In a wild year of WTA tennis that has produced upset after upset, it’s almost a surprise to see a projected quarter-final actually come to fruition! The first confirmed last eight match-up at the Rogers Cup in Montreal will see the number five seed, Simona Halep take on the number nine seed, Svetlana Kuznetsova. Kuznetsova sealed just…
Just three seeds went out on Wednesday which compared to what we’ve seen on the WTA tour throughout most of 2016, was a shock in itself. While not the highest seed to go out, the most eye-popping scoreline was in the third match on Central as Eugenie Bouchard beat the number 11 seed, Dominika Cibulkova,…
Daria Kasatkina missed three match points against Roberta Vinci when they last played in Doha, eventually losing out in a third set tiebreak. Six months on, Kasatkina will get another shot against Vinci in the third round of the Rogers Cup in Montreal on Thursday. Kasatkina enjoyed an excellent win over the number 13 seed, Sam…
The match of the day came on Central as Eugenie Bouchard edged past Lucie Safarova, 3-6 6-3 7-6(3). It was a really fun match and there was some superb shotmaking in the third set… obviously it wasn’t the result I hoped for but congrats to Genie on a big win. Lucie did so well to force the…
All in for this one… Venus Williams will open her campaign in Montreal against Barbora Strycova as second round action continues on Wednesday at the Rogers Cup. In her first match of the week, Strycova recovered from a set down to record her fifth consecutive victory over Caroline Garcia, 2-6 6-3 6-3. Garcia won five straight…
Simona Halep and Daria Gavrilova will meet in one of two second matches to be played at the Rogers Cup in Montreal on Tuesday Gavrilova won her first round match on Monday, beating the rain and Annika Beck, 6-4 6-3. Beck had recovered from an early break down to go ahead *4-3 in the first set. However,…
Rain, rain, RAINNNNN. Most of the schedule did get finished on day 1 of the Rogers Cup in Montreal but it was one of those frustrating stop-start days. There is a cloud that follows @WTA this year… 🌧 — Daria Gavrilova (@Daria_gav) July 25, 2016 Gavrilova was the first winner of the day, beating Annika…
This post previews three of the first round matches from the Rogers Cup main draw in Montreal, which begins on Monday. Apologies for the muted coverage over the past few days. Two of my best friends got married this weekend and I was on photography duties… it was a wonderful day :-). I’m feeling a bit more recharged now…
I’m not quite sure what happened yesterday, but I was unable to get into my WordPress account from my home internet and couldn’t get the site to work either. Thankfully, after logging a call with WordPress Support they managed to fix the problem last night. I was out having a non-tennis day yesterday and was…
The first semi-final in Montreal will be an all-Williams affair as Serena and Venus will play each other for just the second time in the last five years. Their last match came in Charleston in 2013 when Serena cruised through their semi-final, 6-1 6-2. I’m pleased it’s Serena-Venus as it looked for sometime like it…
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