I only got to watch a little bit of the tennis on Tuesday, but what I did see in the match between Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Venus Williams was good stuff. Venus came through in the end, 6-1 3-6 6-2. The second set was high quality and there were plenty of hard hitting and brutal rallies. …
Here is the final part from my trip to Eastbourne and just in time before all the excitement of Wimbledon kicks off. Both previews for Wimby will be published on Saturday, starting with the womens. If you missed the first two parts, you can read part one from Sunday HERE and part two from Monday…
Rome has continued the general trend of tennis in 2014 with shocks across the board in the both the WTA and ATP draws. Ana Ivanovic scored a magnificent straight sets win over Maria Sharapova, meanwhile Stanislas Wawrinka was bundled out in three sets by Tommy Haas. Tomas Berdych also lost and Rafael Nadal survived another…
The huge headline news on Friday came in Barcelona as Rafael Nadal was upset by Nicolas Almagro in the quarter-finals, losing 2-6 7-6(5) 6-4. A whole heap of credit must go to Almagro, who was actually able to close out the match! Almagro has endured some crushing blows in his career (2013 Australian Open QF…
I’ve been thinking about those brilliant matches from Tuesday night all day long. I probably sound like a broken record, but they were so good! I was so gripped by both, each match deserved a special post. The one for Sharapova v Safarova can be found HERE and Jankovic v Barthel is HERE. Thursday will…
I was looking forward to Tuesday’s night session in Stuttgart, but didn’t quite expect what we got. The schedule kicked off at 5.30pm and was still going when I gave up for sleep at the end of the second set of this match. Jelena Jankovic produced a stirring comeback, saving four match points to beat…
My original men’s draw has been completely decimated to the ground; however my women’s draw is actually doing OK. Both my finalists, Li and Halep, are still in the draw. You now know that by me mentioning this, both will go and get knocked out on Wednesday! In yesterday’s polls, 60% of people correctly went…
Wednesday in Dubai saw quite a few surprises. Flavia Pennetta’s 6-4 6-1 victory over Agnieszka Radwanska was the biggest upset of the day. Venus sailed past Ana Ivanovic losing just three games and then Sara Errani lost to Sorana Cirstea in three sets. In Dubai’s late night match, another shock was served up as Carla…
Rotterdam predictions this week have been majestically terrible. Doha has been a mixed bag although both my finalists still remain in the draw. This could be my last preview for a while as I will be moving house and won’t have any internet. Hopefully I will find a way to get round this to be…
The tennis action keeps on coming with all third round matches in Doha and remaining second round matches from Rotterdam to be completed on Thursday. Doha saw some richly entertaining matches on Wednesday as Petra Kvitova beat Venus Williams and Simona Halep beat Kaia Kanepi in third set tiebreaks. The end of the Venus v…
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