Since so many of the matches are going to be late in Miami and past my bedtime, I thought i’d go for an early Set Points to cover the first half of the day. Continuing on from Thursday’s line-up, there were four matches that were not completed due to the rain. The first of those…
Second round action commenced at the Miami Open on Thursday with Stadium court opening up with the number two seed, Karolina Pliskova. In less than an hour, the Czech player defeated Madison Brengle, 6-1 6-3. I was stuck at work for the first set of matches but I was naturally thrilled to see Lucie Safarova reach…
Day 2 of the Miami Open main draw was a packed line-up with a total of 20 matches on the schedule. This Set Points is everything that happened up until I went to bed! Starting the day was another three set tussle between Jelena Jankovic and Yaroslava Shvedova. Four of the pair’s five previous matches…
New week, new tournament… welcome to the 2017 Miami Open! Main draw action got underway on Tuesday (and is still ongoing as I write this but I wanted to get a post about before I sleep) with Duan Ying-Ying the first winner of the tournament, defeating Laura Siegemund, 7-6(6) 6-3. Starting as we mean to go…
With a first ever win over Caroline Wozniacki, Kristina Mladenovic came from a set down to book her place in the semi-finals of Indian Wells for the first time with a 3-6 7-6(4) 6-2 victory on another baking day in the desert. Wozniacki had played an excellent opening set, winning the majority of big points…
For the second straight day, Svetlana Kuznetsova opened up WTA proceedings on Stadium 1 with another accomplished display, overturning two recent straight set losses to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova with a straight sets win, 6-3 6-2. This was a very similar match to her fourth rounder against Garcia – she played a great opener buoyed by some…
Svetlana Kuznetsova was the first player into the quarter-finals of the 2017 BNP Paribas Open quarter-finals with a routine victory over Caroline Garcia, 6-1 6-4, on a lifeless Stadium 1 court. Kuznetsova hadn’t played a match in over a month before Indian Wells but she’s shown few signs of rust so far in the desert,…
In another scorching day in the desert, Angelique Kerber battled her way into the last 16, fending off a fierce charge from Pauline Parmentier to win, 7-5 3-6 7-5 in two hours and 35 minutes of gruelling tennis. Hats off to Parmentier who played a great match. Her inside-out forehand was at times, stunning, and…
Sunday began with the biggest upset so far in the desert as Caroline Garcia edged the number 11 seed, Johanna Konta in a third set tiebreak win, 3-6 6-3 7-6(1). Konta cruised through the first set on serve with Garcia labouring on return – I just couldn’t comprehend Garcia’s positioning inside the baseline to return which…
Angelique Kerber won her first match at Indian Wells since 2013, halting a four match losing streak in the desert with a routine straight sets win over Andrea Petkovic, 6-2 6-1 in just 58 minutes. It wasn’t a classic by any means but Kerber delivered a solid display with Petkovic committing many unforced errors, 24 to…
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