Madrid’s womens final is set to be a cracker as the world number 5, Simona Halep will go head-to-head with the world number 9, Maria Sharapova. Halep has taken advantage of a Serena-less top half to reach her first Premier Mandatory final. Halep’s best win of the week came over Ana Ivanovic in the quarter-finals,…
Four top ten players remain in Madrid after a so-so line-up of quarter-finals. It was disappointing to see Serena Williams pull out of her quarter-final although I was pleased to see Kvitova move into the last four. Originally, it seemed that Serena had pulled out of Rome too, but those reports appeared to be false.…
I cannot remember a better line-up of WTA quarter-finals for a big event in quite some time. For me, it’s disappointing that all four of them are up first and second on the schedule. Of course, I am focusing on this from a selfish point of view that I won’t be able to watch any…
The last 16 line-up for the women in Madrid looks pretty epic so I have covered all of them in a full SWEEP of a preview. It must have been tough for the schedulers although I think the matches on the Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario Court are much better than the Manolo Santana Court in my opinion. …
The entry list for Eastbourne was released today with Richard Gasquet, Alexandr Dolgopolov, Feliciano Lopez, Gilles Simon, Andreas Seppi and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez all present. The line-up is about the same quality as last year. It’s good to see Dominic Thiem commit to the event, although he is currently four places outside of the main draw.…
The full line-up for the AEGON International was released today with Agnieszka Radwanska, Petra Kvitova, Jelena Jankovic, Angelique Kerber, Sara Errani, Flavia Pennetta, Caroline Wozniacki and Sloane Stephens all committing to the event. I’ll be going for a couple of days this year and I am also planning to get tickets for the Rally4Bally exhibition…
It’s been touching to see so many tennis players, both past and present, pay their respect to Elena Baltacha. You can keep donating to Rally4Bally HERE. The money is being donated 50:50 to the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity and Elena’s tennis academy. I’m sure you will agree, both very worthy causes. The amount raised has…
This is the first occasion in quite sometime that I have been more intrigued by the men’s draw at a joint event. This clay court season has been wildly unpredictable for the men and I like it. Rafael Nadal has been struggling for form. Novak Djokovic has looked great, but has been troubled by a…
It’s time for the Madrid-Rome double, beginning with the Mutua Madrid Open. Madrid is ranked as the more lucrative of the two events, but personally, I have always favoured Rome. The main stadium in Madrid, La Caja Mágica, is pretty ghastly and being at altitude, the clay plays differently to Rome and Roland Garros, thus not being the most accurate…
Serena Williams Madrid is over for another year and once again, Serena Williams took home the title with another battering display in the final. Serena defeated Maria Sharapova, 6-1 6-4, storming through a one-sided first set before recovering from an early break down to win it in straight sets. I had hope that Sharapova would…
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