struggled throughout the set with her serve and ball toss. This then seemed to affect the rest of her game as she could barely get a ball in court and…
I managed to watch the last couple of games of the 3rd match on Centre Court between Jo-Wilfred Tsonga and Denis Istomin. Without doubt he is one of the most entertaining players to watch on tour and I urge everyone to watch him live if you get the chance! In the latter stages of the…
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