After watching Riske finally see off Cornet in two tight sets (Set Points part one for Sunday HERE), I headed over to Court 3 to see Timea Bacsinszky and Svetlana Kuznetsova in doubles action together against Andreja Klepac and Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez. Since Lucie’s not here, i’m all in on watching Timea and I…
Sunday saw the conclusion of qualifying matches and the start of the main draw at the 2017 Aegon International in Eastbourne. Before play began at 11am, I found Angelique Kerber practising on Court 5. There had been some murmurings as to whether Kerber was going to play Eastbourne as she returned to Mallorca after pulling…
A hearty welcome from Eastbourne! I arrived on Friday night after a drama-free train journey, which was a relief after last year. I’m excited to say that I am media once again so i’m hoping to bring you plenty of posts and photos covering the WTA tournament over the next week. It’s my first year…
The quarter-final line-up is all set for the Aegon Classic in Birmingham and it’s looking good! First up on Centre Court on Thursday was the number two seed, Elina Svitolina against Camila Giorgi. The dangerous Italian, who has had some great results on grass, scored her second top ten win of the year with a…
Daria Gavrilova and Katerina Siniakova kicked off second round action at the Aegon Classic in Birmingham on Wednesday. Gavrilova prevailed in a lengthy three setter, 7-5 2-6 6-4 in two hours and 24 minutes. I watched the first set during my lunch break which was a tortuous affair with many twists and turns. Siniakova still…
Tuesday was a busy day in Birmingham and Mallorca with 26 singles matches on the schedule. I’m melting as I write this so i’m going to keep it relatively brief. First up on the Ann Jones Centre Court in Birmingham was Petra Kvitova up against Tereza Smitkova. I watched the second set and was really…
One more week to go at work until my holiday and two and a half weeks off… nearly there! My focus will switch solely to Eastbourne from Friday when i’ll be heading down to the South coast for the week. The main draw for the Aegon Classic in Birmingham began on Monday with four first…
Nottingham and ‘s-Hertogenbosch are over for another year with Donna Vekic and Anett Kontaveit being crowned champions respectively. For Kontaveit, this was her first title at WTA level and continues what has been a superb breakthrough 2017 season. Kontaveit beat Natalia Vikhlyantseva in Sunday’s final, 6-2 6-3. The match was closer than the scoreline suggested…
A busy few days for me so here’s a bumper Saturday’s Set Points to catch up on the last three days. We’re enjoying some lovely weather in the UK right now and i’m writing this with a Pimms! I was planning to go to Birmingham qualifying today but decided the 6am alarm was just too…
Wednesday was a pretty quiet singles day in Nottingham with the first four second round matches of the tournament all decided in straight sets. While all unseeded, Ashleigh Barty, Tsvetana Pironkova and Donna Vekic have all had excellent results on the grass so it’s no surprise to see them starting off strongly in Nottingham. Kristie…
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