Another seed bites the dust… Naomi Osaka produced a stunning performance to defeat the number six seed and defending US Open champion, Angelique Kerber, 6-3 6-1 under the roof of Arthur Ashe Stadium on a damp day in New York. This was Osaka’s first top ten win as Kerber became the third top ten player…
Aleksandra Krunic conjured up some more US Open magic to cause the first big upset of the tournament in New York, beating the number seven seed, Johanna Konta, 4-6 6-3 6-4 in two hours and 16 minutes. Konta was one of eight players that had an opportunity to rise to the world number one, but…
Garbiñe Muguruza won her fifth title at the 2017 Western & Southern Open, beating Simona Halep, 6-1 6-0 in a one-sided final lasting just 56 minutes. Halep’s quest to be the world number one will go on, while Muguruza goes from strength-to-strength after winning her second Slam at Wimbledon. The Spaniard will be one of…
In a Wimbledon quarter-final rematch, Garbiñe Muguruza needed three sets to see off Svetlana Kuznetsova, 6-2 5-7 7-5 in two hours and 45 minutes. The last 30 minutes of this match featured some sensational high-quality tennis from both players. In the end, it was another gutsy effort from Muguruza to tough out the win deep…
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 the lone women’s match on Wednesday’s day session on Center Court, Ashleigh Barty scored the biggest win of her career by beating the number nine seed, Venus Williams in three sets, 6-3 2-6 6-2. Barty also reached the third round of Toronto last week and is continuing to build on what has been a…
In the first main draw match on Center court of the 2017 Western & Southern Open, Petra Kvitova’s smile was beaming bright – any excuse to share my favourite Petra pic and i’m going to take it! Kvitova rallied from a set and a break down to beat, Anett Kontaveit, 1-6 7-6(2) 6-3 and book…
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