In one of the most intriguing first round matches from the WTA draw, Madison Keys defeated Alize Cornet, 6-2 6-4, to progress into the second round of Cincinnati. I was hoping it would be a three set epic, but this was a reasonably straightforward match for Madison. The stats weren’t pretty with a…
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 the final part from my trip to Eastbourne and just in time before all the excitement of Wimbledon kicks off. Both previews for Wimby will be published on Saturday, starting with the womens. If you missed the first two parts, you can read part one from Sunday HERE and part two from Monday…
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…
Serena Williams endured another tough match on Saturday as she spent over two and half hours on court with Caroline Garcia. The Frenchwoman put in a spirited performance and hung around terrifically well in the third set before Serena closed out the match in style, 6-4 4-6 6-4. In other news, Sabine Lisicki’s rough luck…
The seeds come out to play on Friday in the women’s draw with Agnieszka Radwanska, Victoria Azarenka and Jelena Jankovic all in action. There were some snapping streak wins on Thursday with Francesca Schiavone and Donna Vekic both recording their first wins of 2014. Can Vinci follow suit? Indian Wells and Miami have always been…
The big surprise of this second week has been Tsvetana Pironkova, known more for her exploits on the grass, who has won six matches in Sydney to reach the semi-finals. There are some interesting matches in both Sydney draws with my favourite matches previewed below. 1. Madison Keys v Angelique Kerber (WTA Sydney, SF) The second semi-final…
This year’s Beijing has gone remarkably with the seeding as 10 out of 12 seeds so far have progressed into the 3rd round, which is quite some result so close to the end of the season. 1. Agnieszka Radwanska v Madison Keys (Beijing, R2) Aga Radwanska A three set victory over Stefanie Voegele was not…
Today saw quite an upset as a struggling, Victoria Azarenka was bundled out of the tournament by Venus Williams, who put in a measured performance to go to 3-0 in their head-to-head. I have only had a chance to watch the highlights and boy is it weird watching Azarenka not grunting. I remember she went…
Tsvetana Pironkova The grass court season got underway today in Birmingham and there were some interesting results as last year’s champion, Melanie Oudin fell to Ajla Tomljanovic in the first competitive match to grace the new Ann Jones Centre Court. In other results, the grass lovers came out to play as Tsvetana Pironkova snapped a…
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