Less than a month ago, everyone was selling their shares in Angelique Kerber following a rough run that saw her win just two WTA singles matches in the space of six tournaments. Heading into Stuttgart, there was renewed optimism surrounding Kerber after she reignited her year with a title run in Charleston, coming back from…
Pre-tournament buzz was centered around the potential third round clash between Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova. Despite Belgium’s best efforts, it’s onnnnn. Both players came through their second round matches in straight sets; Sharapova overcame Yanina Wickmayer, 6-1 7-5 and Azarenka defeated Kirsten Flipkens, 6-2 6-4. This really feels like more than just a third…
Second round action began on Friday in the desert with Agnieszka Radwanska, Heather Watson and Simona Halep all progressing into the third round. Watson upset Camila Giorgi with a 7-5 7-5 victory. Watson went up 5-0 in the second set and then lost five straight games. However she managed to avoid a third setter as…
Take a bow, ladies. Serena Williams defeated Maria Sharapova, 6-3 7-6(5) to win her sixth Australian Open title and 19th Grand Slam overall in what was a fantastic final. The final had plenty of highlights and it was the second set that really brought this match to live. Pre-match, I wasn’t really feeling it. Although…
The Australian summer of tennis is nearing its conclusion as the top two seeds, Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova will battle it out for the 2015 Australian Open title. It’s been a fun two weeks as always, but i’m looking forward to normal sleep patterns and not dreaming about tennis results (is that just me?…
The first of the women’s semi-finals will pit the number two seed, Maria Sharapova up against the number ten seed, Ekaterina Makarova. Both of Tuesday’s quarter-final matches were pretty sharpish. Makarova defeated Simona Halep, 6-4 6-0 in just 69 minutes. Makarova has now reached back-to-back Grand Slam semi-finals. I wasn’t majorly surprised that Makarova won,…
There have been shocks aplenty in the bottom half of the women’s draw, but the quarter-finals have really held up. Eugenie Bouchard and Maria Sharapova have both come through for the loss of just one set and will resume what is slowly become a very intriguing rivalry. Bouchard lost her first set of the tournament…
Saturday’s results saw three set wins for Serena Williams and Venus Williams, the latter reaching the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the first time since Wimbledon 2011! Agnieszka Radwanska and Victoria Azarenka were also winners in straight sets. I watched the Azarenka v BZS match which was scrappy for the most part, but…
There have been no upsets overnight in Melbourne for the women; one seed did fall in Casey Dellacqua, but she always faced an uphill struggle against Madison Keys. Dellacqua started great, but Keys found her game to fly through the final two sets. Petra Kvitova had another solid win against Mona Barthel, who put up…
Saturday’s line-up in Brisbane is really quite special; the men’s semi-finals will open up the day session with Milos Raonic taking on Kei Nishikori and Roger Federer playing Grigor Dimitrov. In the evening, the women will take centre stage as the top two seeds, Maria Sharapova and Ana Ivanovic battle it out for the first…
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