I’ve enjoyed a break from tennis for the past two weeks but i’m looking forward to Stuttgart next week! Before the main draw preview drops at the weekend, this is a Set Points catch-up on what i’ve missed out on. Of course, there was some big news yesterday when it was confirmed that Serena Williams is pregnant…
The first winner on quarter-finals day in Charleston was Daria Kasatkina who produced one of the best performances of her season so far to defeat Irina-Camelia Begu for the third time in 2017, 6-4 6-1. Kasatkina is into her first semi-final of 2017 and played a very positive match. Taking on board the words of…
Most of my viewing from the Volvo Car Open on Thursday was the Dasha squared match which started at the perfect time for me after playing tennis. In another three setter, Daria Kasatkina beat Daria Gavrilova, 6-3 4-6 6-0 to reach back-to-back quarter-finals in Charleston and win three matches in a row for the first time…
Daria Kasatkina opened Wednesday’s order of play on the Volvo Car Stadium with a 6-0 6-7(3) 6-2 victory over Monica Puig. In yet another three setter between the pair, it was a huge win for Dasha who had let slip a 6-0 2-0 lead and saved two break points at 2-2 in the decider. There were…
Play started two hours earlier on Tuesday at the Volvo Car Open in Charleston – I tuned into see Mona Barthel serve for the match against Jennifer Brady, first up on Althea Gibson Club Court. I’ve watched enough Barthel matches to know that serving out matches can be dicey but this was a solid close from Mona,…
Monday marked the first day of main draw action at the 2017 Volvo Car Open and sadly, the first match on the Volvo Car Stadium ended in a retirement. In floods of tears, Katerina Siniakova was forced to retire in the third set with a back injury, which she had a medical time-out for midway…
The first quarter-final of the day was a cracker on paper and it delivered in parts. From a set down and within two points of losing the match, Johanna Konta rallied to defeat Simona Halep, 3-6 7-6(7) 6-2 in two hours and 30 minutes. The win had looked far off for Konta in the first…
The first pair of quarter-finals was played at the Miami Open on Tuesday. Karolina Pliskova produced a clutch performance to gain revenge on Mirjana Lucic-Baroni who had won their previous match at the same stage of the Australian Open. From a break down in both sets and in a closer match than the scoreline suggested, Pliskova…
The first completed match of the day saw Johanna Konta deliver a superb display to beat the in-form, Pauline Parmentier, 6-4 6-0. The Brit was missing groundstrokes and returns early on but soon found her range, winning the last seven games. Konta dropped just seven points on her serve and didn’t face any break points…
After a challenging 18 months for Lucie Safarova, the tide seems to be turning in singles. In Saturday’s first match of the day on court 2, Safarova beat Ajla Tomljanovic, 6-1 6-3 to book her place in the last 16 of the Miami Open. It’s taken Lucie a long time to get over the health issues…
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