The second week of the season is a much quieter affair with just the two WTA tournaments in Sydney and Hobart. I’ll be focusing on Sydney this week which, despite a late flurry of withdrawals, has still attracted a superb line-up with six of the world’s top 10. After a lovely long break over Christmas,…
It”s been a great start to the 2019 season with the first champion of the year crowned in Shenzhen. The Hopman Cup also finished (perhaps forever?) with a a dramatic conclusion in the mixed doubles match. Sunday will see the two finals in Brisbane and Auckland, as well as the qualifying matches in Sydney. Still…
Thursday was a quieter day of tennis with Shenzhen mostly rained off and Brisbane splitting their quarter-finals across two days. I’m still riding the tennis wave for the first week of the new season. I’ve barely watched anything live, but really enjoying catching up with matches on WTA TV. Read on for recaps of the…
The quarter-finals are already set in Brisbane and Shenzhen where the “expect the unexpected” tagline for the WTA has shone bright like a beacon! There are three seeds remaining in Brisbane and only two in Shenzhen. Most of the players who have been causing the upsets though have all been on the radar, showcasing the…
The new tennis season is well underway with action in Brisbane, Auckland, Shenzhen and the Hopman Cup. I always feel rather overwhelmed in the first few days of a new season because there is always so much going on and across multiple tournaments. I’m on a tennis high right now so riding this wave for…
The final week of the 2018 WTA season is upon us with the WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai. I was very much looking forward to watching and blogging about the tournament this week with such a stunning line-up. However, the coverage on WTA TV has been very disappointing. The first day was streamed as normal.…
It was only fitting that the 2018 WTA Finals would finish with another gruelling three setter. Ten of the 15 matches in Singapore this week have gone the distance in what has been a week of close, competitive matches. It was Elina Svitolina who triumphed on Sunday, beating Sloane Stephens in the final, 3-6 6-2…
The 2018 WTA Finals final is all set after another pair of three setters on semi-final Saturday! Sloane Stephens and Elina Svitolina will contest Sunday’s final after the eight and ninth three set matches of the week. I can’t remember a WTA Finals that has produced so many close matches. It’s a testament to the…
The semi-finals for the 2018 WTA Finals in Singapore are all set after the red group wrapped up on Friday. Sloane Stephens and Kiki Bertens both won to join Elina Svitolina and Karolina Pliskova in the last four. The semi-finalists are the five to eight seeds with the top four seeds all vanquished! This post…
Elina Svitolina and Karolina Pliskova advanced to the semi-finals of the 2018 WTA Finals in Singapore after contrasting wins on the final day of round robin action from the white group. Pliskova confirmed her place in the last four with a straight sets win, 6-3 6-4, over Petra Kvitova. The final match from the group…
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