The Oeiras final will see Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova take on Carla Suarez Navarro, which was for once, correctly predicted by Moo! Pavlyuchenkova had a terrible start to her semi-final against Romina Oprandi, who had been on a rampage through the draw having lost just 14 games in her first three matches. Oprandi raced out into a 6-0 lead,…
1. Romina Oprandi v Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova The real surprise package of this week has been Romina Oprandi, who tore past a lacklustre, Svetlana Kuznetsova to post a 6-2 6-2 quarter-final victory. She takes on another Russian tomorrow, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova who edged past Elena Vesnina in a third set tiebreak, 6-3 6-7(3) 7-6(3). Vesnina…
A pretty good day of predictions today in Oeiras and Munich; hoping I can keep it up with all three predicted finals still intact for this week… Svetlana Kuznetsova Romina Oprandi v Svetlana Kuznetsova Svetlana Kuznetsova has been shunted out onto the outside courts in Estoril for her first two matches but gets prime billing…
The first titles are up for grabs tomorrow in the three WTA tournaments. Here are my predictions… WTA Brisbane Final – Serena Williams v Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova I was sat at work this morning staring at the live scoreboard wondering why the Serena Azarenka hadn’t started yet… a quick trip over to Twitter explained that Victoria…
Serena Williams Brisbane has seen quite a few shocks this week with Maria Sharapova pulling out with injury and five of the eight seeds falling before the quarter-finals. The first semi-final between Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Lesia Tsurenko was certainly not on the cards when the ultra-strong draw was released last Saturday; however the second semi-final will…
Angelique Kerber WTA Brisbane: Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova v Angelique Kerber Angelique Kerber is just one of three seeds remaining in Brisbane, but she has looked far from impressive in her first two matches. She was on the brink of defeat in her second round match as she trailed the young and talented Monica Puig, 4-1 in…
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Last year, I thought it would be Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova‘s year to shine. I tipped her at the start of 2012 to make a Grand Slam final, but she ended the season outside of the top 35 and spent the majority of the year looking rather disinterested on the tennis court. 2013 has seen…
1. Milos Raonic vs. Tomas Berdych Milos Raonic has been knocking on the door for his big breakthrough for quite a while. I thought Wimbledon might be the time, but he suffered a disappointing Wimbledon and fell early at the Olympics despite a very solid effort in the second round going down to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 25-23 in the…
Pavlyuchenkova The tournament in Carlsbad, San Diego has seen the completion of the first round where Melanie Oudin saved two match points to defeat Sloane Stephens, 1-6 7-6 6-0. It is one of the those matches that can be summed up by just reading the scoreline! Stephens is a great talent, but she will have…
The top three on Day 7: Li Na 1. Caroline Wozniacki v Kaia Kanepi Things could get sticky for Caroline Wozniacki in the 3rd round where she meets the big serving, big hitting Estonian, Kaia Kanepi. Both have looked in good form with two straight set wins under their belt so far. Kanepi won the…
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