We’re getting to the business end of Doha with the semi-finals up on Saturday. Unfortunately semi-finals has become singular with semi-final after Simona Halep was forced to pull out of the tournament following her quarter-final win. It’s such a shame because the last four line-up was totally lit! Read on for the highlights from Friday…
The last eight is all set at the 2018 Qatar Total Open in Doha with five of the top eight seeds still alive. There is just one unseeded player left in the draw in what has been a week of few shocks. There are many familiar faces left with five of the quarter-finalists having already…
I’ve decided to start blogging again with the WTA tour for the Doha-Dubai double. While i’m not expecting to be posting as much as I have done in the past, I am excited to get back to writing! Bear with me as I get back into the swing of things. I won’t be doing prediction…
A place in Zhuhai and the world’s top 20 will be up for grabs in Saturday’s mega Moscow final between Daria Kasatkina and Julia Goerges. Despite all the upsets, I think it’s a super final at the last Premier stop of the year. Kasatkina scored her fourth win over Irina-Camelia Begu in 2017, winning 6-2…
Daria Kasatkina was the first player into the semi-finals of Moscow with a 6-4 6-3 victory over Aliaksandra Sasnovich. There were 12 breaks in 19 service games as both players struggled on serve, yet were potent on return. Kasatkina has now won 12 of her last 16 matches and by virtue of this result, will…
Upsets are common at the end of a long, tiring season and Moscow has certainly delivered on that front with the top four seeds exiting the tournament on Wednesday. The number one seed, Kristina Mladenovic managed to win her first set since August but couldn’t stop the rot, losing her tenth consecutive match to Aliaksandra…
A battle between two recent WTA finalists, Maria Sharapova and Magdalena Rybarikova, was one of the highlights in Moscow on Tuesday. Moscow has never been one for big crowds – it was great to see the stands packed! It didn’t pan out as the crowd would have liked as Rybarikova maintained her excellent form from…
Monday saw the start of main draw action at the final WTA regulation tournaments of 2017 in Moscow and Luxembourg. The first match of the day in Russia saw Katerina Siniakova score a rare win, beating Donna Vekic, 6-0 6-2 in 49 minutes. This was Siniakova’s first win since Wuhan and in the second round,…
Maria Sharapova won her first WTA title since 2015, beating the 19-year-old, Aryna Sabalenka in Sunday’s Tianjin final of bold and fearless ballstriking, 7-5 7-6(8). If you like big hitting then this was the final for you! It was a thoroughly entertaining watch with the drama peaking in the second set tiebreak – even the…
Thursday was a disappointing day for the crowd in Hong Kong as half of the scheduled singles matches didn’t take to the court – the number one and three seeds, Elina Svitolina and Caroline Wozniacki respectively were both forced to pull out of the tournament ahead of their second round matches. Nicole Gibbs received a…
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