1. Angelique Kerber v Tsvetana Pironkova (Birmingham, R2) Angelique Kerber will play her first grass court match of 2015 up against Tsvetana Pironkova on court 1 on Wednesday. Kerber has always done well on the grass and I think she could be a dark horse at Wimbledon if the draw gods are kind. Last year,…
1. Karolina Pliskova v Timea Bacsinszky (Rome, R1) This match-up would have barely made an impact last year but Karolina Pliskova and Timea Bacsinszky have been on an absolute tear through 2015. To demonstrate how much Pliskova and Bacsinszky have improved over the last year, the pair’s only previous meeting was in August last year…
Third up on Stadium 3 at not before 3pm local time in Madrid, Karolina Pliskova and Caroline Garcia will meet in the second round in what is my favourite WTA match-up of the day on Tuesday. Karolina Pliskova is enjoying a superb year and kicked off her clay court season with a victory in Prague. …
This will be my last post for a few days as i’m busy this weekend… my brother is getting married! I’m going to be playing serious catch-up with Madrid as the main draw comes out on Friday with play starting on Saturday. I hate the overlap between tournaments and that will happen with the finals…
While half of the world’s top ten continues to struggle in 2015, Miami has been a good tournament for the in-form players of 2015. One of those is Karolina Pliskova who won her 21st WTA match of the year on Monday. I think i’m just going to keep using that stat in every preview I…
1. Ekaterina Makarova v Andrea Petkovic (Miami, R4) The two highest seeds remaining in the fourth quarter of the draw, Ekaterina Makarova and Andrea Petkovic will meet in the last 16. This will be the first time that Makarova and Petkovic have played each other since 2010 when Petkovic prevailed in a three setter in…
1. Simona Halep v Karolina Pliskova (IW, R4) In a rematch of last month’s Dubai final, Simona Halep and Karolina Pliskova will meet in the last 16 at Indian Wells. Pliskova has continued her superb start to the year in the desert. She played a great match to beat Garbine Muguruza for the second time…
Two of 2015’s star performers on the WTA tour will meet in the stand-out of the third round matches from Indian Wells on Sunday. This match-up really excites me, so much so I felt it warranted a preview all to itself. Garbine Muguruza and Karolina Pliskova will be playing each other for the second time…
Simona Halep defeated Karolina Pliskova, 6-4 7-6(4) in the final of the 2015 Dubai Duty Free Championships to win her second title of the year. It was a really entertaining final, which concluded with a wacky final few games as Halep held off her nerves and a spirited effort from Pliskova. Halep needed just one…
Karolina Pliskova continued her stunning week with a semi-final victory over Garbine Muguruza, 6-4 5-7 7-5 in Dubai. Karolina has won five matches this week against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, Ana Ivanovic, Lucie Safarova and Muguruza with each match taking progressively longer. This marathon semi-final lasted two hours and 53 minutes. I can’t believe…
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