The 2016 Internazionali BNL d’Italia final will be an-all American affair between the world number one, Serena Williams and the unseeded, Madison Keys. Before the tournament got underway, I don’t think there were many people, if anyone, predicting Keys to make the final. The 21-year-old has consistently played down her chances on clay. The French Open…
It’s been said a few times this week but once again, HELMETS AT THE READY! The first of the semi-finals at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia will be contested between the number three seed, Garbiñe Muguruza and Madison Keys at 12pm local time in Rome. Into her first semi-final of 2016, things finally seem to be…
Third round action will take place on Thursday at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome. There wasn’t one match that really stood out but they all interest me so I thought i’d go all out and do a sweep of mini-previews for all eight third round matches… this includes Kuznetsova v Gavrilova, Suárez Navarro v…
Pray for the tennis balls in Rome… Petra Kvitova and Madison Keys will meet for the fourth time on tour but the first time on clay in the last match up on Center Court in Rome on Wednesday night. Keys won her first round match against Andrea Petkovic, 6-4 6-1. It was a brutal draw,…
Both ranked inside the world’s top 30, the opener between Andrea Petkovic and Madison Keys is a brutal draw befitting of the quality of first round matches in Rome. Last week in Madrid, Petkovic faced off in the first round against the Rabat champion, Timea Bacsinszky. While she put up an admirable fight, especially having been in tears in during a medical…
A potentially cracking quarter-final is on the cards for Wednesday when Angelique Kerber and Madison Keys play each other at the Miami Open. Kerber has endured a tricky spell after winning her first Slam at the Australian Open, but looks to be back in contention in Miami, scoring her first wins on the WTA tour since January. Kerber fended…
This preview covers two more second round matches from Friday’s order of play at the 2016 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells including Madison Keys v Nicole Gibbs and Jelena Jankovic v Carina Witthoeft. For a full preview of arguably the best women’s match of the day on Friday between Agnieszka Radwanska and Dominika Cibulkova,…
The bottom half of the women’s draw will take centre stage on Monday with the final four fourth round matches to be played. This post covers the two matches from the fourth quarter of the draw including Ekaterina Makarova against Johanna Konta and Madison Keys playing Shuai Zhang. 1. Ekaterina Makarova v Johanna Konta (AO, R4) And the Bourne-GOAT lives on… Ekaterina Makarova…
In one of just two all-seeded third round encounters, Ana Ivanovic and Madison Keys get centre stage on Saturday at the Australian Open on Saturday. Considering both players came into Melbourne without a match win, it’s somewhat surprising that both have progressed through unscathed. Ivanovic had a turbulent start to the year, suffering straight set losses…
Simona Halep and Caroline Wozniacki both feature twice in part two of the countdown of my favourite WTA matches of 2015. In case you missed it, you can read part one HERE which featured some sentimental choices with my favourite live matches of 2015. Read on for part two which features matches 15 to 11.…
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