The biggest upset in singles by ranking on day 1 of Rio 2016 saw Zheng Saisai defeat the number four seed, Agnieszka Radwanska, 6-4 7-5. I’ve written a lot about Zheng in the past few months and how impressed I have been with her performances. Everything seemed to come together for her on this occasion as she…
I love a good fairytale run and there have been so many on the WTA tour this year in 2016. The one that stands out for me so far… Samantha Crawford reaching the semi-finals of Brisbane Monica Puig reaching the final of Sydney Zhang Shuai and Jo Konta reaching the latter stages of the Australian…
Just three seeds went out on Wednesday which compared to what we’ve seen on the WTA tour throughout most of 2016, was a shock in itself. While not the highest seed to go out, the most eye-popping scoreline was in the third match on Central as Eugenie Bouchard beat the number 11 seed, Dominika Cibulkova,…
The match of the day came on Central as Eugenie Bouchard edged past Lucie Safarova, 3-6 6-3 7-6(3). It was a really fun match and there was some superb shotmaking in the third set… obviously it wasn’t the result I hoped for but congrats to Genie on a big win. Lucie did so well to force the…
Rain, rain, RAINNNNN. Most of the schedule did get finished on day 1 of the Rogers Cup in Montreal but it was one of those frustrating stop-start days. There is a cloud that follows @WTA this year… 🌧 — Daria Gavrilova (@Daria_gav) July 25, 2016 Gavrilova was the first winner of the day, beating Annika…
The first match of the day in Stanford produced an upset as Zheng Saisai defeated the number seven seed, Alizé Cornet, 6-4 6-1. It looked set to be a long match after Zheng needed six deuces to get her first hold of serve. The opener was a gruelling affair and there were many long baseline…
Camila Giorgi snapped a four match losing streak and earnt a first ever win over Eugenie Bouchard, 7-5 6-4 in Tuesday’s opening match of the day in Washington. It was a reasonably solid display from Giorgi who kept Bouchard off-balance with her aggressive depth and pounced at the end of each set with the Canadian…
Clay court tournaments in Gstaad and Bucharest concluded on Sunday with home players both winning! Simona Halep was not a surprise champ in Bucharest as the number one seed and only top 20 player competing. However, Viktorija Golubic was an unexpected winner in the inaugural tournament in Gstaad, which miraculously finished on time in glorious sunshine following…
Wednesday was quarter-finals days for the men with Centre Court having an amazing day with two five setters. Today is my last day of leave from work… the last three weeks have been amazing 🙂 I’ve got a few final posts to wrap up for Wimbledon 2016. I’m hoping to co-ordinate my lunch break tomorrow to…
The damp and dreary first week feels so long ago and Wimbledon 2016 is back on track with the women’s semi-finals all set! Quarter-finals day didn’t quite live up to the lofty heights of 2015 where three of the matches went the distance. This year’s slate of quarter-finals were all decided in straight sets but produced some…
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