The top half of the women’s draw will be played on Tuesday with Angelique Kerber opening up proceedings on Centre Court against Irina Falconi. The top half doesn’t quite have the same excitement as the bottom half although it does feature my three favourite players! Read on for my top three matches that i’ll be…
Wimbledon 2017 officially gets underway on Monday and weeeeeee i’m excited! The first round matches from the bottom half of the draw will be contested on Monday and there are a couple of crackers. For a preview of the main draw on Moo’s Tennis Blog, click HERE. Predictions and polls will go up in the…
The weather and the schedule have messed up my plans for writing previews this week… I was going to cover two matches tonight but the second round matches in question have yet to be completed! It has just been confirmed that Middle Sunday will have play this year so it’s going to be a wild few days at…
Two first round matches are on the schedule for the first day of the 2016 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart; at not before 8.30pm local time, Timea Babos and Sabine Lisicki will face off in an intriguing opener. This will be a big match for Lisicki as she returns to Stuttgart where she suffered…
1. Simona Halep v Sabine Lisicki (US Open, R4) Simona Halep has sauntered into the second week of the US Open with three comfortable victories over Marina Erakovic (6-2 3-0 ret.), Kateryna Bondarenko (6-3 6-4) and Shelby Rogers (6-2 6-3). Halep now faces a completely different proposition up against the hard-hitting, Sabine Lisicki. The former…
HELMETS AT THE READY… In a first career match-up, the number 24 seed, Sabine Lisicki faces Camila Giorgi in the second round of the 2015 US Open. Both players have had up-and-down kind of years which will come as no surprise based on their game styles. Lisicki looked rejuvenated in Indian Wells and Miami where…
The first round of Cincy begins on Monday and there is plenty to look forward to over the next week. As always, I will be endeavouring to cover all the WTA action. Please note I will be posting my predictions each day HERE so you can follow my progress… last week was hilariously bad but…
The slate of first round matches in Toronto is very impressive so here comes some previews and polls. From now on, if you want to see my full selection of predictions I will be updating the prediction page for each tournament (click HERE) with daily predictions. 1. Venus Williams v Sabine Lisicki (Toronto, R1) Venus…
1. Timea Bacsinszky v Sabine Lisicki (Wimbledon, R3) Third round joy. This is ANOTHER potentially compelling match-up to look forward to on Saturday which involves the 2013 Wimbledon finalist, Sabine Lisicki up against Timea Bacsinzky. Before the tournament began, I had no idea what Timea’s credentials were like on grass and having missed both her…
1. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova v Angelique Kerber (Wimbledon, R2) Angelique Kerber began her 2015 Wimbledon campaign with a thumping 6-0 6-0 win over Carina Witthoeft. There were a number of close games in the match; 5 of the 12 games went to deuce but it was Kerber who displayed her superior match prowess. Confidence is high…
