MTB is back for four weeks of grass court tennis as the season moves to the UK. I’d actually hoped to cover some of Nottingham but had a busy week at work. I had to do a presentation at work on Thursday and spent most of my free time preparing and worrying about it. Then…
Nottingham and ‘s-Hertogenbosch are over for another year with Donna Vekic and Anett Kontaveit being crowned champions respectively. For Kontaveit, this was her first title at WTA level and continues what has been a superb breakthrough 2017 season. Kontaveit beat Natalia Vikhlyantseva in Sunday’s final, 6-2 6-3. The match was closer than the scoreline suggested…
A busy few days for me so here’s a bumper Saturday’s Set Points to catch up on the last three days. We’re enjoying some lovely weather in the UK right now and i’m writing this with a Pimms! I was planning to go to Birmingham qualifying today but decided the 6am alarm was just too…
Wednesday was a pretty quiet singles day in Nottingham with the first four second round matches of the tournament all decided in straight sets. While all unseeded, Ashleigh Barty, Tsvetana Pironkova and Donna Vekic have all had excellent results on the grass so it’s no surprise to see them starting off strongly in Nottingham. Kristie…
Johanna Konta is set to play the trio of British grass court warm-up tournaments and she got off to a solid start, only needing to play a set and a half against an injured, Tara Moore in Nottingham. Konta was leading 6-2 3-0 *40-0 when Moore called it a day due to a foot injury.…
As is often the case with tennis and the manic schedule, there’s little time to reflect on the clay season as we dive head first into the grass court season! There are two WTA International tournaments this week in Nottingham (UK) and ‘s-Hertogenbosch/Rosmalen (Netherlands). Nottingham’s draw is headlined by Johanna Konta and Anastasija Sevastova who…
As qualifying began in Birmingham, Mallorca, Queens and Halle, there were seven tournaments to try and keep up with on Saturday! I decided not to go to Birmingham qualifying in the end although i’m glad to see they got most of the matches were completed without few interruptions. I’m saving myself for Eastbourne and Wimbledon… this…
Apologies for no post yesterday. As I think i’ve said before, Thursday is my tennis club night and it was a perfect evening weather-wise. I’m still waiting for that moment when everything clicks in my game; my serve was dreadful last night (i’ve never served so many double faults into the net!) but my volleys and…
Wednesday’s action in Nottingham and Rosmalen was overshadowed by the news that Maria Sharapova is set to face a two year ban for a failed drugs test…. My Twitter timeline was a mess this afternoon! More of the Sharapova ruling to come in this post. Second round action began on Wednesday in Nottingham and Rosmalen, and will conclude on…
First round action was completed on Tuesday at the two WTA tournaments this week at the Aegon Open in Nottingham and the Ricoh Open in Rosmalen. There were two prominent storylines; the return of some star names from injuries and a rough day for the Brits in Nottingham. Read on for Tuesday’s Set Points… Four Brits were…
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