Returning to the Wimbledon quarter-finals for the first time since 2010, Venus Williams will be playing the unseeded, Yaroslava Shvedova. It’s a case of third time lucky for Shvedova who will be competing in her first Wimbledon quarter-final having twice fallen at the fourth round stage. Of the final eight, Shvedova is probably the biggest…
Magic Monday at Wimbledon will see all 16 singles matches played across both the women’s and men’s draws. Finally, the tournament is back on track after play on Middle Sunday took place for the first time since 2004. For previews of V.Williams v Suárez Navarro click HERE, Radwanska v Cibulkova click HERE and Halep v…
The weather and the schedule have messed up my plans for writing previews this week… I was going to cover two matches tonight but the second round matches in question have yet to be completed! It has just been confirmed that Middle Sunday will have play this year so it’s going to be a wild few days at…
For the first time since Katowice, Camila Giorgi has won back-to-back matches on the WTA tour. After a shaky spell where Giorgi was especially erratic, the Italian played has secured wins in Rosmalen over Irina Falconi (7-5 6-2) and Michaella Krajicek (6-7 6-2 6-4). Neither were particularly convincing wins; Giorgi served up 17 double faults…
There were two womens matches on Saturday that didn’t finish, therefore requiring Sabine Lisicki, Ana Ivanovic, Yaroslava Shvedova and Madison Keys to return on Monday to complete the last 16 line-up. I was at Wimby today and realised Madison Keys had pulled out when I saw Caroline Wozniacki and Barbora Zahlavova Strycova walk past me…
There are some excellent second round matches in Oeiras tomorrow on the ladies side. As is characteristic of this event in Portugal, most of them have been relegated to the outside courts for the men. Who actually wants to watch Albert Montanes v Marcel Granollers? I’ve seen a few snippets of the action this week,…
Here is part three of the countdown of my favourite WTA matches of the year. If you missed out on either of the first two parts then you can click on the links below: Part 1 20-16 Part 2 15-11 10. Maria Sharapova d. Petra Kvitova, 6-2 3-6 6-4 (Australian Open, SF) This year’s Australian Open…
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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