Sunday’s Set Points, French Open 2017 Day 1: Welcome back, Petra!

Ready. Steady. Go! The first match of the 2017 French Open on the Philippe Chatrier Court saw the return of Petra Kvitova against the American, Julia Boserup. Just watching Petra walk out was special… Welcome back @Petra_Kvitova. We missed you! #RG17 pic.twitter.com/7sM0dkklkV — Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) May 28, 2017 On the very first point, Kvitova smacked a forehand…

French Open 2016: Day 12 Quarter-Final Previews

Finally the rain abated to allow all the matches on Wednesday’s schedule to be completed. For Thursday, the remaining quarter-finals will be completed. I only just realised today that they played for two hours and one minute yesterday which meant that schedulers didn’t have to fork out for refunds… sounds a little shady to me!…

French Open 2016: Day 11 Quarter-Final Previews

Jeepers… another soggy day in Paris has left a backlog of matches in Paris. While the bottom half of the women’s draw has progressed to the quarter-final stage, the four fourth round matches from the top half are still to be completed. The previews for those matches are still relevant HERE. While the lack of…

French Open 2016: Quick thoughts on day 8 matches

Following the conclusion of the final women’s match of the day on Twitter (and with a spotty internet connection haha) between Daria Kasatkina and Kiki Bertens has destroyed me… Bertens missed five match points and then Kasatkina twice failed to serve out the match. Bertens eventually won, 10-8 in the decider. A huge win for Kiki (in…