After straight set losses in their first matches of the red group, Eugenie Bouchard and Ana Ivanovic face off in a crucial match as they bid to keep their hopes alive of qualifying for the semi-finals in Singapore. Ivanovic lost to Serena Williams, 6-4 6-4 in an entertaining first match. Ivanovic recovered from 1-4 down…
The WTA finals is proving a difficult one to follow with matches beginning in the middle of the day in the UK. I tried to delay my lunch break today, but play kicked off later than I expected! I’m just about to watch today’s first match between Serena Williams and Ana Ivanovic, but thankfully Moo’s…
The inaugural Year-End-Championships in Singapore will kick off with a blockbuster opening match between the number one seed, Serena Williams and the number seven seed, Ana Ivanovic. This match will begin at 7.30pm local time, which should be 12.30pm in the UK. Both players are coming into this first match after a walkover in their…
This has been one of the most fascinating seasons on the WTA tour for years and it will all come to a glittering crescendo next week in Singapore. Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova, Petra Kvitova, Simona Halep, Eugenie Bouchard, Agnieszka Radwanska, Ana Ivanovic and Caroline Wozniacki will battle it out for the last meaningful piece of…
Quarter-finals day in Beijing was hit with another walkover as unsurprisingly, Serena Williams was forced to pull out of Beijing before her quarter-final match with Sam Stosur was set to begin. Courtney Nguyen tweeted last night that Serena had not held a press match conference to treat swelling of her knee. Fingers crossed that Serena…
Beijing’s schedule on Wednesday was ravaged by the weather. The final second round match from the women’s draw featuring Alize Cornet and Lauren Davis was moved to the main stadium under the roof. Seven third round matches will take to the court on Thursday including Svetlana Kuznetsova against Angelique Kerber, which was scheduled for Wednesday.…
Beijing is well underway and first round action will conclude on Monday. In the pick of the matches so far on Sunday, Andrea Petkovic outlasted Monica Niculescu in a gripping contest, 2-6 7-6(8) 6-4 that lasted two hours and 47 minutes (although it felt more like ten hours). Petkovic saved three match points, two of…
Caroline Wozniacki and Ana Ivanovic will contest the final of the 2014 Toray Pan Pacific Open. It has been another great week in Tokyo and the draw has held up surprisingly well. Wozniacki was first into the final with a 6-4 2-6 6-2 victory over Garbine Muguruza. This was Caroline’s first win over Muguruza in…
First and foremost, today’s big news saw confirmation of the growing cloud of rumours as Li Na retired from tennis. I wasn’t a huge fan of Li’s game, but I really loved her personality and what she brought to the WTA. It’s such a shame that she won’t get to play in her home town,…
In the biggest upset so far in terms of seeding, Garbine Muguruza defeated Jelena Jankovic, 7-6(4) 6-4 in Tokyo on Thursday. Jankovic served for the first set twice and had a mini-break in the tiebreak, but Muguruza competed extremely well to bag the opening set. Jankovic became increasingly frustrated in the second set and after…
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