That’s a wrap for the 2021 Miami Open. In Saturday’s final, Ash Barty was leading 6-3 4-0 when Bianca Andreescu was forced to retire 😭. It’s now farewell to the hard courts and we move onto the green clay courts of Charleston, one of my favourite tournaments of the year. On a random note, I…
Thursday was semi-finals day at the 2021 Miami Open. Barty-Svitolina took the day session and Andreescu-Sakkari wrapped up proceedings with yet another longgg night match. Thankful for the Easter weekend so managed to watch back this morning without knowing the score. Saturday’s final in Miami should be an absolute cracker as Ash Barty and Bianca…
The quarter-finals of the 2021 Miami Open were played on Tuesday and Wednesday. Three matches went the way of the rankings. The other one certainly didn’t! Read on for my quarter-finals diary with recollections, thoughts and analysis on the first three quarter-finals. Andreescu-Sorribes Tormo was a long one so going to watch that one back…
Manic Monday Miami style. All eight of the fourth round matches were played on Monday and it was quite a day. Much like Sunday, it concluded in overwhelmingly exciting fashion during the night session. I’m going to watch back Muguruza-Andreescu tonight! Read on for Monday’s diary which focuses on the day session matches. Day 7️⃣…
The third round is in the books at the 2021 Miami Open. Six of the seven matches on Sunday went the distance. There were some bizarre matches, some great matches. It was a day! I think the heat and humidity might have played a part during the day session. Sunday’s diary covers the third Pliskova-Pegula…
Day 5 at the Miami Open featured a star-studded line-up of WTA matches. There were a couple of upsets and a noteworthy withdrawal, but the four top 10 seeds in action all advanced to the last 16. Magic Monday Miami style is shaping up to be a belter! Read on for Saturday’s diary from Miami.…
The second round is officially in the books at the 2021 Miami Open. It was a quiet day session as all the matches that I watched were decided in straight sets. Most of the excitement on day 4 happened at night as the last four matches on the schedule were all decided in three sets…
The seeds came out to play on Thursday as the second round matches from the top half of the draw took centre stage. It was much needed after a pretty subdued start to the tournament. Not a fan of the Miami draw format with the seeds all receiving byes in the first round and qualifying…
The tennis is in Miami for the next two weeks with a WTA 1000 event that boasts nine of the world’s top 10. Miami sets off a series of tournaments that we haven’t seen for two years. I’m especially looking forward to Charleston, Stuttgart, clay in May and then the grass court season. Omg I…
That’s a wrap on the sunshine double! The 2019 Miami Open came to a close on Sunday with the 14th different winner on the tour so far this year. This post includes a review of Saturday’s Miami final between Ash Barty and Karolina Pliskova, and a look ahead to Charleston next week, one of my…
