5. Sam Stosur d. Serena Williams 6-2 6-3 (US Open) The scoreline of this match may not represent a great match, but the drama, the occasion and the tennis on show was truly fantastic. The US Open final provided us with one of the biggest upsets of the season. Serena was heavily favoured to win…
10. Sam Stosur d. Nadia Petrova 7-6 6-7 7-5 (US Open) Stosur and Petrova fought out a truly epic third round encounter at the US Open, which was the longest ever women’s match at the US Open in the tiebreak era at three hours and 21 minutes. If I had actually watched this match live,…
15. Andrea Petkovic d. Jelena Jankovic 2-6 6-2 6-4 (Miami) This was one of a number of excellent matches that littered the draw of Miami this year. Petkovic and Jankovic fought out in the quarter-finals in what was their first ever encounter against each other. The first two sets were good although they were not…
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova progressed to her second Grand Slam quarter-final this year with a hard fought victory over Francesca Schiavone, 5-7 6-3 6-4. I watched the third set, which was an intriguing encounter. After an early exchange of breaks, both players held serve throughout the set. Schiavone was the more creative player as she moved Pav…
Serena Williams beat Victoria Azarenka, 6-1 7-6 in a match which produced some of the best women’s tennis of the tournament. The first set was particularly underwhelming as a nervous Azarenka was totally overrawed by Serena who served and returned impeccably. The big difference between the two was the serves; Azarenka missed a number of…
Francesca Schiavone overcame a second set blip and a host of double faults to see off Galina Voskoboeva, 6-3 1-6 6-4. Schiavone was surprisingly poor on serve throughout the match with 16 double faults to her name including 3 in a row whilst serving for the macth at 5-3. However she was let off the…
I visited Eastbourne for the first time last year and had such an amazing day that I was certain that I must visit again this year! I had been waiting for this day for agesss and as you can imagine, I was literally bouncing off the walls with excitement! The line-up for this year was…
After another exhausting and long season for the top female tennis players, the top 8 for the year move onto Doha to battle it out for the season ending championships title. The final women’s tournaments saw Ana Ivanovic triumph in Linz without losing a set, Victoria Azarenka produce a powerful and commanding display in Moscow…
Elena Dementieva continued her impressive form this week as she beat fellow Russian Vera Zvonareva, 7-5 6-2 in their Quarter-final on Thursday. The first set was a high quality affair with a number of excellent baseline rallies; Zvonareva served for the set at 5-3 however she was unable to capitalise as Dementieva went on a…
The first of the women’s quarter finals were completed on Wednesday night as Venus Williams and Kim Clijsters set up a SF clash. Venus Williams defeated Francesca Schiavone in a tight two setter, 7-6 6-4 and in blustery conditions. In the first set, Venus twice went a break up but failed to consolidate the break…
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