This post features three snap previews for Saturday’s order of play on Day 6 of the 2017 Wimbledon Championships including Caroline Wozniacki vs. Anett Kontaveit, Agnieszka Radwanska vs. Timea Bacsinszky and CoCo Vandeweghe vs. Alison Riske. For a recap of second round action from the top half of the women’s draw on Thursday, check out a…
Second round action will commence at the 2017 Australian Open on Wednesday with the number 20 seed and 2016 quarter-finalist, Zhang Shuai taking on the Shenzhen finalist, Alison Riske. Nicely nestled in a favourable section of the draw, the winner of this match will fancy their chances of reaching the second week. Both Zhang and Riske won…
Wednesday at the Volvo Car Open in Charleston will feature 14 second round matches, all of them to be streamed across TennisTV and Stre.am. This particular post covers two matches; Sloane Stephens v Danka Kovinic and Venus Williams v Alison Riske. For a full recap of day 1 action in Charleston, click HERE. 1. Sloane Stephens v Danka…
Day 1 – March 21, 2016 Within hours of arriving from New York City, I was already standing at the gates of the Miami Open to watch first round action from the men’s and women’s qualifying competitions. Because the qualifying days are some of the most poorly attended of the tournament (though there was not…
The top half of the women’s draw will kick off off proceedings on Monday with the likes of Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova, Agnieszka Radwanska and Petra Kvitova all in action. A first round preview for the match at the very top of the draw featuring Serena Williams and Camila Giorgi can be found HERE. This post covers…
Did someone speed up time or something because I can’t believe that the US Open is only a week away. The final tournament before the women head to Flushing Meadows is the Connecticut Open in New Haven. There have been string of withdrawals with the likes of Garbiñe Muguruza, Sloane Stephens, Belinda Bencic and Ekaterina…
1. Barbora Strycova v Sloane Stephens (Wimbledon, R1) This is a first round match!!! Sloane Stephens missed out on a seeding by nine places and it’s poor old Babs who has drawn the short straw. Since Indian Wells, Stephens has posted an 19-8 W-L record which has included semi-finals in Strasbourg and Eastbourne, quarter-finals in…
1. Belinda Bencic v Madison Keys (Eastbourne, R2) It’s like London buses… Belinda Bencic and Madison Keys had never met before on the WTA tour before the French Open but the pair will now play each other for the second time in a month. In their first ever match-up, Keys comprehensively defeated Bencic in the…
I will be trying to catch as many first round matches in Eastbourne as I can! I’m a bit tied up so there won’t be a tournament preview this week. However, with the 16 byes in the draw and quite a few uncertainties with players going deep in Birmingham, this is a tournament where it’s…
First round singles action concluded in Nottingham on Tuesday with Agnieszka Radwanska scoring a routine win over Alla Kudryavtseva, 6-0 6-3 in the last match of the day. It was a vital win for Aga who lost her first match at Roland Garros to Annika Beck. Kudryavtseva struggled to keep the ball in play in…
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