Lesia Tsurenko won her third WTA title in Acapulco, defeating Kristina Mladenovic, 6-1 7-5 in a windy final. Tsurenko benefited from two retirement wins during the week – still, it was a great week for the Ukrainian player who won her second title in seven months. Despite not playing her best in the final, i’m encouraged…
Kristina Mladenovic and Heather Watson played out the second longest match of the year so far in Acapulco with Mladenovic sneaking through in a three set thriller that lasted three hours and 32 minutes. There were quite a few double faults including on the last point… it was nice to see such a warm embrace…
This is a snappy Set Points to keep up-to-date with WTA happenings in Kuala Lumpur and Acapulco. Unfortunately both tournaments are at terrible times for me – KL is whilst i’m at work and Acapulco is whilst i’m asleep so i’ve decided to take a week off from predictions and daily posts. I’ll try and…
Timea Babos hadn’t won a singles match on the WTA tour in 2017 heading into her home tournament of Budapest. Five matches later and with victories over Ipek Soylu (6-3 6-2), Anna Blinkova (6-3 6-2), Oceane Dodin (6-4 2-6 6-1), Julia Goerges (7-5 6-1) and Lucie Safarova (6-7(4) 6-4 6-3), Timea scooped her second WTA…
In a rain-delayed final, Caroline Wozniacki won the 2015 BMW Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur to win her first title of 2015. Wozniacki came from a set down to defeat a tenacious Alexandra Dulgheru, 4-6 6-1 6-2. The final had been halted with Wozniacki serving *1-1 40-Ad when the Royal Selangor Golf Club was subjected…
The final of the 2015 BMW Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur will be contested between the number one seed, Caroline Wozniacki and Alexandra Dulgheru. It’s been a fine couple of weeks for Dulgheru, who is into a WTA final for the first time since 2010. Dulgheru won back-to-back titles at the former Premier event in…
Thank goodness for the weekend. I just wish it could last for 20 days instead of 2 days. Unfortunately, i’m not really feeling in the mood tonight to write detailed previews, but since i’ve been following Kuala Lumpur for the whole week it would seem a shame to completely forget about it. I’m not a…
Friday is quarter-finals day in Kuala Lumpur with four of the eight seeds still remaining. The big tennis news of the day was that Petra Kvitova has pulled out of Indian Wells citing exhaustion. It’s quite concerning considering that we are only two months into the season, but I hope Petra is OK! Based on…
In this rather quiet tennis week, i’ve been trying to finalise my tennis plans for the summer! Tickets for Queens and Nottingham are both out now on general sale, and Birmingham and Eastbourne are out next week. I’m definitely heading down to Eastbourne for three days, but I can’t decide about the other events. Back…
February concluded with victories for Lucie Safarova in Doha and Timea Bacsinszky in Acapulco. Bacsinszky thrashed Caroline Garcia in the final, 6-3 6-0. Bacsinszky has continued her rise up the rankings in 2015 and is 13-2 for the season (including Fed Cup). Bacsinszky’s only losses of the year so far have come against Simona Halep…
