1. Flavia Pennetta v Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Beijing, R1) The 2015 US Open champion, Flavia Pennetta (still can’t get over this) returned to action in Beijing where she has won her first two matches. In the first round, Pennetta overcame a game effort from the Chinese wildcard, Xinyun Han, 7-5 4-6 6-4. Pennetta also needed three…
Time to ring the bell again for a new WTA match-up… the first match on the Centre Court on Wednesday will be one of just three all-seeded clashes featuring Ana Ivanovic and Garbiñe Muguruza in yet another first career meeting. Both players have struggled to find their best form over the past few months but enjoyed surprisingly routine second…
It was always going to be a tough opener for the number seven seed, Ana Ivanovic. While her section had opened up with the loss of Maria Sharapova through injury, her first round match against Dominika Cibulkova always looked like a dicey opener. After a very bright start, akin to her gorgeous red dress, and…
1. Ana Ivanovic v Dominika Cibulkova (USO, R1) As first round matches go, Ana Ivanovic drew a bit of a stinker. The number seven seed will play Dominika Cibulkova in what should be a cracking match-up for the neutrals… but perhaps not for Ana and Domi fans! Ivanovic reached back-to-back quarter-finals in Toronto and Cincy although…
Ohh bugger. Elina Svitolina booked her place in the semi-finals of Cincy with a 6-4 2-6 6-0 victory against Lucie Safarova. The last time that Svitolina beat Safarova at Indian Wells I was too bummed to write anything but here goes. This was a rough watch for Lucie fans but I have to admit I…
After playing each other five times in 2014, it’s take until August of 2015 for another Serena-Ana match. For a time this didn’t look likely… Ivanovic made a woeful start to her third round match against Sloane Stephens, quickly going down 4-0 and losing the first set, 6-2. Stephens didn’t do anything special but played…
It’s a rare occurrence when you get to the third round at a tournament and one player has played two matches and the other one hasn’t even stepped onto the court yet. Ana Ivanovic is into the third round of Cincy without playing a match. In the first round she received a bye and in…
The only second round match in Cincy on the WTA side is the last match on the Center Court schedule which promises to be an intriguing clash between two Grand Slam champions, Ana Ivanovic and Venus Williams. In first round action on Monday, Venus defeated Zarina Diyas, 7-6(6) 6-4 in what was a patchy match. It was…
Day 3 was slow to get going but as to be expected with the schedule, peaked in the evening. There were so many good women’s matches on at the same time. There were more upsets in the women’s draw with five of the top 12 seeds already out after just three days. In case you…
1. Ana Ivanovic v Bethanie Mattek-Sands (Wimbledon, R1) Ana Ivanovic was dealt a tough draw at Wimbledon this year and her second round is a potential banana skin as she will play the qualifier, Bethanie Mattek-Sands. The American player has had a landmark year in doubles this year, winning three Grand Slams, two with Lucie…
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