Women’s semi-finals action at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells highlights Friday’s night schedule. Three of the four women’s quarter-finals were pushed to three sets but the offerings on Thursday were not pretty. As Indian Wells simmers to a conclusion, the attention will swiftly turn to Miami where the main draw of the second…
For British tennis fans, it is worth noting you can buy pre-sale tickets for the World Tour Finals at the O2. Also, tickets for the AEGON International at Eastbourne go on sale on Friday the 14th of March from 9am. If you’re a tennis buff and have never been to Eastbourne, I would highly recommend…
The women’s tournament has been strange, but the the men’s has been completely wackadoodle. Who would of thought that Alexandr Dolgopolov, Milos Raonic, Ernests Gulbis, Kevin Anderson, John Isner and Julien Benneteau would ALL make the quarter-finals of Indian Wells. Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic are the only top eight seeds remaining in the draw. …
2014 is starting to look like a big year for the WTA. The days when Serena, Azarenka and Sharapova would win regularly have not been happening at the start of 2014 with all three players suffering some surprising losses. I am not accustomed yet to the likes of Simona Halep and Dominika Cibulkova as reliable…
My original men’s draw has been completely decimated to the ground; however my women’s draw is actually doing OK. Both my finalists, Li and Halep, are still in the draw. You now know that by me mentioning this, both will go and get knocked out on Wednesday! In yesterday’s polls, 60% of people correctly went…
The schedules for the next few days are a pig for trying to get previews out when Indian Wells is 7 hours behind the UK. Therefore I am focusing on matches that are already decided after Monday’s matches. All three matches previewed will be on Stadium 1’s day schedule for Wednesday. It is also worth…
The coverage this week in Indian Wells has been really great and there have some good women’s matches. Monday’s stat of the day was Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova winning just four points in the deciding set to Aleksandra Wozniak as she was handed a bagel and a breadstick in a 6-1 6-7 6-0 loss. The big shock…
The bottom half of the men’s draw was cut up into mulch on Sunday. Juan Martin del Potro withdrew due to the wrist injury and then Tomas Berdych, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Gilles Simon were all knocked out of the tournament. Berdych’s loss to Roberta Bautista-Agut was particularly surprising based on his excellent start to the…
This week, I made a few slightly risky predictions and they have not paid off at all! On Saturday, Stanislas Wawrinka made a fine start to his Indian Wells campaign with a 6-3 7-5 victory over a dangerous opponent in Ivo Karlovic. I thought he may struggle in his first action on the ATP tour…
The top half of the women’s draw looks really inviting with a number of marquee match-ups for Monday. In the other matches, Alisa Kleybanova has a great chance to make the fourth round. Her victory over Garbine Muguruza really went under the radar. The match between Ekaterina Makarova and Dominika Cibulkova should also be very…
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