1. Simona Halep v Daria Gavrilova There were rumours that Simona Halep may pull out of Indian Wells after a family tragedy, but that has not been the case as Simona will play her first match of the week on Friday. She goes up against Daria Gavrilova, who is enjoying a great start to 2015. …
WOW. Lucie Safarova won her biggest career title as she defeated Victoria Azarenka, 6-4 6-3 in the final of the 2015 Qatar Open. This was a tremendous week of tennis from Lucie as she beat Sam Stosur, Ekaterina Makarova, Andrea Petkovic, Carla Suarez Navarro and Azarenka. I would never have imagined at the start of…
LUCIE’S IN THE FINAL! WOOOOOOOO… And back to planet Earth. Lucie Safarova reached her first WTA final since Quebec City in 2013 with another superb display to defeat Carla Suarez Navarro in the semi-finals, 6-3 6-2. Safarova has been in terrific form this week and picked up right where she left off from in her…
Lucie Safarova produced a clinic on Thursday night as she sailed into the semi-finals of the 2015 Qatar Total Open with a 6-2 6-1 victory over Andrea Petkovic. Lucie hit a stunning 30 winners to just 9 unforced errors. To see stats like that in Doha is really something. Firstly, a word for Petko. She…
On Wednesday in Doha, Lucie Safarova claimed her first WTA top ten win since Wimbledon last year with a three set victory over Ekaterina Makarova, 6-2 6-7(5) 6-3. It was another match I ended up watching on live scores (it sounds like everyone was!) and it was one of those matches that makes you age…
First round action in Doha concluded on Tuesday with Alexandra Dulgheru’s victory over Alize Cornet in three sets, 6-4 3-6 6-1. Two of the Dubai semi-finalists had contrasting fortunes on Tuesday. Garbine Muguruza was forced to retire from her first round match against Carla Suarez Navarro due to a viral illness. She had served for…
Lucie Safarova advanced to the second round of Doha with a straight sets win over Sam Stosur, 7-6(3) 6-4 in one hour and 44 minutes in the last match on Monday. After losing to Sam in a tight three setter in Sydney earlier this year, Lucie turned the tables to record her 10th victory over…
After posting a couple of articles about Lucie Safarova last year, i’ve had the fortune of talking to quite a few Lucie fans both here on my blog and on social media. I was recently chatting to one of the most dedicated Lucie fans out there, @Mc_Mooo on Twitter about an idea for a project…
Lucie Safarova and Karolina Pliskova will play each other for the second consecutive week in the first of the Dubai quarter-finals at 2pm local time. Lucie had her best win since Wimbledon as she defeated the world number 11, Venus Williams, 6-4 6-2. Once again, I was following on the live scoreboard… this time, with…
Oh my days. Following Lucie Safarova‘s second round match in Dubai on the live scoreboard nearly destroyed me. After two hours and 52 minutes, Lucie defeated Casey Dellacqua, 6-7(6) 7-6(4) 7-5. Dellacqua had served for the match in the second set and came within two points of the win on multiple occasions. I expected Lucie to…
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