Looking forward to this one… Simona Halep faces a tricky opener as she will play Naomi Osaka in the second round of the Miami Open on Friday. Osaka hadn’t lost her first match at any tournament in 2017 heading into Miami and she kept that trend going with a first round win over Kristina Kucova, 6-2 6-3…
The first days of the Miami Open provide a great atmosphere to watch the stars of the WTA relax and practice before the chaos ensues later in the week. That said, Day 2 of the Miami Open offered a chance to see the completion of the qualifying competition and beginning of the first round for…
Blockbuster match-up alert… in a repeat third round from one of the most eventful matches in 2016, Madison Keys will play Naomi Osaka in Indian Wells on Monday. Keys d. Duque-Mariño, 6-1 7-5 Welcome back, Madison! Playing her first tournament of 2017 since minor wrist injury, Keys enjoyed a straight sets win, overcoming some late wobbles.…
In a section of that draw that has lost both seeds, Timea Babos and Naomi Osaka will be battling for a spot in the last 16 of the Miami Open. This match-up is strangely compelling to me so i’m going all out with a preview! 😀 Babos enjoyed a big win on Friday, taking out…
Naomi Osaka is enjoying a wonderful start to 2016. The 18-year-old Japanese player, who is no longer restricted in the number of tournaments she can play, has already won ten matches this year; Osaka won two qualifying matches in Brisbane, three in Hobart to qualify for the main draw, and then saved match points in her…
Osaka has been dominated by the “rising stars” of the WTA with seven of the eight quarter-finalists aged 21 or below. The 21-year-old, Zarina Diyas has come through from the bottom half and will play the number one seed, Sam Stosur in Sunday’s final. The Aussie has had an all-round solid week and is yet…
Osaka and Tianjin both have three seeds remaining in their line-up of semi-finals and more surprisingly, both of my pre-tournament picks are still in action! In Osaka, Madison Keys was forced to retire from her quarter-final match with Luksika Kumkhum. It’s been a tough few months for Keys, who has played her last competitive match…
Poor old Linz. Eugenie Bouchard was the latest name to pull out of the tournament leaving just one seed, Karolina Pliskova left in the tournament. It’s an unfortunate, but unsurprising turn of events with attention turning to the YEC in Singapore for the likes of Genie and Ana. Moscow is also going to suffer next…
The draws in both Osaka and Tianjin have seen few upsets so far, therefore meaning my finalists in both tournaments are still alive! However, Linz has been as unpredictable as they come with just two seeds remaining after completion of the first round and some second round matches. On Wednesday, Dominika Cibulkova and Sabine Lisicki…
To make up for my lack of a preview for Shanghai (and hilarious predictions!), here’s some bumper previews for the three WTA tournaments this year. We’re on the final stretch now! The WTA tour has just four weeks left (that’s if you want to include the Tournament of Champions event in Sofia which I normally…
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