Wow. Sunday yielded the biggest upset of the tournament with Ana Ivanovic ousting Serena Williams in a three set win. A shout-out also to Flavia Pennetta, who took out Angelique Kerber, a result I was not expecting. The women’s line-up for Monday features four great matches, all of which deserved a full preview in my…
For the third year in a row, the WTA event in Brisbane has been hit with injuries and withdrawals. Three of the four second round matches scheduled for today did not finish. However the tournament could finish with a bang as the top three seeds remain and the quarter-final line-up looks particularly enticing. Firstly I’ll…
1. Petra Kvitova v Li Na Petra Kvitova I have never particularly enjoyed matches between Petra Kvitova and Li Na, but the one you can expect from these two is a competitive match and that is particularly welcome because of the 12 matches we have seen this week, just 2 have gone the distance. Li…
Serena Williams has been in impeccable form throughout this tournament, which has certainly taken a shine off the excitement factor for me because it is all looking a bit too straightforward for the world number one. Tomorrow we will find out the three players joining Serena in the semi-finals. 1. Victoria Azarenka v Li Na…
It has been a pretty sluggish start to this year’s WTA Champs in Istanbul with 6 matches and 6 straight set wins. We have yet to see a really competitive match of any real quality, but things could change on Thursday with a considerably improved line-up of matches including the most hotly anticipated from the…
1. Li Na v Sara Errani (White Group) Li Na Li Na will make her debut at this year’s YEC on Wednesday in the first match of the day against Sara Errani. The Italian kicked off her championships today and started brightly with plenty of variety, but was eventually worn down by Victoria Azarenka‘s greater…
1. Petra Kvitova v Jelena Jankovic Petra Kvitova Another three setter and another victory for Petra Kvitova, who has now won her last 8 matches and her last 9 three set matches. Kvitova beat Li Na for the best win of them all as she recovered from losing the first set and fought off a…
Today saw quite an upset as a struggling, Victoria Azarenka was bundled out of the tournament by Venus Williams, who put in a measured performance to go to 3-0 in their head-to-head. I have only had a chance to watch the highlights and boy is it weird watching Azarenka not grunting. I remember she went…
The top half of the womens draw has produced four really strong match-ups and I thought each deserved a preview so here goes… 1. Serena Williams v Sloane Stephens Serena Williams The most anticipated match-up in the ladies draw so far will see Serena Williams take on Sloane Stephens in an all-American blockbuster clash. Sloane…
First it’s time for a rant… the US Open have decided for the past couple of years to split the mens first round over 3 days, which personally I think is ludicrous! I had a similar issue with the French Open starting their tournament on a Sunday, but this year was the first time that…
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