1. Jelena Jankovic v Caroline Garcia (Toronto, R1) The 2015 season has gone a little sour for Caroline Garcia. The 21-year-old made a promising start to the year; she took out a seed at the Australian Open, reached two finals in Acapulco and Monterrey, and beat Ana Ivanovic three times. Since pushing Maria Sharapova all…
The exits of Petra Kvitova, Sabine Lisicki and Angelique Kerber have shaken up the bottom half of the draw. It’s going to be so strange not to see Petra, Sabine and Angie in the second week because they have been household names in the latter stages of Wimbledon. It’s going to be exciting though. Let’s…
1. Timea Bacsinszky v Sabine Lisicki (Wimbledon, R3) Third round joy. This is ANOTHER potentially compelling match-up to look forward to on Saturday which involves the 2013 Wimbledon finalist, Sabine Lisicki up against Timea Bacsinzky. Before the tournament began, I had no idea what Timea’s credentials were like on grass and having missed both her…
I forgot how crazy the first two days of a Grand Slam are. This was the first time in ages I got to watch a Slam opening day from start to finish. It was fun but trying to keep up with everything is impossible! I enjoyed the challenge though. There were big upsets in the…
The semi-finals in ‘s-Hertogenbosch open with my favourite match-up of the day featuring Jelena Jankovic and Belinda Bencic. Before this tournament in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Jankovic had not won a match on grass since the 2013 Wimbledon Championships when she defeated Johanna Konta in the first round. JJ has had some decent results on grass in the…
1. Angelique Kerber v Alize Cornet (Rome, R1) The last time Angelique Kerber and Alize Cornet met on the WTA tour, fun was had by all. Kerber saved match points to beat Cornet in a quality contest in Eastbourne. It also delivered on the drama front thanks to Alize. The Frenchwoman hadn’t beaten a top…
If you haven’t seen the latest video offering from the Family Circle Cup then do watch the behind-the-scenes video featuring Andrea Petkovic and Jelena Jankovic. I think this will be my go to video when i’m feeling low! The pair could have met in the quarter-finals, but Jankovic was forced to pull out of her third…
Jelena Jankovic continues to dazzle at the Family Circle Cup, both on and off the court (mainly off the court!) and is into the third round where she will play Danka Kovinic. Jankovic made things difficult for herself against Tatjana Maria in their second round encounter but eventually came through in three sets, 6-3 6-7(6) 6-1…
The highlight of the second round matches on Friday will see the Indian Wells finalist, Jelena Jankovic go up against the most dangerous of the unseeded players, Victoria Azarenka. Vika continues to be one of the main talking points of WTA draws this year, but that should start to change soon as she is defending nothing…
Where do I start with this one?! Simona Halep defeated Jelena Jankovic in the 2015 BNP Paribas Open final to win her biggest career title with a 2-6 7-5 6-4 victory in two hours and 37 minutes. This was absolute rollercoaster of a match; the quality wasn’t there, but it was strangely addictive and compelling…
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