1. Kristina Mladenovic v Victoria Azarenka (Wimbledon, R3) Another enticing match-up on the women’s side on Friday will see the number 23 seed, Victoria Azarenka go up against Kristina Mladenovic. The Frenchwoman has been in excellent form during the grass court season; she reached the quarter-finals of ‘s-Hertogenbosch and the semi-finals of Birmingham with four…
1. Angelique Kerber v Sabine Lisicki (Birmingham, SF) Yay for Angie-Sabine! This was the semi-final I wanted to see from the bottom half and oh my goodness, it actually happened! Sabine has won all three of her matches in straight sets. Against Belinda Bencic in the second round, she hit a record breaking 27 aces.…
The highest seed remaining in the Birmingham draw, Simona Halep will take on the unseeded, Kristina Mladenovic in quarter-finals action on Friday. The Frenchwoman is enjoying an impressive few months on the tour; on the clay, Mladenovic reached the semi-finals of Marrakech and the final of Strasbourg, and reached the third round of Roland Garros,…
In one of the most anticipated first round women’s matches at RG15, Kristina Mladenovic caused another seeded upset as she took out Eugenie Bouchard in straight sets, 6-4 6-4. Mladenovic had been close to the bagel in the second set before Genie mounted a substantial comeback. Originally, I had been very confident that Mladenovic would…
1. Venus Williams v Sloane Stephens (Roland Garros, R1) The match that stood out to me most on the drawsheet from the selection of first round matches is in the top half featuring two Americans, Venus Williams and Sloane Stephens. The pair were set to meet in a highly anticipated third round match in Miami…
This will be my last post for a few days as i’m busy this weekend… my brother is getting married! I’m going to be playing serious catch-up with Madrid as the main draw comes out on Friday with play starting on Saturday. I hate the overlap between tournaments and that will happen with the finals…
The Indian Wells draw was released last night with the majority of excitement centering around a potential third round clash between Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka. There are media reports that Simona Halep may pull out of the tournament due to a family tragedy. I’m going to hold off from writing a full tournament preview just…
Thursday’s schedule in Antwerp is excellent with seven of the eight second round matches still to be played. On Wednesday, Dominika Cibulkova opened her tournament campaign with a very convincing victory over Kateryna Bondarenko, 6-1 6-2. It’s always nice when your predicted champion isn’t ousted in the first round! Antwerp seems to be delivering both…
1. Li Na v Bethanie Mattek-Sands Li Na The 2011 Roland Garros Champion, Li Na has a pretty mean draw this year and she overcame her first challenge with a hard fought 6-3 6-4 victory over the veteran clay courter, Anabel Medina Garrigues. Her next opponent will be Bethanie Mattek-Sands, who has been on a…
Goerges Gone Paris saw its first significant upset as the 19-year-old, Kristina Mladenovic upset the number 7 seed Julia Goerges, 7-5 5-7 7-6(4) in 2 hours and 43 minutes. This was Mladenovic’s best result on the WTA tour so far and she seems to be progressing on the tour and beginning to live up to…
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