Manic Monday is arguably the most exciting day on the tennis calendar as all of the last 16 matches come together for a tennis bonanza. It’s equally a frustrating day as so many tantalising match-ups are pitted against each other at the same time. This preview post focuses on the four matches from the bottom…
Second round matches will dominate the order of play on day 3 of the 2018 Wimbledon Championships. There are some great matches and big names involved such as Serena Williams, Venus Williams and Madison Keys. My three favourite second round matches were pretty clear cut for the bottom half and i’m hoping to see at…
It’s my favourite time of the year as the start of the 2018 Wimbledon Championships is drawing closer! The draw was announced on Friday morning and we know that the bottom half will kick things off on Monday. This preview showcases my three favourite first round matches set for Monday. I’ll be off work Monday…
Saving a match point and converting on her eighth match point, Ekaterina Makarova beat Angelique Kerber, 6-4 1-6 7-6(11), coming through in a quite astonishing third set tiebreak that I don’t think will be matched for drama all year. I’m still trying to get my head around the end of that match, which was truly…
In a repeat fourth round match from last year’s Australian Open, Johanna Konta will take on Ekaterina Makarova for a place in the quarter-finals. In 2016, Makarova was the higher ranked player but a lot has changed in the last year… Konta was dealt one of the toughest possible draws but she has handled it so,…
This post previews two first round matches at the 2016 US Open including Serena Williams v Ekaterina Makarova and Lucie Safarova v Daria Gavrilova. Just before take-off, I managed to catch a few snippets of the draw via Twitter so it gave me something to do (aside from rewatch Bake Off again!) to write a…
Magic Monday at Wimbledon will see all 16 singles matches played across both the women’s and men’s draws. Finally, the tournament is back on track after play on Middle Sunday took place for the first time since 2004. For previews of V.Williams v Suárez Navarro click HERE, Radwanska v Cibulkova click HERE and Halep v…
This post covers two third round matches set for Sunday’s schedule at the 2016 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells; an all-seeded match-up between Simona Halep and Ekaterina Makarova, and the number 19 seed, Jelena Jankovic up against CoCo Vandeweghe. For a full round-up of what happened in the top half of the women’s draw…
Tennis, why can’t you slow down? Dubai is barely in the books (Match Points coming soon!) and yet Doha is already on our doorstep with main draw action starting on SUNDAY. At least on this occasion, all the qualifiers have been placed so we know the entire draw. This post covers two first round matches…
The bottom half of the women’s draw will take centre stage on Monday with the final four fourth round matches to be played. This post covers the two matches from the fourth quarter of the draw including Ekaterina Makarova against Johanna Konta and Madison Keys playing Shuai Zhang. 1. Ekaterina Makarova v Johanna Konta (AO, R4) And the Bourne-GOAT lives on… Ekaterina Makarova…
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