The scheduling in Washington this week has been pretty ridiculous. On Saturday, Vasek Pospisil and Santiago Giraldo will resume their quarter-final match at NB 1pm local time and then play their semi-final match at NB 7pm against Richard Gasquet. The second of the womens semi-finals is scheduled AFTER this match at NB 9.15pm, which is…
The first duo of womens quarter-finals saw Maria Sharapova and Eugenie Bouchard confirm their places in the 2014 French Open semi-finals. Both matches sounded really entertaining and a great advertisement for the womens game. Sharapova was taken to three sets again, but as she almost always does, found a way past Garbine Muguruza, 1-6 7-5…
A series of drawn out matches on Suzanne Lenglen court saw Svetlana Kuznetsova and Lucie Safarova relegated to court one for the last of the fourth round matches. In the fading light, Kuznetsova defeated Safarova in a high quality encounter, 6-3 6-4 lasting one hour and 20 minutes. The first set was a little scrappy;…
After a reasonably quiet day on Thursday, the upset train kicked into gear again as Ajla Tomljanovic knocked out the highest remaining seed in the womens draw, Agnieszka Radwanska, 6-4 6-4. After failing to serve out an upset win over Sloane Stephens at the Australian Open, Tomljanovic steadied herself in Paris to record the biggest…
The WTA’s new darling, Eugenie Bouchard is beginning to divide opinion amongst tennis fans. Since reaching the Australian Open semi-finals, the WTA have absolutely bombarded Genie in every available advertising stream. She’s been to Singapore to promote the YEC with Chris Evert and has barely been off the WTA website in the last few months. …
I am starting my top ten countdown with a 4th round match from this year’s French Open between Svetlana Kuznetsova and Angelique Kerber. Roland Garros has delivered few high quality matches in recent years, but in my opinion, this was a much better year with Kuznetsova and Kerber playing out my favourite match from Paris. …
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…
1st round action in Tokyo wrapped up today with a series of spectacular collapses. Madison Keys, who struggled for momentum during the summer hard court season due to a number of injuries, had a really great win over Carla Suarez Navarro as she recovered from a 6-2 5-2 deficit to win 2-6 7-5 6-2. Last…
1. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga v Roger Federer Roger Federer The big attraction on Day 10 will be a barnstorming quarter-final between Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Roger Federer. Federer had an unlikely 4th round battle with Gilles Simon, coming back from two sets to one down to progress in a rocking Chatrier atmosphere, 6-1 4-6 2-6 6-2 6-3. …
The Madrid schedule is ABYSMAL. 1. Angelique Kerber v Svetlana Kuznetsova Angelique Kerber Before some second round matches have even taken to the court, we will know our first Madrid quarter-finalist of 2013 as Angelique Kerber takes on Svetlana Kuznetsova for the second time this year. Kerber was a set and a break down in…
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