Serena Williams There are six tournaments this week to help deal with the Wimbledon blues! The women head to Stanford (USA) and Palermo (Italy), meanwhile the men are scattered in Stuttgart (Germany), Newport (USA), Umag (Croatia) and Bastad (Sweden)… having four tournaments in one week is just plain stupid, but thats what happens in an…
Serena Williams Serena Williams won her fifth Wimbledon title with a hard fought, 6-1 5-7 6-2 victory over Agnieszka Radwanska. At 6-1 4-2, it looked like it could be one of the quickest Wimbledon finals, but Radwanska staged an unlikely comeback as we saw the first three set Wimbledon womens final since 2006 when Amelie…
Serena Williams The 2012 Wimbledon womens final will be contested between Serena Williams and Agnieszka Radwanska. The semi-finals saw both progress in straight sets; Serena Williams produced one of the most extraordinary serving performances I have ever seen in the womens game as she threw down a staggering 24 aces against a helpless, Victoria Azarenka,…
Four women remain in the womens draw with one former champion, one breakthrough star of 2012 and two women battling it out for the coveted world number one spot. Angelique Kerber v Agnieszka Radwanska Angelique Kerber Agnieszka Radwanska and Angelique Kerber have been two of the most consistent performers on the WTA tour this year…
Petra Kvitova I have just spent an exciting day at Wimbledon today (report/photos to follow in the coming days!!!) so I have limited time to do my quarter-final preview for the womens but here we go…. Serena Williams v Petra Kvitova All year I have been waiting to see this match and FINALLY it has…
Serena Williams Li Na (8) v Serena Williams (9) Li progressed to the semi-finals with a win over Dominika Cibulkova, 6-1 7-6. It was another inconsistent display from Li who played some great tennis in the first set but struggled to finish the match off in the second. I think having seen Azarenka pull out…
Serena Williams Serena Williams claimed her second title of the year with a dominant 6-1 6-3 thrashing of Victoria Azarenka in the final. It was a limp display from Azarenka who only showed very small glimpses of what she can really do on the court. She served poorly throughout with 6 double faults, which is…
Victoria Azarenka and Serena Williams set up a blockbuster final in Madrid. In the semi-finals, Azarenka recorded her sixth win of the year against Agnieszka Radwanska, 6-2 6-4. It was another disappointing performance from Radwanska who was given several chances by the world number one in the second set but failed to assert her authority…
Lucie Hradecka The semi-finals were all set in Madrid with three names you could have predicted, but one major surprise. The qualifier, Lucie Hradecka joined Agnieszka Radwanska, Victoria Azarenka and Serena Williams in the final four with a 7-6 7-6 victory over Sam Stosur. There were no breaks in this quarter-final with rock solid serving…
Serena Williams hit 40 winners as she beat the Budapest runner-up Elena Vesnina, 6-3 6-1 and set up a second round clash with Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova at the Mutua Madrilena Open. Serena served particularly well including hitting four aces in one game in the second set. She produced some beautiful angles throughout the match and defended…
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