In the second of the women’s US Open semi-finals, world number one Serena Williams will take on Ekaterina Makarova. Serena lost the first three games of her quarter-final match with Flavia Pennetta, but won 12 of the next 14 games to book her place in the semi-finals of the 2014 US Open. Serena hasn’t fallen…
I’ll be posting over at the Women’s Tennis Blog during the remainder of the US Open, so even more reason to check it out 😉 Here’s my summary of the quarter-final between Peng Shuai and Belinda Bencic. I am still GUTTED at the crowd that was on Arthur Ashe for what was Peng’s biggest moment…
Before the rain came, the big talking point on day 7 of the 2014 US Open was Caroline Wozniacki’s superb three set victory over Maria Sharapova. It was one of Caro’s best ever victories and a definite contender for the match of the tournament. You can read my recap of that match HERE. The bottom…
The scheduling in Washington this week has been pretty ridiculous. On Saturday, Vasek Pospisil and Santiago Giraldo will resume their quarter-final match at NB 1pm local time and then play their semi-final match at NB 7pm against Richard Gasquet. The second of the womens semi-finals is scheduled AFTER this match at NB 9.15pm, which is…
The womens draw in Washington has seen a string of upsets with Lucie Safarova, Sloane Stephens, Alize Cornet and Madison Keys all exiting after the first round. Following the break after Wimbledon, it’s not hugely surprising. The Changeover team are in DC this week and Lindsay Gibbs wrote a fantastic piece about some of the…
Five fourth round matches were completed in the womens draw on Monday with some big upsets; Agnieszka Radwanska and Caroline Wozniacki were both knocked out in straight sets. The first two womens quarter-finals from the bottom half of the draw will play on Tuesday with the second two from the top half on Wednesday. Petra…
I went 5 out of 5 for Dubai predictions on day 1 as another busy week of tournaments kicked off. In Dubai, Venus Williams hit 10 aces in a comprehensive victory over Elena Vesnina, 6-3 6-2. Venus won the tournament in 2009 and 2010 and is now unbeaten in 11 matches in Dubai. She has…
Week 5 on the WTA tour had two Russian winners as Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova won her biggest title to date in Paris and Ekaterina Makarova won her second WTA title in Pattaya City. The women will now take a week off before Fed Cup action kicks off next weekend. Anyway, here are my thoughts on the…
I really thought there was an error with the US Open app when I saw a tick next to Tommy Robredo‘s name this morning. I know Federer has been struggling all year, but to lose in straight sets to Robredo, a player he has a 10-0 head-to-head record against was a real upset. Richard Gasquet…
Sara Errani and Angelique Kerber both headed into New Haven looking for match wins before the US and both suffered their worse losses of the summer hard court season so far. As to be expected, New Haven’s line-up could likely throw up a surprise winner. 1. Ekaterina Makarova v Simona Halep Ekaterina Makarova Sara Errani…
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