This year’s Australian Open women’s tournament has been thrown wide open with Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka all falling before the semi-finals in a Wimbledon-esque draw. One thing for sure is that there will be a new Australian Open champion and a 75% chance that there will be a new Grand Slam champion.…
The big talking point on day 2 was the weather as temperatures soared to 42 degrees celsius and a number of players had issues, most notably Frank Dancevic, who collapsed on court and Peng Shuai, who valiantly fought on after cramping and vomiting on court. You can read Dancevic’s views HERE. First, my thoughts on day…
This afternoon, Serena Williams defeated Li Na to close out the WTA Champs in an entertaining finale, 2-6 6-3 6-0. Serena began the match in her semi-final slumber mode although Li came out firing on all cylinders with her successful serve-and-volleying a noteworthy feature of the first two sets. Serena suddenly found her intensity in…
Serena The final for the WTA Champs in Istanbul has arrived in what feels like super quick time and will see world number one, Serena Williams take on the soon-to-be world number three, Li Na. By virtue of her semi-final victory over Petra Kvitova, Li will move up to career best number three in the…
1. Petra Kvitova v Li Na Petra Kvitova I have never particularly enjoyed matches between Petra Kvitova and Li Na, but the one you can expect from these two is a competitive match and that is particularly welcome because of the 12 matches we have seen this week, just 2 have gone the distance. Li…
Serena Williams has been in impeccable form throughout this tournament, which has certainly taken a shine off the excitement factor for me because it is all looking a bit too straightforward for the world number one. Tomorrow we will find out the three players joining Serena in the semi-finals. 1. Victoria Azarenka v Li Na…
It has been a pretty sluggish start to this year’s WTA Champs in Istanbul with 6 matches and 6 straight set wins. We have yet to see a really competitive match of any real quality, but things could change on Thursday with a considerably improved line-up of matches including the most hotly anticipated from the…
1. Li Na v Sara Errani (White Group) Li Na Li Na will make her debut at this year’s YEC on Wednesday in the first match of the day against Sara Errani. The Italian kicked off her championships today and started brightly with plenty of variety, but was eventually worn down by Victoria Azarenka‘s greater…
Tomorrow is quarter-final day and there are some potentially, terrific matches on the schedule. So far, it has been a pretty good week of predictions although there haven’t been a great deal of upsets. I am eager to watch some highlights of today’s match between Lucie Safarova and Andrea Petkovic, which apparently was a belting…
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…
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