The Australian Open starts tonight! In case you missed it, my preview for the women’s AO draw is already up and you can check it out HERE. Thanks for all the votes in the poll; After nearly 200 votes, Maria Sharapova currently leads the way with 26% of your votes, followed by Simona Halep (16%),…
Moscow and Luxembourg are well under way with quite a few typical end-of-season results. Most notably, a visibly upset Andrea Petkovic was knocked out of Luxembourg by Pauline Parmentier in straight sets. In other news, Juan Martin del Potro officially announced he won’t be back until 2015, which was a smart move. Women’s Tennis Blog…
I’ll be posting over at the Women’s Tennis Blog during the remainder of the US Open, so even more reason to check it out 😉 Here’s my summary of the quarter-final between Peng Shuai and Belinda Bencic. I am still GUTTED at the crowd that was on Arthur Ashe for what was Peng’s biggest moment…
The biggest upset of the week so far saw Peng Shuai defeat the number four seed, Agnieszka Radwanska. It was a superb performance from Peng who maintained her aggression throughout the whole match and served impeccably, not getting broken at all in the second set. In what would turn out to be the final game…
Sara Errani defeated Yanina Wickmayer, 7-5 3-6 7-6(2) in a fantastic first round match on Grandstand court lasting two hours and 44 minutes. I was expecting it to be a complete mess, but it was a great match and for the right reasons! There was plenty of drama too as Errani absolutely lost the plot…
I’ve been thinking about those brilliant matches from Tuesday night all day long. I probably sound like a broken record, but they were so good! I was so gripped by both, each match deserved a special post. The one for Sharapova v Safarova can be found HERE and Jankovic v Barthel is HERE. Thursday will…
Jelena Jankovic was the most high profile loss on Friday as she wasted a 5-1 third set lead to go down in what sounded like a strange match to Varvara Lepchenko, 6-3 2-6 7-6(2). The coverage of the womens draw has been slack, but I did manage to watch the first set of Serena William’s…
Flavia Pennetta defeated Agnieszka Radwanska, 6-2 6-1 in the final of the 2014 BNP Paribas Open in 73 minutes. Here are some of my thoughts on the final and the key talking points from the two weeks in the desert. The Final: Pennetta d. Radwanska, 6-2 6-1 Urgh. It’s always horrible when one player is…
My predictions had shaped up quite nicely this week as my two finalists were both still in contention going into the final. Both Li Na and Simona Halep had beaten their semi-final opponents before this year, but of course it was Agnieszka Radwanska and Flavia Pennetta who prevailed! It’s a surprising final, but one that holds…
1. Serena Williams v Li Na Li Na Both playing extremely well this week, all things look rosey for a fine womens semi-final between Serena Williams and Li Na. Serena showed absolutely no mercy against Carla Suarez Navarro, who was served up a double bagel on her birthday in their quarter-final match. Li lost her…
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