Apologies for the lack of post on Thursday but it was my tennis club night and we had some stunning weather. I played a few doubles sets and ended with a couple of short singles sets. One of the sets was against someone who was much, much better than me. I was actually quite pleased…
My lunch break coincided with the start of the second set tiebreak between Petra Kvitova and Bethanie Mattek-Sands, which was good timing! The American won the first set on a tiebreak having saved two break points at *2-4 *15-40. Kvitova had the ascendancy in the second set tiebreak but with a missed opportunity for a…
I was travelling for the first few hours of play on the third day of action at Roland Garros and got back just in time for the end of the first match on Philippe Chatrier Court between the number seven seed, Johanna Konta and Hsieh Su-Wei. In a surprise result, it was Hsieh who came…
On the second day of Roland Garros 2017, my first live match was the third set of an absorbing tussle between Elise Mertens and Daria Gavrilova out on court 3. In the end it was the world number 59, Mertens who scored a superb win over the Strasbourg finalist and number 24 seed, Gavrilova, 7-6(4)…
Ready. Steady. Go! The first match of the 2017 French Open on the Philippe Chatrier Court saw the return of Petra Kvitova against the American, Julia Boserup. Just watching Petra walk out was special… Welcome back @Petra_Kvitova. We missed you! #RG17 pic.twitter.com/7sM0dkklkV — Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) May 28, 2017 On the very first point, Kvitova smacked a forehand…
Extending her winning streak to nine, Simona Halep reached the semi-finals of Rome with a 6-2 6-4 victory over the qualifier, Anett Kontaveit. I watched the last few games – Halep lost her double break in the second set and faced a break point that would have seen Kontaveit level up at 4-4. However, Halep held…
My tennis night was cancelled despite the forecast being completely clear at the start of the day. It has since proceeded to rain non-stop since 2pm! Sooo here I am with a bumper Thursday recap and Friday preview Set Points extravaganza. Anett Kontaveit is on a roll… in her 29th win of the year and with just…
Tuesday was another busy day in Rome with 13 second round matches – i’m mostly frustrated this week as I can’t watch much of the tennis. While I generally can’t stand Madrid, their late scheduling of matches was handy! Starting with the matches where I did get to see some tennis… Elina Svitolina scored a good…
This is a snappy Set Points for Tuesday as i’m feeling pretty drained from work. I didn’t get the chance to watch any tennis during lunch and unlike Monday, most of the matches were finished by the time I got home so there wasn’t a great deal of live tennis to watch this evening. Three second…
The main draw for the 2017 Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome kicked off on Monday with two of the most intriguing first round matches up first on the schedule. On the picturesque Pietrangeli court, there was a sad ending to the encounter between the number 14 seed, Barbora Strycova and Daria Kasatkina. After winning the first…
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