Lucie, Lucie, Lucie… that’s three Lucie’s to match her number of hard court wins in 2016! 😉 Safarova scored a decent first round win over Varvara Lepchenko, 7-5 6-3. The story of the first set was missed break point opportunities – the first 14 break points (8 for Varvara and 6 for Lucie) were all missed/saved.…
The match of the day on Monday’s schedule was the second match on Ashe between Venus Williams and Karolina Pliskova. It’s so good when an anticipated match lives up to expectation… Karolina Pliskova saved a match point to defeat Venus Williams, 4-6 6-4 7-6(3) in a thrilling third set crescendo. The first two sets were…
Simona Halep battled to a three set victory over Timea Babos in the first match on Ashe. The stats weren’t pretty but Halep’s post-match interview may have explained her increasingly passive performance. Simona Halep after escaping with the win: "I don't know how I came back." Says her back has been "blocked" the last two…
In third round action at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, Angelique Kerber and Barbora Strycova played out a brutal match in the sun on Grandstand court. Kerber won the battle of Rio medallists, prevailing in two tight sets, 7-6(5) 6-4. Kerber wrapped up the first set on a crazy set point; she couldn’t get the…
Rain caused a delay to the schedule but the sun soon made an appearance! Four first round matches were held over from Tuesday; Andrea Petkovic scored a big win over Lucie Safarova, 6-4 6-7(4) 6-2 in two hours and 29 minutes. Petkovic lost the second set having wavered with three match points at 6-5 but…
It seems to be a continuing storyline of the 2016 season as rain continues to follow the tour… EVERYWHERE. Tuesday was another stop-start day with many showers about. Four first round matches failed to finish which means a number of players will have to play twice on Wednesday on what is a monster schedule of…
MONICA PUIG. .@MonicaAce93 wins a FIRST EVER #Olympics #Gold medal for #PUR after defeating Angelique Kerber 64 46 61 at #Rio2016 pic.twitter.com/KbaToclo1s — ITF Olympic Tennis (@OlympicsTennis) August 13, 2016 Say hello to the first Gold medalist from Puerto Rico — Monica Puig! #PicaPower pic.twitter.com/YXw6JZvcff — TennisNow (@Tennis_Now) August 13, 2016 In a tremendous women’s…
Take a bow, Monica Puig! The 22-year-old Puerto Rican thrashed the number three seed and French Open champion, Garbiñe Muguruza, 6-1 6-1 in just 65 minutes. It’s yet another great WTA storyline in 2016 and this one still has legs… PICAAAAAAA WHAT A VICTORY!! So so so proud of you girl @MonicaAce93 😍🎉 pic.twitter.com/RmuAIsYyPM — Lodo…
Peak Petra! Crunching away 43 winners, Kvitova played a fine match to beat Caroline Wozniacki, 6-2 6-4 in the first match on Centre Court. The only negative point was that Kvitova needed two attempts to serve it out but all in all, a super win. It was so fun to play on this great stadium! Thank…
Serena Williams won her first match at Rio 2016, overcoming Daria Gavrilova in a scrappy yet entertaining first round match, 6-4 6-2. Serena failed to serve out the first set at *5-3 with Gavrilova playing a brilliant return game but Serena stepped it up herself on return to bag the opener. There were a number of…
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