The first of the semi-finals at the China Open in Beijing has huge ramifications for not only the Race to Singapore but also the rankings as Madison Keys and Johanna Konta go head-to-head for the first time since 2010. Keys booked her place in the semi-finals of a Premier Mandatory tournament for the first time…
For the third time this year, Madison Keys and Petra Kvitova will meet on the WTA tour in 2016 in a pivotal clash for the qualification race for the WTA Finals in Singapore. The pair will meet in the first of the quarter-finals on Friday at the China Open in Beijing. Kvitova maintained her superb run…
The great third round matches just keep on coming… Muguruza-Kvitova will headline the schedule on the National Tennis Stadium but the first of the last 16 matches will be on the Lotus Court at not before 6.30pm local time where the number eight and nine seeds, Madison Keys and Svetlana Kuznetsova, will meet for the…
New match-up klaxon… Madison Keys and Caroline Wozniacki will go head-to-head for the first time on the WTA tour in a blockbuster fourth rounder set for Sunday at Flushing Meadows. For the second time this week, Keys was on the brink of going out of the US Open. In one of, if not her greatest ever…
After a rain-drenched Wednesday, the women’s quarter-finals were finally played on Thursday. All four were decided in straight sets with no more than three games dropped in any of the eight sets! In the end, it was Petra Kvitova, Monica Puig, Madison Keys and Angelique Kerber who have advanced to the medal matches. The first of the…
The US women went 2-2 in the first round of singles as Madison Keys was the only American to advance to the second round on the first day of Olympics action in Rio. In the second round she faces a tricky test against Kristina Mladenovic. Both competing in their first Olympics, Keys and Mladenovic scored straight…
The 2016 Rogers Cup final will be contested between the number five seed, Simona Halep and the number ten seed, Madison Keys at 1pm local time in Montreal. In a wild semi-final, Halep won the first and last six games of the match, overcoming a shaky patch in the second set to defeat Angelique Kerber,…
This post previews three of the first round matches from the Rogers Cup main draw in Montreal, which begins on Monday. Apologies for the muted coverage over the past few days. Two of my best friends got married this weekend and I was on photography duties… it was a wonderful day :-). I’m feeling a bit more recharged now…
The slate of Magic Monday matches is looking great with a sure-to-be fascinating fourth round clash set between Simona Halep and Madison Keys. While Halep is the higher seed at number five, it is Keys who brings in the grass-court form having won the warm-up tournament at the Aegon Classic in Birmingham. Halep was Saturday’s first winner…
The weather and the schedule have messed up my plans for writing previews this week… I was going to cover two matches tonight but the second round matches in question have yet to be completed! It has just been confirmed that Middle Sunday will have play this year so it’s going to be a wild few days at…
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