Today was my last day at Wimbledon and as always, I had a ball. I wasn’t that enamoured with the line-up for Court No.1 today so ended the day with plenty of doubles on the outside courts. The highlight was getting a front row seat for the first round match featuring Barbora Strycova and Jurgen…
1. Richard Gasquet v Grigor Dimitrov (Wimbledon, R3) A festival of one-handed backhands will be on show on Friday when Richard Gasquet and Grigor Dimitrov meet in the third round of Wimbledon. Dimitrov defeated Steve Johnson in the second round, 7-6(8) 6-2 7-6(2). This looked like a tough match on paper for Dimitrov as Johnson…
On a fantastic Sunday night in Melbourne, Nick Kyrgios and Andy Murray won their fourth round matches to set up a tantalising quarter-final that will see Kyrgios play his first match of the tournament on Rod Laver Arena. Kyrgios came back from two sets down and saved a match point to defeat Andreas Seppi, 5-7…
1. Andy Murray v Grigor Dimitrov (AO, R4) A fourth round tie between Andy Murray and Grigor Dimitrov is the pick of the men’s matches on Sunday with huge opportunities for the winner with the loss of Roger Federer from the fourth quarter. Although the scheduling has been dumbfounding at times this week, i’m happy that…
While all kinds of crazy were happening in the women’s draw, the men’s draw has seen very few upsets. There are a few exciting third round matches that were set for Sunday with Grigor Dimitrov to play the in-form, David Goffin and an all-French match-up between Richard Gasquet and Gael Monfils. Here’s a pair of…
I’m finding it hard to get excited about the men’s draw with this ridiculous scheduling at the US Open. Two second round matches will be completed on Wednesday with first round action concluding too. In my opinion, the tournament loses all sense of flow and those players who have to play their first round matches…
Fourteen second round matches will take place on a jam-packed day in Toronto. Rain hurt the forecast for the second day running, but all the matches got completed. In one of two second round matches on Tuesday, Stan Wawrinka needed a third set tiebreak to get past Benoit Paire. In first round action, Ivo Karlovic…
Nick Kyrgios produced the upset of the tournament and the upset of the entire year as he knocked out Rafael Nadal in four sets in a gripping Centre Court battle. After progressing through what looked liked a tricky first three rounds, it emerged that his fourth round match was the most dangerous! I really didn’t…
The third round mens matches still left on the schedule after week one were completed on Monday. Matches involving Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal were held back so that all four of the last 16 match-ups from the bottom half of the mens draw will be completed on Tuesday. The mens quarter-finals will be played…
The match of the day on Friday on the mens side was Grigor Dimitrov’s five set victory over Alexandr Dolgopolov. Dimitrov came from two sets to one down to claim an absolutely HUGE victory. He will be the heavy favourite to reach the quarter-finals. My predictions have been poor lately, but Wimbledon has started well…
