WTA Mutua Madrid Open, 2nd Round Previews: Cibulkova v Garcia, Pavlyuchenkova v Giorgi

WTA action on Tuesday at the Mutua Madrid Open will feature the remaining eight second round singles matches. This post covers two previews from the top quarter of the draw including Dominika Cibulkova v Caroline Garcia and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova v Camila Giorgi. In a quarter that has lost all of its seeds, the four players in question all have a…

Set Points, 30th of April 2016: Prague, Rabat and Madrid… Tennis, Tennis, Tennis!

Yay for the Bank Holiday… Three days off work is glorious and a weekend start presents the opportunity to watch a bit more tennis! Saturday was a manic day with two tournament weeks overlapping; the International tournaments in Prague and Rabat both had their singles finals, while the third Premier Mandatory tournament of the year in Madrid, got underway…

Thoughts about the Madrid semi-finals: Sharapova v Kuznetsova, S.Williams v Kvitova

1.  Maria Sharapova v Svetlana Kuznetsova (Madrid, SF) The first of the WTA semi-finals will be an all-Russian affair featuring Maria Sharapova and Svetlana Kuznetsova.  As to be expected, Kuznetsova’s victory over Lucie Safarova was a pretty painful watch for moi.  Huge credit must go to Kuznetsova for the way she has battled through this…