The big match of the day in Tokyo saw Ana Ivanovic score her first victory over Victoria Azarenka since 2010, coming through 6-3 6-4. Ivanovic went in as the favourite and continued to demonstrate her improvements this year by serving out the victory in one hour and 39 minutes. Azarenka is someway near her best,…
US Open draws are released this evening at 5pm UK time! The US Open is going to be fascinating with both draws set to be wide open. I felt really flat about last year’s US Open, but I am much more excited about the 2014 edition. I’ve got no idea who I will be picking…
In what was anticipated to be a close match, turned out to be a very straightforward afternoon for Angelique Kerber as she posted a 6-2 6-1 victory over Garbine Muguruza in the first of the quarter-finals in Stanford. When you see a scoreline like this one, it can often be difficult to determine whether it…
Li Na announced today that she will be skipping Montreal, Cincy AND the US Open due to a knee injury. Li missed Stuttgart earlier this year because a problem with a knee and wrote on her Facebook page that she needed to take some time off to rest the knee and make sure it heels. …
In a messy match, Garbine Muguruza ousted the Stanford defending champion and number six seed, Dominika Cibulkova, 6-2 4-6 6-2 in one hour and 56 minutes. Muguruza played a fine opening set, hitting 13 winners to 12 unforced errors, mixing up her serve and maintaining an incredible depth on her groundstrokes and return. Her shots…
In the first womens match of the day Andrea Petkovic edged the qualifier, Kiki Bertens in three sets to reach her first Grand Slam quarter-final since the 2011 US Open. She will take on Sara Errani, who defeated Jelena Jankovic in two tight sets. Listening to Errani’s grunt on RG Radio this afternoon was a…
It’s been touching to see so many tennis players, both past and present, pay their respect to Elena Baltacha. You can keep donating to Rally4Bally HERE. The money is being donated 50:50 to the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity and Elena’s tennis academy. I’m sure you will agree, both very worthy causes. The amount raised has…
Wow. Sunday yielded the biggest upset of the tournament with Ana Ivanovic ousting Serena Williams in a three set win. A shout-out also to Flavia Pennetta, who took out Angelique Kerber, a result I was not expecting. The women’s line-up for Monday features four great matches, all of which deserved a full preview in my…
There is no doubt that the matches on the schedule for Day 6 are the best of the tournament so far. There are some showcase clashes in both the men’s and women’s draws… and it’s the weekend woohoo! Wozniacki v Muguruza is the most interesting match of the week in my opinion so please do…
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