This post features two snap previews for last 16 action at the 2017 US Open from the bottom half of the women’s draw including Garbiñe Muguruza vs. Petra Kvitova and Julia Goerges vs. Sloane Stephens – both matches will be played on Sunday. For a round-up of results from the bottom half of the women’s draw…
In the first main draw match on Center court of the 2017 Western & Southern Open, Petra Kvitova’s smile was beaming bright – any excuse to share my favourite Petra pic and i’m going to take it! Kvitova rallied from a set and a break down to beat, Anett Kontaveit, 1-6 7-6(2) 6-3 and book…
This is the fourth and final part in the countdown of my favourite WTA matches from the 2016 season. In case you missed any of the first three posts, you can catch up with the following links: Part 1, matches 20 to 16 HERE Part 2, matches 15 to 11 HERE Part 3, matches 10 to 6…
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…
A blockbuster third rounder is on the cards in Beijing when the number two seed, Garbiñe Muguruza takes on the Wuhan champion, Petra Kvitova in the third round of the China Open. Muguruza was the first player into the third round with a 6-2 7-6(5) win over Yulia Putintseva. It was a nervous yet committed…
The 2016 Wuhan Open final will be contested between the number 10 seed, Dominika Cibulkova and the number 14 seed, Petra Kvitova in Saturday’s final… and no one can deny that they haven’t earnt it! While Kvitova knocked out the world number one, Angelique Kerber in one of the matches of the year on Wednesday, Cibulkova…
This post covers two fourth round matches that will be played over the next two days including Angelique Kerber v Petra Kvitova (Sunday night) and Simona Halep v Carla Suárez Navarro (Monday). The first of the review posts from my trip to the US Open should be out soon! For photo albums from the US Open,…
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…
Petra Kvitova and Jelena Ostapenko are set to meet in the second round of the Aegon Classic on Thursday… that’s if the weather holds up! The return of Petra to grass is always an exciting sight and she began the 2016 grass court season in style. In one of the blockbuster first round match-ups in…
Why, draw gods, whyyyy?! In a blockbuster first round match-up at the Aegon Classic in Birmingham, the number five seed, Petra Kvitova takes on fellow Czech, Lucie Safarova. Originally, Safarova was due to play Simona Halep but Kvitova was moved to Halep’s place in the draw reshuffle after the Romanian player pulled out due to an achilles injury. Kvitova and…
