Montreal is delivering up some fantastic match-ups this week. I really wish these kind of tournaments were spread out over like ten days. It just feels so rushed and I cannot keep up! I’m focusing on the WTA matches for Thursday as I haven’t had time to do an ATP preview. I have included the Toronto…
The 2014 Bank of the West Classic final in Stanford will be contested between Serena Williams and Angelique Kerber at 2pm local time in Stanford (10pm UK time). Serena was first into the final with a 7-5 6-0 victory over Andrea Petkovic. The first set was high quality with Serena getting the all important break…
In what was anticipated to be a close match, turned out to be a very straightforward afternoon for Angelique Kerber as she posted a 6-2 6-1 victory over Garbine Muguruza in the first of the quarter-finals in Stanford. When you see a scoreline like this one, it can often be difficult to determine whether it…
Li Na announced today that she will be skipping Montreal, Cincy AND the US Open due to a knee injury. Li missed Stuttgart earlier this year because a problem with a knee and wrote on her Facebook page that she needed to take some time off to rest the knee and make sure it heels. …
In scenes reminiscent of 2013, the womens draw has been ripped open with Serena Williams, Li Na, Agnieszka Radwanska, Victoria Azarenka and now Maria Sharapova all out of the tournament. Petra Kvitova and Lucie Safarova will contest the first of the women’s semi-finals on Thursday, but the second one is still undecided. Both womens quarter-finals…
Angelique Kerber produced the best performance of her entire career to knock out the 2014 Roland Garros Champion, Maria Sharapova, 7-6(4) 4-6 6-4 in two hours and 37 minutes of quite breathtaking tennis. There is no doubt that this was the best match of the tournament and it’s a pretty solid contender for WTA match…
Serena Williams was knocked out of the 2014 Wimbledon Championships in three sets by Alize Cornet, 1-6 6-3 6-4. It was a shocking loss for a number of reasons: Serena had taken the first set in style, 6-1 and looked in complete control. This was Alize’s second straight win over Serena and it was so…
Wow. Madison Keys defeated Angelique Kerber in a magnificent Eastbourne final, 6-3 3-6 7-5, lasting one hour and 55 minutes. Keys hit a whopping 60 winners to 48 unforced errors as she held her nerve tremendously well to break Kerber’s serve in the final game of the match and convert on her fourth match point. …
Here is part two of my trip to Eastbourne. If you missed part one featuring Rally4Bally and smiling Aga, you can read it HERE. There were some fantastic WTA matches on Monday and I was really chuffed to see some of them live. The weather was pretty grey and cold, but it was dry and there was…
Eastbourne has been pretty great this week…. and I am not just saying that because I was there at the start of the week! There have been so many fantastic matches of high quality and / or hilarious drama. Today’s quarter-final between Caroline Wozniacki and Camila Giorgi may have fallen into both categories, but DEFINITELY…
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