A small handful of Wimbledon tickets are realised at 9am before each day on Ticketmaster and I got really lucky and managed to get a court 3 ticket for Monday. Here are my photos and recaps from the matches I watched on court 3 on day 1 of the 2015 Wimbledon Championships. Marin Cilic d.…
The first of the women’s semi-finals at Roland Garros on Thursday will be contested between Ana Ivanovic and Lucie Safarova… !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is a surprising, yet in equal portions, compelling semi-final. I’m so excited for Lucie. I never expected her to do so well this fortnight. Pre-Paris, Safarova reached the quarter-finals of Madrid and the second…
And we’re down to the final eight… the first of the women’s quarter-finals which will be on Philippe Chatrier Court at not before 1pm will feature the number 7 seed, Ana Ivanovic against the number 19 seed, Elina Svitolina. This marks a landmark tournament for both players; For Ivanovic, this is her first quarter-final at…
1. Ana Ivanovic v Ekaterina Makarova (RG, R4) The last time that Ekaterina Makarova and Ana Ivanovic played each other, I was a student. I remember getting up early to watch the end of this match before a lecture. It was at the Australian Open where Makarova caused a sizeable upset to defeat Ivanovic in…
13 second round matches will be played on Wednesday in Rome with the winners joining Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova and Timea Bacsinszky in the third round. In first round action, Lucie Safarova looked to be heading out against Anna Karolina Schmiedlova. However, she won the last five games and served out the match to love,…
In another fascinating WTA match in Madrid, Carla Suarez Navarro sealed her first ever win against Ana Ivanovic and extended her three set record in 2015 to 14-3 with a 7-5 1-6 6-4 victory in two hours and four minutes. Although the quality didn’t quite rival their cracking quarter-final in Rome last year, it was…
1. Maria Sharapova v Caroline Garcia (Madrid, R3) If you haven’t seen the third set of Caroline Garcia‘s victory over Karolina Pliskova then i’d definitely recommend it. Garcia defeated Pliskova, 6-2 4-6 6-1 in a high quality second round match that featured 69 winners. Garcia finished with 40 winners to 18 unforced errors, which is…
Elina Svitolina will be seeking her first win over Ana Ivanovic in what will be a sixth career meeting between the pair on Tuesday in Madrid. This may be Svitolina’s best opportunity though as she comes into the tournament in great spirits, having won her third WTA title in Marrakech at the weekend. Svitolina didn’t…
In the first of the evening matches on Tuesday, last year’s finalist and the number five seed, Ana Ivanovic was bundled out of the tournament by Caroline Garcia. The Frenchwoman saved three set points in a wacky and untidy opening set before prevailing in straight sets, 7-6(6) 6-4. It’s hard to make sense of what…
Saturday has been all about the bagels. Carla Suarez Navarro, Ekaterina Makarova, Tatjana Maria, Andrea Petkovic and Daria Gavrilova all won 6-0 first sets and prevailed in straight sets. The big upset in there was Maria’s 6-0 7-6(4) victory over Eugenie Bouchard. After a solid showing in Melbourne, Bouchard has suffered two disappointing losses in…
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