WTA action is back next week with two tournaments in Pattaya City (Thailand) and Antwerp (Belgium). The PTT Thailand Open is an International event, which has attracted four of the world’s top 50. It’s one those draws that is veryyyy challenging to try and pick out a winner. For coverage and superb photography, @elissetennis is…
Week 5 on the WTA tour had two Russian winners as Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova won her biggest title to date in Paris and Ekaterina Makarova won her second WTA title in Pattaya City. The women will now take a week off before Fed Cup action kicks off next weekend. Anyway, here are my thoughts on the…
I missed today’s action in Paris, but am hoping to catch the final tomorrow afternoon, which begins at 2.30pm UK time. Paris is always a solid event on the tour and this draw hasn’t disappointed with a number of really competitive three setters through the week. The star names may have all departed, but the…
The first round of the Davis Cup has kicked off this weekend with many interesting ties going on. I was watching a little bit of the GB v USA tie, which is set inside a baseball stadium… bizarre! Andy Murray cruised through his opening tie against Donald Young on what appeared to be a very…
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…
Maria Kirilenko Maria Kirilenko won the Pattaya City title, her first since 2008, meanwhile Mona Barthel claimed her first Premier title with victory in Paris. Kirilenko survived Sabine Lisicki in a epic final that displayed all the qualities of a peak WTA match as both seem adamant in giving the match to the opposing player. …
A full house of correct predictions for yesterday. Lets take a look at tomorrow’s finals… Maria Kirilenko Maria Kirilenko v Sabine Lisicki (Pattaya City, F) Pattaya has avoided the surprises to present us with what should be an excellent final tomorrow. Sabine Lisicki won her fourth match of the week to reach her first final…
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