Crazy scoreline, crazy match. Mona Barthel recovered from a set and a break down to defeat the number eight seed in Luxembourg, Monica Niculescu. It was the kind of wackadoodle match you would expect from two players on complete opposite ends of the tennis spectrum. Niculescu completely dominated the first set as Barthel struggled to…
Moscow and Luxembourg are well under way with quite a few typical end-of-season results. Most notably, a visibly upset Andrea Petkovic was knocked out of Luxembourg by Pauline Parmentier in straight sets. In other news, Juan Martin del Potro officially announced he won’t be back until 2015, which was a smart move. Women’s Tennis Blog…
Still no TV coverage, but the seeds have now come out to play. Here is a preview of the best matches that will align Saturday’s schedule… Daniela Hantuchova 1. Victoria Azarenka v Daniela Hantuchova Victoria Azarenka will open up her title defence with a tough match-up against the world number 73, Daniela Hantuchova. The Slovakian…
Caroline Wozniacki v Sam Stosur (Moscow) Caroline Wozniacki and Sam Stosur set up an all-star final in Moscow with both recording battling three set semi-final wins. Wozniacki struggled once again to close her match out with Sofia Arvidsson; yesterday she twice failed to serve the match out against Dominika Cibulkova and today suffered the same…
Lucie Safarova Last night, I was already regretting my prediction of Ana Ivanovic reaching the final in Sydney. I was right to have second thoughts about this prediction as she crashed out in the first round of action at the Apia International in Sydney. Ivanovic was beaten in straight sets by the dangerous leftie, Lucie…
Julia Goerges The second WTA event this week takes place in Auckland. Although many of the star names have opted to start their year in Brisbane, the draw has strength in depth and will be an interesting watch. Like last year, I get the feeling that an unheralded name will cause a surprise or two. …
Peng Shuai came through a tight encounter with Julia Goerges, 6-4 7-6. The first set was a close affair but Peng was the more consistent player; Goerges as usual, was spraying too many balls. It was a pretty average match for a set and a half but it came alive towards the end of the…
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