1. Stanislas Wawrinka v Richard Gasquet Richard Gasquet The star of Monday’s schedule is between two of the nearly men who are both a joy to watch at times, but have let their mental frailties from reaching their true potential. Stanislas Wawrinka and Richard Gasquet have both had good, solid seasons and this should make…
1. Sorana Cirstea v Kaia Kanepi Sorana Cirstea The scheduling for the centre court at the Portugal Open is ridiculously ATP centric, but they have at least picked out the best of the women’s match to open proceedings as the defending champion, Kaia Kanepi takes on Sorana Cirstea. On paper it looks the best match,…
Francesca Schiavone This is just a quick note to say what a great day for the Brits with wins for Elena Baltacha, Anne Keothavong and James Ward! For so many years the media have ripped our British players to shreds for poor performances at Wimbledon so I hope there is much praise for them tomorrow. …
Yesterday I visited the AEGON Classic in Birmingham for quarter-finals action at the WTA International event. As you may have noticed there was not much play due to the weather, but it was still an interesting day as it was the first time I had ever been to this event. The Edgbaston Priory Club is…
The top three on Day 7: Li Na 1. Caroline Wozniacki v Kaia Kanepi Things could get sticky for Caroline Wozniacki in the 3rd round where she meets the big serving, big hitting Estonian, Kaia Kanepi. Both have looked in good form with two straight set wins under their belt so far. Kanepi won the…
The two WTA tournaments this week have seen a host of upsets so far with Roland Garros just four days away. There are just three seeds remaining in Brussels with Agnieszka Radwanska cruising into the final eight with a 6-1 6-0 victory over Lesia Tsurenko. She was joined in the quarter-finals by her sister Urszula…
Ana Ivanovic Ana Ivanovic overcame a potentially sticky opener as she beat Svetlana Kuznetsova, 6-4 6-3 in the stand-out first round match in Rome. Ivanovic had lost to the Russian in Fed Cup action several weeks ago, but she produced a fine performance to make it into the second round. Francesca Schiavone was the only…
David Nalbandian John Isner produced a heroic performance to defeat David Nalbandian in the best match of the tournament so far, 4-6 6-3 2-6 7-6 10-8. Isner was battling with cramps in the final set, but somehow managed to find a way to break Nalbandian. The final set was full of quality as the two…
Francesca Schiavone saved 2 match points to beat Jelena Jankovic, 5-7 7-6 6-3 and advance to the semi-finals. I mentioned yesterday that I was hoping for more drama and sure enough, they delivered up a treat! Jankovic wasted so many chances in this match; she was up 7-5 4-3 and then had 2 match points…
The 2012 tennis season officially kicked off last night in Brisbane with Francesca Schiavone posting the first win of the new season over Ksenia Pervak. Unfortunately, Pervak had to retire at 4-4 in the first set because of a migraine. In other matches, Kim Clijsters made a confident start to 2012 with a 6-1 6-4…
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