On Wednesday, Lucie Safarova officially retired from tennis. As many of you will know, Lucie has been my favourite player since I started supporting her back in 2014. I’ve always such admiration for her fighting spirit on court, and the respect and kindness that she has shown to her opponents and fans. She is genuinely…
Before Saturday’s final in Prague, there was a special ceremony for Lucie Safarova ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜. Kudos to the tournament for streaming the ceremony live on their Instagram page. The WTA TV stream then kicked in towards the end of the ceremony. I wish they’d been able to stream it from the start because it was on…
Second round matches will dominate the order of play on day 3 of the 2018 Wimbledon Championships. There are some great matches and big names involved such as Serena Williams, Venus Williams and Madison Keys. My three favourite second round matches were pretty clear cut for the bottom half and i’m hoping to see at…
By virtue of a quarter-final win at the Western & Southern Open with her partner, Barbora Strycova, it has been confirmed that Lucie Safarova will rise to world number in the doubles rankings next Monday! I’m absolutely thrilled for Lucie to add this achievement to her career highlights. Lucie and Barbora beat Ashleigh Barty and…
This post previews two fourth round matches to feature on Monday’s schedule at the Miami Open including Mirjana Lucic-Baroni up against Bethanie Mattek-Sands, and Dominika Cibulkova taking on Lucie Safarova.  All eight fourth round matches will be played in Miami on Monday and last year it produced one of the most exciting days of WTA tennis…
Heading into the US Open, Lucie Safarova and Bethanie Mattek-Sands had lost their last four matches together including first round losses at both the French Open and Wimbledon. Pairing up at the US Open for the first time since Wimby, Lucie and Beth have only gone and won the whole caboodle! They’ve made a habit…
This post previews two first round matches at the 2016 US Open including Serena Williams v Ekaterina Makarova and Lucie Safarova v Daria Gavrilova. Just before take-off, I managed to catch a few snippets of the draw via Twitter so it gave me something to do (aside from rewatch Bake Off again!) to write a…
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…
Magic Monday at Wimbledon will see all 16 singles matches played across both the women’s and men’s draws. Finally, the tournament is back on track after play on Middle Sunday took place for the first time since 2004. For previews of V.Williams v Suárez Navarro click HERE, Radwanska v Cibulkova click HERE and Halep v…
I’ve just got back from another amazing day at Wimbledon. It was a special day as it was my birthday and I got to see two of my favourite players, Lucie Safarova and Timea Bacsinszky both win their matches in straight sets. Read on for my recaps and photos. Note another Set Points round-up will…
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