The US women went 2-2 in the first round of singles as Madison Keys was the only American to advance to the second round on the first day of Olympics action in Rio. In the second round she faces a tricky test against Kristina Mladenovic. Both competing in their first Olympics, Keys and Mladenovic scored straight…
The biggest upset in singles by ranking on day 1 of Rio 2016 saw Zheng Saisai defeat the number four seed, Agnieszka Radwanska, 6-4 7-5. I’ve written a lot about Zheng in the past few months and how impressed I have been with her performances. Everything seemed to come together for her on this occasion as she…
The Men’s Singles Tennis event at the Rio 2016 Olympics will begin on Saturday. The draw has suffered many significant withdrawals including five of the Top 10 but with the predictability of ATP tennis in recent times this could actually make the tournament more interesting! As with most tournaments, it is hard to look past…
The anticipation is nearly over as the Olympics are here with the tennis at Rio 2016 set to get underway on Saturday. The draws for the singles and doubles (mixed to follow soon) have been completed and it now seems that all the WTA players have arrived following various travel woes after the conclusion of the Rogers Cup…
My final day at Wimbledon this year was for the round of 16 at the Olympics… thanks to my Brother who took me with his tickets! As we had done for the past two days, we headed to the practice courts where things were much quieter. Suddenly Novak Djokovic darted in front us and we…
Roger Federer This week I have been too busy to provide my daily predictions, but they will be back from this weekend and for the US Open series! I am just preparing my final report from Wednesday’s action at the Olympics, which I will finish this weekend. Here are my predictions for tomorrows matches… Womens…
I managed to get some more tickets for the Monday on Centre Court through the Olympics website and was excited that finally throughout my summer of tennis, there would be confirmed tennis that would not be overshadowed by the Great British weather! We arrived at Wimbledon train station slightly earlier than Sunday and walked to…
The tennis got underway today with Tomas Berdych the biggest casualty in the mens draw. I was at the table tennis today and will be going to the tennis tomorrow so unfortunately no time to post a proper blog, but I will start publishing my reports on Tuesday 🙂 I have updated my predictions for…
Roger Federer FIRST PROJECTED QUARTER – R.Federer v J.Tipsarevic Roger Federer was in sublime form, claiming his seventh Wimbledon title earlier this month and he will face off against some old haunts at the Olympics. He plays Alejandro Falla in the first round, who famously nearly caused one of the greatest upsets in tennis history at Wimbledon…
Its time for Wimbledon take two as this bumper year of tennis continues with the Olympics… let’s take a look at the womens draw. Angelique Kerber FIRST PROJECTED QUARTER – V. Azarenka v A. Kerber By virtue of reaching the semi-finals at Wimbledon, Victoria Azarenka returned to the world number one spot and she is…
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