Saturday’s results saw three set wins for Serena Williams and Venus Williams, the latter reaching the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the first time since Wimbledon 2011! Agnieszka Radwanska and Victoria Azarenka were also winners in straight sets. I watched the Azarenka v BZS match which was scrappy for the most part, but…
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…
Before I start previewing the first of the women’s US Open semi-finals, a shout-out to a WTA piece on a new blog called, When Rain Stops Play. There are so many tennis blogs out there, but this was one of the best pieces I have read in a long time… you can check it out…
Ekaterina Makarova defeated Eugenie Bouchard in a tight two setter, 7-6(2) 6-4 to book her spot in the quarter-finals. This means that Serena Williams is the only top eight seed remaining. Considering the heat and humidity, Bouchard and Makarova fought out an intense and high quality fourth rounder. Bouchard was visibly struggling towards the end,…
The third quarter of the women’s draw has seen the two top eight seeds, Agnieszka Radwanska and Angelique Kerber, both go out. However, four solid players remain and personally, i’m a fan of all four so i’ll be happy whoever comes through. Jelena Jankovic will be the favourite, but I could stake a claim also…
Agnieszka Radwanska and Jelena Jankovic headline next week’s BMW Malaysian Open with both receiving late wildcards into the event. The quality of the draw is not particularly strong and it seems a shrewd move from both Radwanska and Jankovic to scoop easy ranking points. Radwanska opens up her campaign against Akgul Amanmuradova and based on…
Peng Shuai Peng Shuai had her most significant scalp of the year so far as she beat Marion Bartoli, 6-4 6-3 in the first round of Dubai. Peng has had a disappointing start to 2012 having failed to advance past the second round in any of her tournaments this year; however she displayed some of…
David Nalbandian John Isner produced a heroic performance to defeat David Nalbandian in the best match of the tournament so far, 4-6 6-3 2-6 7-6 10-8. Isner was battling with cramps in the final set, but somehow managed to find a way to break Nalbandian. The final set was full of quality as the two…
Ana Ivanovic In one of the most dramatic matches of 2011, Ana Ivanovic wasted 5 match points and a commanding third set lead to lose to Kim Clijsters in the fourth round of Miami. Last night in Brisbane, Ana Ivanovic suffered another painful defeat at the hands of the Belgian as she wasted a 3-0…
Julia Goerges The second WTA event this week takes place in Auckland. Although many of the star names have opted to start their year in Brisbane, the draw has strength in depth and will be an interesting watch. Like last year, I get the feeling that an unheralded name will cause a surprise or two. …
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