I forgot how difficult the Asian Swing is to follow when i’m working… play starts at 4am when i’m sound asleep. I could get up to watch some tennis but sleeeeeep. Then i’m at work while everything is going on. I’ve managed to find nuggets of time in the morning and during my lunch hour…
After Maria Sharapova pulled out of the tournament, it left a pretty gaping hole in the top half of the draw. First round action on day one has chucked the second quarter (and parts of the first too) into a blender as seed after seed departed. The first to go was Ana Ivanovic, who was…
Thursday is my tennis day where I actually get on the tennis court rather than watching the pros do their thing. I missed the first two sets and a half but did see the end of the third round match in Cincy between Jelena Jankovic and Karolina Pliskova which was pretty noteworthy. Jankovic saved a…
NEW MATCH-UP ALERT! For the first time on the WTA tour, Karolina Pliskova and Jelena Jankovic will play each other in third round action in Cincinnati. Both players won their matches on Wednesday in straight sets. For Pliskova, it was her first match of the week after having a bye in the first round. I…
It’s a busy weekend of tennis… as qualifying is well underway in Toronto, we still have two finals to look forward to in Stanford and Washington. Unfortunately both finals are at the same time tonight (*sarcastic clapping*). In Stanford, Angelique Kerber and Karolina Pliskova will play each other for the third time this year. It’s…
Second round action at the Bank of the West Classic will conclude on Thursday with the top two seeds, Caroline Wozniacki and Agnieszka Radwanska, in action. In other news, it was announced today that Stanford is the first tournament where players and coaches are able to access real-time performance data during live match play. In…
Day 3 was slow to get going but as to be expected with the schedule, peaked in the evening. There were so many good women’s matches on at the same time. There were more upsets in the women’s draw with five of the top 12 seeds already out after just three days. In case you…
I spent barely an hour on Centre Court on Tuesday as I ended up watching plenty of tennis on the outside courts. There’s so much to see and you never have a problem getting a good view. I also watched Barbora Strycova v Sara Errani which was magical and you can see all my photos…
1. Angelique Kerber v Sabine Lisicki (Birmingham, SF) Yay for Angie-Sabine! This was the semi-final I wanted to see from the bottom half and oh my goodness, it actually happened! Sabine has won all three of her matches in straight sets. Against Belinda Bencic in the second round, she hit a record breaking 27 aces.…
Two of the in-form players on the WTA tour this year, Carla Suarez Navarro and Karolina Pliskova will meet for the fourth time in 2015 on Friday in the first of the quarter-finals from the Aegon Classic in Birmingham. Both players were pushed to three sets in their first matches of the week; Suarez Navarro…
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