Zheng Jie Victoria Azarenka (1) v Heather Watson Like her first match in Indian Wells, Azarenka was forced to fight hard against an inspired opponent. She beat Michaella Krajicek, 6-3 7-5 winning three straight games and riding on her ever-growing mental toughness and her opponent’s shattering nerves. Her opponent in the third round will be…
Sam Stosur (6) v Chanelle Scheepers Serena Williams Both players scored bagels in their 2nd round matches; Stosur comfortably saw off Valeria Savinkyh, 6-4 6-0 meanwhile Scheepers had to fight back to beat Anabel Medina Garrigues in a lopsided 1-6 6-4 6-0 win. Scheepers is on good form at the moment having also reached the third…
Alisa Kleybanova No win this year has made me more happy than Alisa Kleybanova’s 2-6 6-3 6-2 victory over Johanna Larsson in the first round of the Sony Ericsson Open. Kleybanova, who has fought of Hodgkins Lymphoma disease, won her first match since the Premier event in Madrid last May. Kleybanova demonstrated her fighting spirit in…
QUARTER 1 – Novak Djokovic (1) v David Ferrer (5) Juan Martin Del Potro Novak Djokovic was outplayed by John Isner in the Indian Wells semi-finals and looked to have lost the air of invincibility that he had for so much of last year. His route through the draw is likely to include Viktor Troicki…
My predictions for this week’s tournament in Miami can be found here. I will add my predictions for the remaining first round matches when the qualifiers have been added to the draw.
Where do I start? This week’s draw is the most exciting women’s draw for quite some time and I will try to summarise it without rambling 😉 QUARTER 1 – Victoria Azarenka (1) v Marion Bartoli (7) Alisa Kleybanova Victoria Azarenka continued her fairytale start to 2012 with another dominating victory over Maria Sharapova in…
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