The draw for the 2018 French Open was unveiled on Thursday night. This post previews three of my favourite matches from the 64 first round matches which will be played over Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. I’d hoped to do a post of ten matches but just ran out time and want to do a draw…
This post previews three of the first round matches from the Rogers Cup main draw in Montreal, which begins on Monday. Apologies for the muted coverage over the past few days. Two of my best friends got married this weekend and I was on photography duties… it was a wonderful day :-). I’m feeling a bit more recharged now…
This post previews two first round matches on Wednesday’s schedule from the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix main draw in Stuttgart including Lucie Safarova v Karolina Pliskova and Andrea Petkovic v Kristina Mladenovic. In case you missed it, you can read a preview of the full main draw on mootennis.com HERE and highlights from day 1 at the tournament HERE. 1. Lucie Safarova (8)…
This post previews two of the first round matches set for Thursday’s order of play at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells with Denisa Allertova v Petra Cetkovska and Julia Goerges v Camia Giorgi. Indian Wells is always a strange one as it starts slowly with the seeds coming out to play from Friday. In case you missed it,…
This post previews two of the first round matches from the Dubai Duty Free Championships main draw set to be played on Tuesday including Ana Ivanovic v Daria Gavrilova and Belinda Bencic v Jelena Jankovic. In case you missed it, you can read a preview of the full main draw for the 2016 Dubai Duty Free…
Yanina Wickmayer and Jelena Ostapenko will meet in the first round of the St.Petersburg Ladies Trophy in what is sure to be a feisty affair. Wickmayer continues to blow hot and cold; her aggressive baseline game made her a regular in the top 30 between 2009 and 2012 but she has never managed to regain that kind…
This post previews six of the first round matches from the 2016 Brisbane International main draw including Sunday’s matches featuring Timea Bacsinszky v Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Alizé Cornet v Kristina Mladenovic. In case you missed it, you can read a (newly revamped!) preview of the full main draw on mootennis.com HERE. 1. Maria Sharapova (3) v Ekaterina Makarova A…
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