Both my predicted champions in Paris and Pattaya City have pulled out through illness and / or injury this week. I really do know how to pick them! To be honest, none of the matches look particularly enthusing for tomorrow so here is a dedicated preview for my favourite match on the schedule between Angelique…
Monday and Tuesday were routine days for the seeds in Paris, but Wednesday saw plenty of upsets as Simona Halep, Roberta Vinci and Carla Suarez Navarro all lost. In Pattaya City, Sorana Cirstea appears to have woken from her slumber as she defeated my tip for the final, Alison Riske in straight sets. Pattaya has…
Paris is underway with no surprises although Alize Cornet did give us another oscar winning performance. I am 8/8 for Paris predictions so far. Pattaya City is a different story as the top two seeds, Sabine Lisicki and Svetlana Kuznetsova both withdrew from the tournament leaving just six second round matches to be played. Another…
While the men take a week off before Davis Cup action begins next weekend, 10 of the world’s top 20 WTA players are in action in Paris and Pattaya City. The line-up for the Open GDF Suez indoors event in Paris is especially good and there is full coverage on TennisTV from Monday. Let’s take…
This week’s predictions have been pretty woeful so I am looking forward to a clean slate at the O2. I believe the draw will be announced tomorrow… excited 🙂 1. Roger Federer v Novak Djokovic Roger Federer Would you believe this will be the first time in 2013 that Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic will…
I thought the Paris draw was going to turn into a mess, but rather surprisingly, the big guns have all turned up and reached the quarter-finals. Milos Raonic‘s loss to Tomas Berdych has confirmed next week’s line-up at the O2 with Richard Gasquet and Stanislas Wawrinka joining Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, David Ferrer, Juan Martin…
1. Novak Djokovic v John Isner Novak Djokovic Surprisingly, Novak Djokovic was given quite a workout in his first match of the week against Pierre-Hugues Herbert. The young Frenchman, who had won his first match on the ATP tour against Benoit Paire in round one, hung well with the world number two and even held…
By virtue of his three set loss to Kei Nishikori, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was eliminated from the race to the World Tour Finals at the O2. I’m sad for the Frenchman, but I think it is for the best because he was obviously struggling with his knee, which has ravaged the second half of his season. …
Benoit Paire Watching a home crowd boo their own player is only something you would see in France, but on this occasion I almost felt that Benoit Paire‘s attitude deserved it. Firstly I must say what a superb performance by the 22 year old, Pierre-Hugues Herbert, who had played just one match on the ATP…
This is the last Masters 1000 event of the year and with it taking place the week before the ATP World Tour Finals, it makes it the most challenging draw to dissect. There is no doubt there will shocks, retirements and things that do not normally happen at the other Masters events. Let me stress…
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