The tennis tour keeps ticking along although interest (at least on my part) will generally remain muted until the week beginning the 28th of July. In that week, the women will be in Stanford and Washington meanwhile the men will compete in an ATP 500 in D.C. All three draws will be strong. This week, the…
This afternoon, Serena Williams defeated Li Na to close out the WTA Champs in an entertaining finale, 2-6 6-3 6-0. Serena began the match in her semi-final slumber mode although Li came out firing on all cylinders with her successful serve-and-volleying a noteworthy feature of the first two sets. Serena suddenly found her intensity in…
Serena The final for the WTA Champs in Istanbul has arrived in what feels like super quick time and will see world number one, Serena Williams take on the soon-to-be world number three, Li Na. By virtue of her semi-final victory over Petra Kvitova, Li will move up to career best number three in the…
1. Petra Kvitova v Li Na Petra Kvitova I have never particularly enjoyed matches between Petra Kvitova and Li Na, but the one you can expect from these two is a competitive match and that is particularly welcome because of the 12 matches we have seen this week, just 2 have gone the distance. Li…
Serena Williams has been in impeccable form throughout this tournament, which has certainly taken a shine off the excitement factor for me because it is all looking a bit too straightforward for the world number one. Tomorrow we will find out the three players joining Serena in the semi-finals. 1. Victoria Azarenka v Li Na…
It has been a pretty sluggish start to this year’s WTA Champs in Istanbul with 6 matches and 6 straight set wins. We have yet to see a really competitive match of any real quality, but things could change on Thursday with a considerably improved line-up of matches including the most hotly anticipated from the…
1. Li Na v Sara Errani (White Group) Li Na Li Na will make her debut at this year’s YEC on Wednesday in the first match of the day against Sara Errani. The Italian kicked off her championships today and started brightly with plenty of variety, but was eventually worn down by Victoria Azarenka‘s greater…
The WTA Champs in Istanbul get underway tomorrow afternoon and here is my preview for the first three matches of the group stages. 1. Victoria Azarenka v Sara Errani (White Group) Victoria Azarenka The 2013 WTA Champs will kick off with the world number 2, Victoria Azarenka up against the world number 7, Sara Errani. …
The top eight women this year are in Istanbul with action set to kick off on Tuesday. I managed to waste an hour of my life watching the draw ceremony with about 45 minutes of speeches and bringing the players on and then 1 minute for the draw! I aim to write daily previews for…
Serena Williams wrapped up a sensational 2012 with a 6-4 6-3 victory over Maria Sharapova in the YEC final in Istanbul. It was actually a respectable performance from Sharapova who earnt two more games than her last two matches against Serena combined. Serena hit a staggering 40 winners to 14 unforced errors and did not…
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