Sabine Lisicki continued her rich vein of form with a hard fought 7-6 2-6 6-2 victory over the number 5 seed, Agnieszka Radwanska. It was the first match of the hard court season I have managed to watch (well only the first set!) and it was of a pretty high standard. Lisicki was kept in…
Dominika Cibulkova, Marion Bartoli, Agniezska Radwanska and Maria Sharapova all moved into the Quarter-finals of Stanford. Cibulkova completed a difficult 6-4 2-6 6-3 victory over Christina Mchale. Mchale led 3-1 in the third set but could not pull her advantage through against the Slovakian. I have been particularly impressed with Mchale of late and fancied…
Its exactly 3 weeks since the end of Wimbledon and I have been in mourning for most of that time! But finally, we have some significant tennis on the horizon as the US Open Series begins tomorrow with a stellar line-up returning to action in Stanford. Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova who contested the final…
After the Federer match, we headed out to watch some tennis on the outside courts. Me and David have entered a fantasy tennis game where you pick ten male and female tennis players to amass points over the tournament. We were keen to follow some of our players so we headed over to court 10…
This years women’s tournament in Auckland sees a number of Russian stars taking to the court. Maria Sharapova is the number 1 seed and will be joined by fellow Russians, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Dinara Safina and the number 2 seed, Yanina Wickmayer. Sharapova will take on the talented Spaniard, Carla Suarez Navarro in round 1…
Caroline Wozniacki produced her best performance in a grand slam as she defeated Maria Sharapova, 6-3 6-4 in a superb 4th round encounter. The first set started with some electric rallies however the quality faded as Sharapova’s serve went AWOL giving away the first break of the match at 2-1 with 3 double faults in…
Kim Clijsters produced a fantastic comeback to defeat Maria Sharapova in the final of the womens premier event in Cincinnati. Clijsters was down 6-2 5-3 and saved 3MP’s before a thunderstorm hit Cincy. When the players returned, Clijsters managed to reduce the number of errors on her groundstrokes and started to dictate the points moving…
Stanford has witnessed some excellent womens matches this week but it is Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova who will battle it out for the title in what should be a high quality, all shrieking affair. Azarenka overcome a 6-3 3-1 deficit to beat Bartoli in the QF and then produced a polished performance to beat…
With Justine Henin pulling out and Serena Williams facing a race against time to be fit, Maria Sharapova and Kim Clijsters will go into the US Open as two of the favourites. Sharapova has struggled to reach her best form after undergoing shoulder surgery in 2008, however there were signs at Wimbledon that she was…
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