In a repeat of their Indian Wells quarter-final earlier this year, Karolina Pliskova and Daria Kasatkina will resume their head-to-head on the clay courts of Rome. When the pair played in the desert in March, Pliskova produced arguably her best performance of the season so far, hitting a sensational 30 winners to 10 unforced errors…
Both ranked inside the world’s top 30, the opener between Andrea Petkovic and Madison Keys is a brutal draw befitting of the quality of first round matches in Rome. Last week in Madrid, Petkovic faced off in the first round against the Rabat champion, Timea Bacsinszky. While she put up an admirable fight, especially having been in tears in during a medical…
The women’s draw at the Mutua Madrid Open concluded on Saturday with Simona Halep defeating Dominika Cibulkova, 6-2 6-4 in the final to claim her 12th title and a first since Indian Wells. It’s now goodbye to Madrid and a hearty hello to Rome! The Internazionali BNL d’italia main draw begins on Monday with a…
Maria Sharapova came from a set down to defeat Carla Suarez Navarro, 4-6 7-5 6-1 in the final of the 2015 Internzionali BNL d’Italia. There was plenty of drama in the first and second sets but overall, the quality wasn’t great. There was always a concern in my head that this could be a repeat…
The final of the 2015 Internazionali BNL d’Italia will be contested between Maria Sharapova and Carla Suarez Navarro with the match set to start at 1.30pm local time in Rome. In the first of the semi-finals, Suarez Navarro held on for her fourth victory against Simona Halep on clay, winning through, 2-6 6-3 7-5 in…
1. Daria Gavrilova v Maria Sharapova (Rome, SF) Three of the Rome semi-finalists are pretty standard. The story of this week though has been the run of Daria Gavrilova. The 21-year old has had a magnificent week, coming through qualifying and winning four main draw matches including back-to-back three set thrillers against Belinda Bencic and…
Friday’s night match will feature a second match-up this year between Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka. Preceding the Wawrinka-Nadal quarter-final, this is a night session schedule that I can get on board with! Sharapova enjoyed a solid win over Bojana Jovanovski in the third round, 6-3 6-3. The Russian world number three was a break…
1. Daria Gavrilova v Christina McHale (Rome, QF) Oh I do love the WTA. If anyone predicted that Daria Gavrilova and Christina McHale would play a quarter-final in Rome, I DON’T BELIEVE YOU! McHale advanced via a walkover from Serena Williams who withdrew with a right elbow injury. McHale beat Sara Errani in the second…
I just finished watching the third set of the torrid third round match between Carla Suarez Navarro and Eugenie Bouchard… Jeepers, my eyes! Carla eventually prevailed, 6-7(2) 7-5 7-6(7) in three hours and two minutes. The third set tiebreak was painful from both players, but especially Bouchard. This was a really tough loss for the…
It’s been a while since i’ve had the opportunity to write a preview involving Eugenie Bouchard. The last couple of months have been ROUGH for Genie. The world number six had lost her last six matches, of which five had come against players outside of the top 50. Chuck in handshake gate and it’s been…
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