The first two matches of the day on the National Tennis Stadium saw Madison Keys and Roberta Vinci both start with a brilliant bagel against Chinese opposition, but need three sets to prevail. Keys beat Duan Ying-Ying, 6-0 4-6 6-1, while Vinci came from a break down in the final set to edge past Zheng Saisai,…
Petra Kvitova maintained her record of winning a WTA title every year since 2011 with another sensational display, blasting her way to the title with a 6-1 6-1 win over Dominika Cibulkova in the final which lasted just 52 minutes. First title of 2016 for @Petra_Kvitova! #WuhanOpenTennis pic.twitter.com/Ht7ofJFVHk — WTA (@WTA) October 1, 2016 It was…
The highlight of Wednesday’s schedule was a match-of-the-year contender between Angelique Kerber and Petra Kvitova that lasted three hours and 20 minutes. Petra prevailed for the best win of her year, 6-7(10) 7-5 6-4. I watched the first set during my lunch break which turned into a long one! Kvitova should have edged a brutal…
Tuesday was a busy day in Wuhan and a surprisingly successful day for the seeds with eight of the ten in action progressing to the third round. We’ve become used to upsets this year but actually, there’s been some stability among the world’s top ten during the second half of the season. The highest seed to fall…
After two retirements on the first day of main draw action in Wuhan, four more followed on a hot and sticky Monday in Wuhan. These included the following… Simona Halep d. Irina-Camelia Begu, 6-3 2-0 ret. Yulia Putintseva d. Anastasija Sevastova, 6-1 4-1 ret. Madison Brengle d. Heather Watson, 6-3 2-1 ret. Misaki Doi d. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova,…
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…
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