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…
Third round action in Madrid opened on Manolo Santana Court with home favourite, Lara Arruabarrena going up against Anastasija Sevastova. It was a surprise to see this match get top court billing and I can only assume that Carla Suárez Navarro had not wanted to play on the top court? Sevastova needed three attempts to…
After the excitement of Sunday and Monday, Tuesday was a much quieter day in Madrid with nine second round matches. The most intriguing match from the day session was CoCo Vandeweghe up against Laura Siegemund. Both are well known for their antics on court! Despite wasting a set and a break lead, Vandeweghe eventually ended…
After the hectic weekend where 32 first round matches were played, Monday had a much calmer vibe with just seven matches on the schedule. The results though were anything but with six of the seven matches going to three sets… second round action on the Manolo Santana opened with a rather sizeable upset on paper…
The first round of Madrid is one of the busiest weekends of tennis with 32 first round matches. Ten were played on Saturday and a further 22 on a sumptuous Sunday of WTA action. Opening up Sunday’s Manolo Santana schedule was Angelique Kerber who scored a decent win over Timea Babos, 6-4 6-2. Aside from two…
It’s a busy weekend of tennis with the finals for Prague and Rabat set and the main draw of Madrid starting on Saturday. Firstly in Prague, Saturday’s all-unseeded final will be contested between Mona Barthel and Kristyna Pliskova. Barthel has won seven (!) matches, coming through qualifying and even saving three match points in her…
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