Juan Martin del Potro made his second comeback of the year in a 6-4 7-6(7) loss to Vasek Pospisil in Miami today. Delpo had his chances in both sets; he had four break points in the first set and then served for the second set at *5-4. He also had a set point in the…
The highlight of the second round matches on Friday will see the Indian Wells finalist, Jelena Jankovic go up against the most dangerous of the unseeded players, Victoria Azarenka. Vika continues to be one of the main talking points of WTA draws this year, but that should start to change soon as she is defending nothing…
The streaming of WTA matches is never great in Miami, but the coverage started today. It’s much better than previous years so we should be thankful for that! I saw the end of the first round match between Belinda Bencic and Daniela Hantuchova. The Slovak hit some winners to recover a 5-2 deficit in the…
Indian Wells down, Miami up next. There is barely any time to let the dust settle and reflect on Indian Wells with the WTA main draw to begin on Tuesday. The quick turnaround does frustrate me, particularly with the main draw beginning before qualifying has finished. Indian Wells was a decent tournament this year with…
1. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova v Vera Zvonareva (Miami, R1) The last time that Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Vera Zvonareva played each other on the WTA tour was in the last 16 of Roland Garros in 2011 where Pavlyuchenkova prevailed in a tight three setter to reach her first Grand Slam quarter-final. Since then, both players have had…
Wow. Novak Djokovic produced an exceptional performance to defeat Rafael Nadal in the final of Miami, 6-3 6-3 and complete the rare and impressive Indian Wells – Miami double. This felt like one of the quickest matches in the Nadal-Djokovic rivalry lasting just 1 hour and 23 minutes as Djokovic saved the one break point…
Friday was one of the most bizarre days on the ATP tour as Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic both received walkovers into the Miami final. This was a real blow for fans who had bought tickets for Friday as they saw no singles action! Kei Nishikori, who was scheduled to play Djokovic in the first…
The second semi-final in the mens draw will be decided on Thursday as Alexandr Dolgopolov takes on Tomas Berdych (4-4 at time of writing) and Rafael Nadal plays Milos Raonic. A prediction will be added to this article on Friday morning. In the meantime, here is a preview for the first semi-final between Novak Djokovic…
Novak Djokovic edged out Andy Murray, 7-5 6-3 in the first of the mens quarter-finals. I’ve had issues with Djokovic-Murray matches before, but this was actually very good! Despite the amazingness of the Wimbledon final, I thought the tennis was pretty shocking. However when they go for their shots and mix it up, it’s fun…
Dominika Cibulkova defeated Agnieszka Radwanska in a brilliant quarter-final to open up Wednesday’s singles proceedings. Cibulkova saved three match points and fought for two hours and 39 minutes to get past Radwanska, 3-6 7-6(3) 6-3. As I wrote in yesterday’s preview, I still haven’t come to terms with Domi being a relevant threat, but it’s…
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