1. Petra Kvitova v Ekaterina Makarova Petra Kvitova Black Wednesday, as it was so aptly coined, saw a wave of shocks and withdrawals, which has certainly weakened Friday’s schedule. The highlight in the womens draw features Petra Kvitova, who remains the one player who can save the integrity of the bottom half. She played flawless…
1. Caroline Wozniacki v Ekaterina Makarova Caroline Wozniacki I must admit my interest of Eastbourne severely wanes after the Wednesday as my thoughts start to turn to Wimbledon, but there are some interesting matches to keep an eye out for on Thursday. Caroline Wozniacki sidestepped the advances of Laura Robson for her second straight tournament…
Caroline Wozniacki Caroline Wozniacki v Klara Zakopalova The former world number one, Caroline Wozniacki has looked in much better form this week with straight set wins over Arantxa Rus and Caroline Garcia. She will fancy her chances of at least coming through the top half to make the final in Korea. Her quarter-final opponent is…
The Top 3 on Day 3 Tsvetana Pironkova 1. Maria Sharapova v Tsvetana Pironkova Sharapova faces a potentially tricky second round match against Pironkova. The Bulgarian has had a largely ineffective year so far, but always comes alive for the grass court season. She has made the semi-finals and quarter-finals at Wimbledon in the last…
I went to the AEGON International at Eastbourne on Tuesday and here is my report from my day… I have tried to keep it as concise as possible without rambling too much 😉 The practice courts I love spotting players on the practice courts and that was where we headed first when I arrived at…
Yesterday I visited the AEGON Classic in Birmingham for quarter-finals action at the WTA International event. As you may have noticed there was not much play due to the weather, but it was still an interesting day as it was the first time I had ever been to this event. The Edgbaston Priory Club is…
The top three at Birmingham on Thursday Heather Watson 1. Roberta Vinci (4) v Heather Watson Roberta Vinci has avoided the exodus of the seeds so far as she came through her opener when Virginie Razzano retired in their second round match after losing the first set. She takes on the only British player left…
Shahar Peer Tamira Paszek had a breakthrough year in 2011 reaching her first ever Grand Slam quarter-final at Wimbledon; however things have not gone well for her in 2012 so far as she went 0-5 through the first two months of the season. All that changed on Wednesday as Paszek finally won a match in…
Maria Sharapova Maria Sharapova beat Ekaterina Makarova, 6-2 6-3 on day 10 of the Australian Open to progress to the semi-finals. It was a relatively routine victory for Sharapova who hit 26 winners through the course of the match and was more solid on serve than her previous match with Lisicki losing just one service…
Maria Sharapova Maria Sharapova recovered from the loss of the first set to beat Sabine Lisicki, 3-6 6-2 6-3 and advance into the quarter-finals. It was a very good match, which had some ferocious hitting. When you compare the power on show to the match between Wozniacki and Jankovic last night, the difference is really…
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