Manic Monday is arguably the most exciting day on the tennis calendar as all of the last 16 matches come together for a tennis bonanza. It’s equally a frustrating day as so many tantalising match-ups are pitted against each other at the same time. This preview post focuses on the four matches from the bottom…
Second round matches will dominate the order of play on day 3 of the 2018 Wimbledon Championships. There are some great matches and big names involved such as Serena Williams, Venus Williams and Madison Keys. My three favourite second round matches were pretty clear cut for the bottom half and i’m hoping to see at…
The 2018 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix will conclude with Sunday’s singles final between CoCo Vandeweghe and the number six seed, Karolina Pliskova in Stuttgart. Both players won their semi-final matches on Saturday with a 6-4 6-2 scoreline. It’s an unexpected final in that neither CoCo and Karolina have had great years up till now and…
The 2017 WTA Finals final will be contested between Venus Williams and Caroline Wozniacki after a great pair of semi-finals on Super Saturday in Singapore. Wozniacki outlasted Karolina Pliskova in straight sets, 7-6(9) 6-3 with the pair sharing a brutal opening set that lasted 81 minutes. Both players had six set points in the opener…
This post is a round-up for the past two days from the 2017 WTA Finals in Singapore. I was busy baking last night for my work’s charity bake sale. I made some Millionaire’s Shortbread, which had been my most successful bake of the year in terms of feedback from my colleagues! I managed to get…
Straight setters dominated the first two days of this year’s WTA Finals in Singapore – in fact, all four matches saw the player that lost win no more than four games in a set. This all changed on Tuesday and then some with the first match of the day between Venus Williams and Jelena Ostapenko. In…
The 2017 WTA Finals in Singapore will continue on Tuesday with the second set of matches from the white group. For a review of the matches from the first day (Pliskova vs. V.Williams and Muguruza vs. Ostapenko) including match recaps, analysis and WTA media highlights click HERE. Let’s take a look at the matches for…
The 2017 WTA Finals in Singapore began on Sunday with action from the white group. Both matches were done and dusted in straight sets as Karolina Pliskova and Garbiñe Muguruza got off to super starts. Read on for reviews of the matches and links to match highlights and press conferences from the WTA’s social media…
The 2017 WTA Finals in Singapore will start on Sunday with round robin action. The focus of the first day is the white group, aka the big hitters group, featuring Garbiñe Muguruza, Karolina Pliskova, Venus Williams and Jelena Ostapenko. The two winners of these match-ups will play each other on Tuesday. Let’s take a look…
This post features two snap previews for second round action at day four of the 2017 Wimbledon Championships including a tricky match for one of the favourites, Karolina Pliskova against Magdalena Rybarikova. For recaps of all the action from the top half of the women’s draw on Tuesday, check out Set Points #1 for the first…
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