WEDNESDAY IS GOING TO BE AWESOME. Play will begin at 12pm on Centre Court and No.1 Court, which both have three matches. All four mens quarters look fascinating on paper and are likely to kick off from about 2pm. Here is the first part of the mens quarter-final preview featuring the quarters from the top…
Absolutely crackers. That is the only way I can sum up the events that unfolded on Thursday night as Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray beat the darkness to book their places in the semi-finals. At one stage, it looked like Nadal wouldn’t finish and Murray would, but this flipped round rather dramatically. After two closely…
The two mens quarter-finals on Tuesday were both wrapped up in straight sets as Novak Djokovic and Ernests Gulbis set up an enticing semi-final for Friday. I was surprised that Gulbis won, but more so in the scoreline, a 6-3 6-2 6-4 cruise past Tomas Berdych. Djokovic was too solid for Milos Raonic as he…
Rome has continued the general trend of tennis in 2014 with shocks across the board in the both the WTA and ATP draws. Ana Ivanovic scored a magnificent straight sets win over Maria Sharapova, meanwhile Stanislas Wawrinka was bundled out in three sets by Tommy Haas. Tomas Berdych also lost and Rafael Nadal survived another…
The quarter-finals in the top half of the Miami mens draw will see Rafael Nadal take on Milos Raonic and Tomas Berdych play Alexandr Dolgopolov. Stanislas Wawrinka was defeated by Dolgopolov in three sets as the Ukranian player continued his rather dazzling recent run of form. In the last two months, he has made the…
On Saturday I posted about the speculation regarding Juan Martin del Potro’s wrist and unfortunately the big man himself confirmed the inevitable on Sunday night. Del Potro was due to have surgery on his left wrist on Monday and is unlikely to return to the court in 2014. Ideally it would be great to see…
The coaching carousel has been very busy in the last couple of months with a huge number of change-ups during the off-season. Today’s big news saw Andy Murray and Ivan Lendl part ways after two years together. There were no indications that this split was on the cards. Here are a few thoughts on Murray-Lendl…
The schedules for the next few days are a pig for trying to get previews out when Indian Wells is 7 hours behind the UK. Therefore I am focusing on matches that are already decided after Monday’s matches. All three matches previewed will be on Stadium 1’s day schedule for Wednesday. It is also worth…
Both favourites are now out of the Australian Open as Stanislas Wawrinka upset Novak Djokovic in another epic late night clash between the pair on Rod Laver Arena, 2-6 6-4 6-2 3-6 9-7. WOW!!!!!!!!!!!! I really am in shock at this result, but in equal measures to the shock, I am so happy for Stan after some tough,…
I don’t know if it is just me but I am starting to lose interest in this year’s US Open. The poor scheduling, the lacklustre matches and crowds on Ashe and no stand-out quarter-finals have made me feel a bit meh about this tournament right now. Flavia Pennetta making the semi-finals is a huge headline,…
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