The 2015 Family Circle Cup will be contested between the number 5 and 7 seeds, Angelique Kerber and Madison Keys. After watching their final last year in Eastbourne, I am mega excited about this one! Two days before Wimbledon 2014, in a match that floated largely under the radar, Keys prevailed in a thrilling Eastbourne…
Major YAY to this one… for the first time in over four years, Andrea Petkovic and Angelique Kerber will play each other in the second of the Family Circle Cup semi-finals on Saturday. The pair have played nine times before on the WTA tour with Kerber winning their first six encounters and Petkovic winning their…
The 2015 Family Circle Cup has been dominated by upsets with 7 of the 16 seeds falling before the third round. At the start of the week, it would have been a safe bet that Angelique Kerber would have been one of those seeds falling early. Since Melbourne, Kerber had won just two WTA main…
Juan Martin del Potro made his second comeback of the year in a 6-4 7-6(7) loss to Vasek Pospisil in Miami today. Delpo had his chances in both sets; he had four break points in the first set and then served for the second set at *5-4. He also had a set point in the…
1. Serena Williams v Monica Niculescu In Serena Williams‘s first match at Indian Wells for fourteen years, she will play none other than Monica Niculescu. I was quite surprised researching this match to find that Serena and Monica have never played each other before. The match will be played on Friday night and it will…
In light of the rather majestic set of second round matches in Dubai, this will be the first of two previews. I can’t remember such a cracking line-up and hopefully, it actually delivers some great matches. Unfortunately I ran out of time yesterday to write any other previews so i’ll be focusing firmly on Dubai for the…
Thursday’s schedule in Antwerp is excellent with seven of the eight second round matches still to be played. On Wednesday, Dominika Cibulkova opened her tournament campaign with a very convincing victory over Kateryna Bondarenko, 6-1 6-2. It’s always nice when your predicted champion isn’t ousted in the first round! Antwerp seems to be delivering both…
In the mens draw, Juan Martin del Potro won his second match on his return from injury with an impressive 4-6 6-2 6-2 victory over the number one seed, Fabio Fognini. Next up for the big man is Mikhail Kukushkin in the quarter-finals on Thursday. It was great to see the end of the DelPo…
After seeing Dominika Cibulkova and Jarmila Gajdosova go three sets during my lunch break, I assumed the final second round match in Sydney between Angelique Kerber and Daria Gavrilova would be postponed and played out on Wednesday………. I was stunned to see the finished scoreline! Kerber is just one of two seeds left in the…
Second round action in Brisbane concluded on Wednesday with Ana Ivanovic’s 6-4 6-1 victory over Jarmila Gajdosova. There were some impressive wins for the likes of Madison Keys, Karolina Pliskova and Ajla Tomljanovic early on, but it’s been disappointing to see none of them back it up in the second round. The top three seeds…
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