Kiki Bertens saved a Championship Point to win her biggest career title, beating the world number one, Simona Halep, 2-6 7-6(6) 6-2 in Sunday’s Cincy final. For the second match in a row, Bertens rallied from a set down to secure her sixth (!) top ten win of the last two weeks. The dust…
Simona Halep beat Sloane Stephens, 7-6(6) 3-6 6-4 in two hours and 41 minutes of gripping tennis to win Montreal. This is Halep’s third title of 2018 and also her 10th consecutive win in Montreal having won the title back in 2016. You could write a book about this match! Read on for my jumbled…
Angelique Kerber defeated Serena Williams, 6-3 6-3 in Saturday’s Wimbledon final to win her third Slam title. It was a strange old Saturday as the women’s final was pushed back by two hours because of the resumption of the second men’s semi-final between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, which could not finish on Friday night.…
On a fabulously frenetic Friday, six of the eight WTA matches went three sets. I was double screening for much of the afternoon but managed to watch the entire match on No.2 Court between the number 13 and 23 seeds, Julia Goerges and Barbora Strycova. Read on for my review and analysis of what emerged…
Daria Kasatkina won just her fifth career match on grass, battling back from a set down to beat Alison Van Uytvanck in her second round match in Eastbourne, 5-7 6-4 6-1. My last live experience of watching Dasha in Melbs was rather disastrous so i’m really glad I got to see her finish with a…
Simona Halep is a Slam champion! Rallying from a set and a break down, Halep beat Sloane Stephens, 3-6 6-4 6-1 in Saturday’s French Open final. I was out during the day and have just managed to catch up with the final having successfully (wow!) avoided the scoreline. Overwhelming thoughts right now – I…
I’ve just finished watching back the first of the semi-finals from Friday night in Indian Wells between Venus Williams and Daria Kasatkina… wow! In a fabulous match, Kasatkina rallied from a set down to win, 4-6 6-4 7-5 in two hours and 48 minutes. I was so captivated by the match that I have written…
Straight setters dominated the first two days of this year’s WTA Finals in Singapore – in fact, all four matches saw the player that lost win no more than four games in a set. This all changed on Tuesday and then some with the first match of the day between Venus Williams and Jelena Ostapenko. In…
The 2017 WTA Finals in Singapore continued on Monday with the first matches from the red group. Just like yesterday, both matches were done and dusted in straight sets as Simona Halep and Caroline Wozniacki produced brilliant displays to start with wins. Read on for reviews of the matches and links to match highlights and…
The 2017 WTA Finals in Singapore began on Sunday with action from the white group. Both matches were done and dusted in straight sets as Karolina Pliskova and Garbiñe Muguruza got off to super starts. Read on for reviews of the matches and links to match highlights and press conferences from the WTA’s social media…
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