First and foremost, today’s big news saw confirmation of the growing cloud of rumours as Li Na retired from tennis. I wasn’t a huge fan of Li’s game, but I really loved her personality and what she brought to the WTA. It’s such a shame that she won’t get to play in her home town,…
On the WTA side, my predictions have been reasonable this week. By all accounts, Serena Williams came out and performed well, beating Andrea Petkovic in straight sets, 6-2 6-2. Sloane Stephens was the only seed to fall, on Wednesday, losing to Varvara Lepchenko, 6-2 6-2. Remarkably, Lepchenko has lost just 5 games in 2 matches. …
I cannot remember a better line-up of WTA quarter-finals for a big event in quite some time. For me, it’s disappointing that all four of them are up first and second on the schedule. Of course, I am focusing on this from a selfish point of view that I won’t be able to watch any…
The Indian Wells-Miami double is officially over for the women as Serena Williams won her seventh Miami title with a 7-5 6-1 victory over Li Na. Many of the top WTA players are back in action next week in Charleston and Monterrey. The women endured a rough deal in Miami with many matches not covered…
The womens final in Miami will be contested between Serena Williams and Li Na. It begins at 1pm local time, which is 5pm in the UK. Here’s the preview… Serena Williams was first into the Miami final as she continued her ownership of Maria Sharapova with a fifteenth consecutive victory. Sharapova certainly had her moments…
In the first of the womens quarter-finals, it was Maria Sharapova who edged out a tight first set with Petra Kvitova before rolling through the second to post a 7-5 6-1 victory. I thought this match could have been a hot mess, but it was reasonable through the first ten games before Sharapova kicked it…
Serena Williams endured another tough match on Saturday as she spent over two and half hours on court with Caroline Garcia. The Frenchwoman put in a spirited performance and hung around terrifically well in the third set before Serena closed out the match in style, 6-4 4-6 6-4. In other news, Sabine Lisicki’s rough luck…
2014 is starting to look like a big year for the WTA. The days when Serena, Azarenka and Sharapova would win regularly have not been happening at the start of 2014 with all three players suffering some surprising losses. I am not accustomed yet to the likes of Simona Halep and Dominika Cibulkova as reliable…
On Saturday evening in Melbourne, Na Li defeated Dominika Cibulkova to win her second Grand Slam title, 7-6(3) 6-0. It was a good final to bring the curtain down on a first Grand Slam of the year for the women that featured plenty of surprises. Here is what I will take away from the 2014…
Hands up if you had Na Li and Dominika Cibulkova making the Australian Open. If your hands are up, I don’t believe you! This women’s draw has seen so many surprises this year, most of them in the last couple of days with Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova falling in the 4th round and Victoria Azarenka exiting…
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