This is always one of my favourite times of the tennis season and watching grass court tennis in the evening just feels so good. When I got home from work, the opportunities were endless! After Johanna Konta wrapped up another impressive win in Birmingham, I switched my attention to ATP. My focus will be on…
Like Halle, Queens is upgraded to an ATP 500 event this year and also has a smaller player field than normal with just 32 players. This has resulted in some awesome first round matches, notably STAN WAWRINKA AGAINST NICK KYRGIOS! The line-up of players is much better than previous years and significantly stronger than Halle…
The last week or two has seen player announcements for the 2015 grass court tennis tournaments. As a Brit, I always follow updates with excitement and this year is particularly interesting with an extra week added to the grass court season. For the WTA, Birmingham has sealed the lucrative middle week, while Eastbourne remains the…
1. Roger Federer v Alejandro Falla (ATP Halle, F) Roger Federer defeated Kei Nishikori in the semi-finals of Halle to book his spot once more in the final match. This is Federer’s ninth appearance in the final of Halle, a tournament he has won on six occasions. Federer has played only two matches to make…
There is a possibility that there could be a final in Birmingham between Zhang Shuai and Barbora Zahlavova Strycova. For a premier event, this would be pretty staggering. Queens has also seen a number of notable upsets and the number two seed, Tomas Berdych joined the list of casualties from the ATP 250 event. Berdych…
The grass court season is throwing up its characteristic jamboree of eye catching results. Top of the list was Dustin Brown’s 6-4 6-1 victory over Rafael Nadal in Halle. Before you say anything about Rafa, Brown played a remarkable match. He absolutely went to town on Nadal’s serve and hit a shed load of return…
Second round action continues in Birmingham and Queens on Wednesday. On Tuesday, Ana Ivanovic and Daniela Hantuchova overcame dangerous opponents to reach the third round of the Aegon Classic. Ivanovic recovered from a 0-2 first set deficit to beat Mona Barthel, 6-4 6-1, meanwhile Hantuchova played a fabulous match to beat Belinda Bencic, 6-1 6-4. …
The main draws in Birmingham, Queens and Halle all kicked off today. My first round predictions for Birmingham are following a similar trend to 2013. Looking at my full draw predictions, i’ve never seen such a solid cluster of red. There were a number of surprising results; one of the more eye popping was Victoria…
Rafael Nadal conquered Roland Garros for the ninth time with a 3-6 7-5 6-2 6-4 over Novak Djokovic in Sunday. It was a final that had its moments, but never quite got going. Now we move very quickly on to the grass… keep up! Last year, I completely sucked at predicting anything correct on the…
Andy Murray v Marin Cilic (Queens, Final) Marin Cilic Queens had a rather calamitous day today as rain forced the first semi-final between Lleyton Hewitt and Marin Cilic (which had briefly begun on Centre) onto the No.1 court as Andy Murray and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga played on Centre. Both went to three sets, but it was…
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