1. Sabine Lisicki v Maria Sharapova Maria Sharapova Normally these two meet on a grass court, but Maria Sharapova and Sabine Lisicki will play each other for the first time on clay tomorrow in the third round of Madrid. Sharapova was delayed by the dramas of the Djokovic-Dimitrov match last night so was in no…
Maria Sharapova An exciting week of tennis on both the ATP and WTA tours has concluded with Maria Sharapova defeating Li Na in the Stuttgart final and Rafael Nadal beating Nicolas Almagro in the Barcelona final. Sharapova was on fire today, raising her game by several levels compared to her performance against Angelique Kerber yesterday,…
Li Na The WTA Stuttgart final will feature the top two seeds, Maria Sharapova and Li Na, who will square off for the 14th time on the WTA tour. For the third time this week, Sharapova was forced into a deciding set having won the opening set of her match. Each match has been progressively…
A rough week of predictions in Stuttgart for moi so far! Let’s see if I can improve for the semi-finals… 1.Maria Sharapova v Angelique Kerber Maria Sharapova For the second day in a row, Maria Sharapova was stretched to three sets as she fended off a late surge from Ana Ivanovic, who certainly had her…
Maria Sharapova Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova will contest the second Premier Mandatory final of the year at the Sony Open in Miami. After a shaky few rounds from Serena, she turned on the style in her semi-final with a 6-0 6-3 crushing of Agnieszka Radwanska. Serena was flawless, particularly in the opening set and…
Serena Williams v Agnieszka Radwanska Serena Williams The top two seeds, Serena Williams and Agnieszka Radwanska have progressed to the Miami semi-finals where they will meet for their first clash of 2013. Serena has not been at her best this week as she fought back from 6-2 4-1 down against Dominika Cibulkova in the 4th…
1. Maria Sharapova v Sara Errani Maria Sharapova A rematch of the Indian Wells quarter-final between Maria Sharapova and Sara Errani will take place in Miami; in fact Sharapova and Errani are the only two players to have made quarter-finals at both Indian Wells and Miami. Errani has had another excellent week; she tore past…
Maria Sharapova The womens tournament has not been a classic so far in Indian Wells, but we should get a good final between Caroline Wozniacki and Maria Sharapova, who are both hunting for their first silverware in 2013 tomorrow. Wozniacki edged Angelique Kerber, 2-6 6-4 7-5 in an entertaining moonball-fest of a semi-final, meanwhile Sharapova…
Maria Sharapova v Maria Kirilenko Maria Kirilenko Maria Sharapova has been far from her best in Indian Wells, despite not losing a set in her four matches. She did come close though to losing one in her quarter-final with Sara Errani, saving two set points in a tight opener before coming through 7-6(6) 6-2. Her…
1. Petra Kvitova v Maria Kirilenko (Wednesday) Petra Kvitova The improving consistency of Maria Kirilenko has been there for all to see this year as she notched an upset win over Agnieszka Radwanska in the 4th round, recovering from a 3-1 third set deficit to post an impressive 6-1 4-6 7-5 victory in 2 hours…
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