It”s been a great start to the 2019 season with the first champion of the year crowned in Shenzhen. The Hopman Cup also finished (perhaps forever?) with a a dramatic conclusion in the mixed doubles match. Sunday will see the two finals in Brisbane and Auckland, as well as the qualifying matches in Sydney. Still…
Thursday was a quieter day of tennis with Shenzhen mostly rained off and Brisbane splitting their quarter-finals across two days. I’m still riding the tennis wave for the first week of the new season. I’ve barely watched anything live, but really enjoying catching up with matches on WTA TV. Read on for recaps of the…
The new tennis season is well underway with action in Brisbane, Auckland, Shenzhen and the Hopman Cup. I always feel rather overwhelmed in the first few days of a new season because there is always so much going on and across multiple tournaments. I’m on a tennis high right now so riding this wave for…
I’m back from three fantastic weeks in Australia and am slowly getting back to normality. The non-tennis highlight of the trip was definitely visiting the Whitsunday Islands, seeing the spectacular Whitehaven Beach and swimming around the Great Barrier Reef. We visited three new tennis tournaments and I achieved my Career Slam at the Australian Open! Before getting…
Poland were crowned champions of the Hopman Cup today after Agnieszka Radwanska and Jerzy Janowicz won the pivotal mixed doubles rubber against Serena Williams and John Isner. It was an exciting final match, which saw one point have to be replayed and all four players unhappy with the poor umpire. Once again, i’ve found myself…
The first week of the season is always a brilliant bonanza of tennis made the more special by the unique offering of the Hopman Cup. Billed as an International mixed team tennis event, it has attracted excellent crowds to the new-for-2013, 12,000+ seated Perth Arena. The Hopman Cup, which begins on Saturday the 28th of…
This first week has been completely hectic with seven tournaments taking place. I love that we have live tennis once more but do we need this much going on?! I am struggling to keep up! Here is a round-up from all the remaining tournaments… Agnieszka Radwanska WTA Auckland: Three seeds remain in Auckland and all…
Victoria Azarenka As the 2012 tennis season wrapped up I was thankful for a breather from tennis. It was such a great, great year, but not only did the players need a break, I did too! Its now mid-December and I am fully craving tennis once more and ready to rock and roll with my…
Novak Djokovic I have been crossing the days on my calendar for the new tennis season to start and it is nearly upon us! The first tennis of the season actually kicks off on the 29th of December in Abu Dhabi as the stars of the ATP turn up for the big-bucks Mubadala World Tennis…
Here is a round-up of what has happened so far in the first week of tennis in 2011… Hopman Cup After two sets of group games, Serbia and USA both look poised to reach the final. Disappointingly, Robson and Murray lost their second round match today losing a one-sided mixed doubles to the French pairing…
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