The US Open draw was unveiled on Thursday night and main draw action will begin on Monday. This post brings together the headlines from the last week including action from New Haven and looking ahead to the US Open with various posts across MTB. I’m planning to be active on the blog for the next…
Saturday’s New Haven final was an absolute cracker as Daria Gavrilova won her first WTA title, fighting back from a set down to beat Dominika Cibulkova, 4-6 6-3 6-4 in two hours and 45 minutes. It was the best i’ve seen Cibulkova play all year and her forehand was lethal early doors. Gavrilova kept battling…
Wednesday featured the four remaining second round matches from the Connecticut Open in New Haven. First up at 12pm local time was a qualifier-qualifier match-up between Kirsten Flipkens and Ana Bogdan. The Belgian player was seemingly cruising up 6-1 4-2 and with a break point for 5-2 before Bogdan mounted a comeback. Flipkens required the…
Four second round matches were on the schedule for Tuesday at the Connecticut Open in New Haven. The first match of the day was the last of the first rounders as Carla Suárez Navarro advanced to the second round by retirement while leading the qualifier, Jana Cepelova, 6-4 4-0. The Slovak player was forced to…
I was so focused on Cincy last week that I didn’t get to study the draw for this week’s tournament, the Connecticut Open in New Haven, until earlier today! As the US Open is next week, New Haven was a Sunday start with two main draw matches up on Sunday’s schedule – both were eye-catching results!…
I wasn’t planning to write anything more about New Haven but… Lucie v Petra! The pair haven’t played since the semi-finals of Wimbledon last year where Petra claimed her sixth consecutive victory over Lucie, 7-6(6) 6-1. Lucie competed exceptionally well in the first set of that match considering the occasion but she’s never been able…
This will be my last preview from New Haven with the US Open draws out on Thursday afternoon at 11.30am local time (4.30pm UK time). I’ve enjoyed New Haven this week although I was disappointed that the match between Caroline Wozniacki and Roberta Vinci wasn’t streamed on TennisTV last night. It was a strange decision,…
The last time that Lucie Safarova and Dominika Cibulkova met on the tennis court I was watching the match live. On that occasion, Cibulkova defeated Safarova in her first match since the French Open final, 7-6(7) 6-4 in a second round match in Eastbourne. It was a very close match with just a few points…
Dominika Cibulkova scored a fifth consecutive win over Kristina Mladenovic to progress into the quarter-finals of the Connecticut Open in New Haven. This was their toughest match to date with Cibulkova winning through an entertaining tussle, 2-6 7-6(1) 7-5. Both players had played tough three setters in the first round, but especially Cibulkova who had…
I’ve never really followed New Haven before but i’m quite into this year’s draw… in the second round, the defending champion, Petra Kvitova will take on Madison Keys on Wednesday. It is the first time that the pair will have played since Keys upset Kvitova at the Australian Open en route to her first Grand Slam semi-final.…
