The final of the 2015 WTA Finals will take place in Singapore on Sunday at not before 6.30pm and will be contested between the number four seed, Petra Kvitova and the number five seed, Agnieszka Radwanska. This is an unlikely final considering both players lost their opening matches and went 1-2 during their round robin…
The second of Saturday’s semi-finals at the WTA Finals in Singapore will be a blockbuster clash between the third seed, Maria Sharapova and the fourth seed, Petra Kvitova, starting at not before 6.30pm local time. Sharapova qualified top of the red group, going 3-0 with victories over Agnieszka Radwanska (4-6 6-3 6-4), Simona Halep (6-4 6-4)…
It’s time to blow the new match-up klaxon as the top two seeds in the white group, Garbiñe Muguruza and Petra Kvitova, will meet for the first time on the WTA tour in a match with huge implications for who will qualify for the semi-finals. Muguruza is pretty much there but Kvitova still has plenty…
An all-Czech affair will open up singles action at the WTA Finals in Singapore on day 4 as Lucie Safarova and Petra Kvitova aim to keep their chances of qualifying for the semi-finals alive. Both players face an uphill struggle having lost their opening matches in straight sets. Safarova made her comeback from a bacterial…
Monday’s second singles match features the number four seed, Petra Kvitova against the number six seed, Angelique Kerber at not before 7.30pm local time. While all the matches are pivotal, this one feels especially crucial for the white group in what will be a first Kerber-Kvitova clash in 2015. After being an alternate for the…
FINALLY… One day before the draw for the 2015 WTA Finals and we HAVE A CONFIRMED LINE-UP! The last place in Singapore was snapped up by Lucie Safarova after Carla Suárez Navarro lost in straight sets to Daria Kasatkina, 6-1 6-2, in the quarter-finals of Moscow. It sounds like Carla had an absolute mare. I’m…
I forgot how difficult the Asian Swing is to follow when i’m working… play starts at 4am when i’m sound asleep. I could get up to watch some tennis but sleeeeeep. Then i’m at work while everything is going on. I’ve managed to find nuggets of time in the morning and during my lunch hour…
1. Simona Halep v Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Wuhan, R2) Simona Halep‘s first match of the week at 2015 Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open will be against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova on Tuesday. In a first round match that screamed three lopsided sets, Pavlyuchenkova produced a remarkably clean performance to dispatch her fellow compatriot, Svetlana Kuznetsova in straight sets, 6-0…
Flavia Pennetta maintained both her superb record against Sam Stosur and at the US Open to reach a sixth quarter-final in seven years in New York. Pennetta won her seventh consecutive match against Stosur, winning, 6-4 6-4 with one break of serve in each set. Of all the players on tour, Stosur has to be…
What a week this has been for Johanna Konta. The Brit is currently on a 16 match winning streak and is into the second week of a Grand Slam for the first time in her career. Before this tournament, Konta had only ever won one main draw singles match at a Grand Slam which came…
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