Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 1. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga v Nicolas Almagro The French hopes of a home champion will be high this week with a depleting draw offering an abundance of opportunities to the remaining French players in the draw. The highest ranked of those is Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who overcame a tough second round match with Julien Benneteau,…
I have updated my predictions for Paris where I have made a pretty good start. The only real downnote was that my predicted semi-finalist, Julien Benneteau fell in a tight three setter against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 6-2 4-6 7-6. In other matches, Kei Nishikori beat Benoit Paire, who was booed off court at the end by…
Its time to put my prediction skills to test for the last ATP event of 2012 before we head to the O2 for the World Tour Finals. There will be no break between Paris and London this year and I have a feeling we could see the draw thin out rather quickly… Tomas Berdych QUARTER…
Marion Bartoli and Angelique Kerber won their semi-finals on Saturday to set up an intriguing final in Paris. Bartoli was first into the final with a 7-6 6-0 victory over Klara Zakopalova. Zakopalova was the much better player in the early proceedings, but she she faltered when given a chance to take the first set. …
Marion Bartoli The quarter-finals at the WTA Premier event in Paris failed to disappoint on Friday as three of the matches were pushed to three sets and the remaining one saw the top seed ousted. The best match of the day saw Marion Bartoli produce a terrific fightback to beat Roberta Vinci, 4-6 6-4 7-6. …
Yanina Wickmayer I am running out of superlatives to describe Mona Barthel as she continued her mightily impressive streak with another convincing win on Thursday. Barthel won the last nine games of her match with Pauline Parmentier to win 6-3 6-0 and storm into the quarter-finals where she will play Yanina Wickmayer. Wickmayer recorded a…
Chanelle Scheepers It was business as usual for Maria Sharapova who overcame stiff early opposition before strolling past Chanelle Scheepers in a 6-3 6-1 victory. Sharapova twice went up a break in the first set but was pegged back both times by Scheepers who returned extremely well in the early stages. However at 3-3, Sharapova…
Li Na This week’s tournament in Paris has seen a flurry of withdrawals and this was further compounded on Monday as the number 3 seed, Li Na retired from her match down 7-6 4-2 to Tsvetana Pironkova. Pironkova raced into a 5-0 lead in just 18 minutes, but was pegged back to 5-5 as Li…
The Paris Draw has been hit with a number of withdrawals since I posted my preview… I do hate it when that happens! My tip for the final, Kaia Kanepi has pulled out with a shoulder injury and the number five seed, Sabine Lisicki has withdrawn too. This has resulted in a reshuffle of the…
Maria Sharapova Maria Sharapova headlines a strong line-up for the Premier event in Paris this week. There were some fabulous matches in this tournament last year where Petra Kvitova beat Kim Clijsters in the final. The top two seeds, Sharapova and Marion Bartoli have byes into the second round. Sharapova is projected to meet the…
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