LEGENDS. Venus Williams and Kimiko Date-Krumm are two of the most well respected players on the WTA tour and the pair fought out a rollercoaster first round match on day one of the 2014 US Open. Venus won 2-6 6-3 6-3 in exactly two hours, fending off a late charge from the 43-year-old Japanese player. …
Serena Williams won her fifth title of the year with a 6-4 6-1 victory over Ana Ivanovic in the final of Cincinnati. Somewhat surprisingly, this is Serena’s first ever Cincy title. The match started promisingly in terms of being a contest with Ivanovic racing out into an early lead; however serving at *4-5 in…
In one of the most intriguing first round matches from the WTA draw, Madison Keys defeated Alize Cornet, 6-2 6-4, to progress into the second round of Cincinnati. I was hoping it would be a three set epic, but this was a reasonably straightforward match for Madison. The stats weren’t pretty with a…
Agnieszka Radwanska won her first (!) title of the year, beating Venus Williams, 6-4 6-2 to win the Rogers Cup in Montreal. I really didn’t expect Aga to win the title this week. She hadn’t reached a final since Indian Wells and was very disappointing in Stanford last week, losing out in three sets to…
In the first of the WTA quarter-finals in Montreal, Serena Williams defeated Caroline Wozniacki, 4-6 7-5 7-5 in two hours and 41 minutes in what was a throughly entertaining contest. Wozniacki has played some great tennis in her last two tournaments. In fact, her form seemed to turn at Eastbourne in June when she reached…
Within the space of twenty minutes, the Italian duo of Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci both departed the singles competition in Montreal. In the first completed match of the 2014 Rogers Cup, Sabine Lisicki defeated the number 13 seed, Errani, 6-1 7-5. Wins have been hard to come by for Sabine this year, but this…
In what was anticipated to be a close match, turned out to be a very straightforward afternoon for Angelique Kerber as she posted a 6-2 6-1 victory over Garbine Muguruza in the first of the quarter-finals in Stanford. When you see a scoreline like this one, it can often be difficult to determine whether it…
In a messy match, Garbine Muguruza ousted the Stanford defending champion and number six seed, Dominika Cibulkova, 6-2 4-6 6-2 in one hour and 56 minutes. Muguruza played a fine opening set, hitting 13 winners to 12 unforced errors, mixing up her serve and maintaining an incredible depth on her groundstrokes and return. Her shots…
Mona Barthel reached her first final of 2014 with a gutsy three set victory over Silvia Soler-Espinosa, 6-2 4-6 7-5 in Bastad. I’ve watched many Mona matches this year and they almost always end in disappointment for Mona fans. This time round, the German world number 61 held her nerves and produced some surprisingly positive…
There isn’t a great deal to recap as Caroline Wozniacki double bagelled Belinda Bencic in just 44 minutes to wrap up first round action in Istanbul. I think there were a fair few people who gave Bencic a chance in this match, which makes the final scoreline all the more surprising. Wozniacki was absolutely brilliant…
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