In another fascinating WTA match in Madrid, Carla Suarez Navarro sealed her first ever win against Ana Ivanovic and extended her three set record in 2015 to 14-3 with a 7-5 1-6 6-4 victory in two hours and four minutes. Although the quality didn’t quite rival their cracking quarter-final in Rome last year, it was…
1. Maria Sharapova v Caroline Garcia (Madrid, R3) If you haven’t seen the third set of Caroline Garcia‘s victory over Karolina Pliskova then i’d definitely recommend it. Garcia defeated Pliskova, 6-2 4-6 6-1 in a high quality second round match that featured 69 winners. Garcia finished with 40 winners to 18 unforced errors, which is…
The first round match in Madrid featuring Sam Querrey and Thanasi Kokkinakis was a fun watch on Monday afternoon. Querrey prevailed in three sets, 6-4 6-7(6) 6-3 after a really fine effort from Kokkinakis. Querrey was untouchable on serve for much of the match. He missed just two first serves in the first set and…
Well hello there… it’s been a long time coming but here comes the 18th installment of the head-to-head between Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka. A few years ago, the Serena-Vika rivalry looked like becoming the flagship match-up on the WTA tour, but that never fully materialised as Vika endured a miserable and injury-ridden 2015 season. …
1. Caroline Wozniacki v Agnieszka Radwanska (Madrid, R3) For the 12th time, Caroline Wozniacki and Agnieszka Radwanska will meet on the WTA tour in third round action in Madrid. Excluding the WTA Championships, this will be the earliest the pair have played each other in a tournament with all of their previous matches taking place…
Elina Svitolina will be seeking her first win over Ana Ivanovic in what will be a sixth career meeting between the pair on Tuesday in Madrid. This may be Svitolina’s best opportunity though as she comes into the tournament in great spirits, having won her third WTA title in Marrakech at the weekend. Svitolina didn’t…
Third up on Stadium 3 at not before 3pm local time in Madrid, Karolina Pliskova and Caroline Garcia will meet in the second round in what is my favourite WTA match-up of the day on Tuesday. Karolina Pliskova is enjoying a superb year and kicked off her clay court season with a victory in Prague. …
I had a lovely weekend celebrating my brother’s wedding and thanks for the nice messages! Although i’m feeling quite flat now and tired (I NEED SLEEP), I am just about ready to jump into the joys of Madrid and another action-packed week of tennis. Sunday produced one of the best schedules of tennis so far…
I did say that yesterday was going to be my last post this weekend, but I wasn’t expecting the Madrid draw to be out so early on Friday. Furthermore, I wasn’t expecting it to be so freaking AWESOME! It’s the best line-up of first round matches i’ve seen at a tournament all year so here’s…
Some matches deserve a special post and MY GOD, THIS WAS ONE! Kei Nishikori needed ten match points to defeat David Ferrer in a magnificent semi-final in Madrid that was just five minutes shy of the three hour mark. It was the best match of the week by a country mile and one of the…
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