Victoria Azarenka v Sam Stosur Victoria Azarenka has danced through to the quarter-finals of the US Open for the first time in her career. She is yet to lose more than two games in any of the eight sets she has played and next faces Sam Stosur. The reigning US Open champion has looked solid…
The Top 4 on Day 7 Stosur 1. Laura Robson v Sam Stosur Laura Robson has created real shockwaves this tournament by beating both Kim Clijsters and Li Na on her way to a historic first appearance in the 4th round of a Grand Slam. She faces another Grand Slam champion and not just any…
Sharapova is out of Montreal I may have had the worst day in my prediction history as I correctly predicted just one out of ten of the womens matches yesterday! Yesterday saw a few surprises but none more so than Sesil Karatantcheva‘s 6-0 6-0 demolition of Sorana Cirstea! It is also worth noting that Maria…
I did not get any tickets for Wimbledon this year in the public ballot, but was very thankful that my brother got tickets and decided to take me! He got tickets for Magic Monday on No.1 Court, which is one of the hottest tickets in the whole two weeks of Wimbledon as both the mens…
The Top 4 Womens matches on Day 7 Angelique Kerber 1. Kim Clijsters v Angelique Kerber For tennis fans who follow the game all year round, I think there will be some surprise to see the match between Kim Clijsters and Angelique Kerber shunted out on court three. I think this has the potential to…
The Top 3 on Day 3 Tsvetana Pironkova 1. Maria Sharapova v Tsvetana Pironkova Sharapova faces a potentially tricky second round match against Pironkova. The Bulgarian has had a largely ineffective year so far, but always comes alive for the grass court season. She has made the semi-finals and quarter-finals at Wimbledon in the last…
Maria Sharapova Maria Sharapova beat Sara Errani in the 2012 French Open final, 6-3 6-2 to claim her fourth and sweetest Grand Slam title following the trials and tribulations of her shoulder injury. It looked like it might be a very one-sided affair when Sharapova raced into a 4-0 first set lead, but Errani found…
The French Open has thrown up a number of surprises in the women’s draw in previous years; who would have thought at the start of the 2010 championships, Francesca Schiavone would be the last woman standing and then nearly repeat her success one year later, only to be denied by another unfancied name in Li…
Sam Stosur v Sara Errani The first womens semi-final will see two players who both love the clay and use this surface to their ultimate advantage. Sam Stosur has had a remarkably consistent tournament so far having yet to drop a set in six matches. After Victoria Azarenka was knocked out of her section, she…
The top 4 on Day 11 Maria Sharapova 1. Maria Sharapova v Kaia Kanepi Maria Sharapova suffered a major struggle in the fourth round as she battled for over three hours to overcome Klara Zakopalova, 6-4 6-7 6-2. In difficult conditions, Sharapova served 12 double faults and was broken on nine occasions, but showed she…
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