Sabine Lisicki Yanina Wickmayer v Kristina Mladenovic (Paris, R2) Yanina Wickmayer edged a tight first round match today with Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, 7-6(7) 4-6 6-3. It was a rough draw for both, but I was pleased that Wickmayer won as I have tipped her to win in Paris. Her reward for the first round win is…
Here is part three of the countdown of my favourite WTA matches of the year. If you missed out on either of the first two parts then you can click on the links below: Part 1 20-16 Part 2 15-11 10. Maria Sharapova d. Petra Kvitova, 6-2 3-6 6-4 (Australian Open, SF) This year’s Australian Open…
The Top 3 on Day 1 Sorana Cirstea 1. Sabine Lisicki v Sorana Cirstea The match on the womens schedule that gave me the most bother in predicting was the one between Cirstea and Lisicki which is first up on court 13. Both players are known for their streakiness and this match-up has three sets…
I did not get any tickets for Wimbledon this year in the public ballot, but was very thankful that my brother got tickets and decided to take me! He got tickets for Magic Monday on No.1 Court, which is one of the hottest tickets in the whole two weeks of Wimbledon as both the mens…
Petra Kvitova I have just spent an exciting day at Wimbledon today (report/photos to follow in the coming days!!!) so I have limited time to do my quarter-final preview for the womens but here we go…. Serena Williams v Petra Kvitova All year I have been waiting to see this match and FINALLY it has…
The Top 4 Womens matches on Day 7 Angelique Kerber 1. Kim Clijsters v Angelique Kerber For tennis fans who follow the game all year round, I think there will be some surprise to see the match between Kim Clijsters and Angelique Kerber shunted out on court three. I think this has the potential to…
Serena Williams has reached her first semi-final of the year at the expense of Sabine Lisicki, who had to retire from their quarter-final match down 1-4 due to an ankle injury. Lisicki has had a history of ankle problems so it must have a very worrying situation for her. There was a nice moment at…
Nadia Petrova Polona Hercog (14) v Nadia Petrova (13) Hercog caused the upset of the tournament in the third round as she took out the number three seed, Marion Bartoli, 6-4 1-6 6-4. The Slovenian showed great fight to recover from a 4-2 deficit in the third set and has flourished on the green clay…
Serena Williams Serena Williams hit a stunning 20 aces to exact revenge on Sam Stosur for the 2011 US Open loss and secure her place in the quarter-finals. Serena started slowly and went down an early break but finally managed to make her pressure pay on the Stosur serve as she broke back at 4-4…
Maria Sharapova Maria Sharapova recovered from the loss of the first set to beat Sabine Lisicki, 3-6 6-2 6-3 and advance into the quarter-finals. It was a very good match, which had some ferocious hitting. When you compare the power on show to the match between Wozniacki and Jankovic last night, the difference is really…
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