I’m back from my trip to Australia and slowly getting back to normal. It was an amazing three weeks and my brother and I had the best time. I completely underestimated the jetlag coming back and it has been a longgg first week back at work! I’m a little sad that I managed to time…
Kristina Mladenovic survived a couple of wobbles to win her first WTA title in St. Petersburg and serve out the final at the third time of asking against Yulia Putintseva, 6-2 6-7(3) 6-4. And what a final it was! I haven’t been able to watch as much tennis as i’d like this year but this…
The 2017 St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy will produce a brand new WTA champion on Sunday after Kristina Mladenovic and Yulia Putintseva both produced come-from-behind wins to reach the final. Mladenovic defeated this week’s surprise package, Natalia Vikhlyantseva, 4-6 6-2 6-2. The first set was closely contested with Mladenovic losing her way at the end with some errors. However,…
Apologies for disappearing on Wednesday and Thursday. I had a busy few days where tennis had to take a backseat. I’m back now for the end of the St. Petersburg and Taipei City tournaments. The match of the day in St. Petersburg saw Yulia Putintseva record her second top ten win in the last six…
Roberta Vinci got off to a good start in the defence of her St. Petersburg title, edging a tight three setter against Timea Babos. Vinci had beaten Babos en route to winning the title last year and this was another very close match with many switch-ups in momentum in just the third set alone. Vinci won four…
Main draw matches at this week’s tournaments in St. Petersburg and Taipei City got underway on Monday. At the Premier stop in St. Petersburg, there was a big win for Annika Beck; having previously lost her last six matches on tour against Kiki Bertens, the world number 67 scored her first ever win in this…
The dust has barely settled from Australia as a new week is upon us with two WTA tournaments in St. Petersburg and Taipei City. This preview focuses on the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy, which has attracted an impressive entry list with six of the world’s top 20 in attendance. The draw has thrown up some superb first…
Missed out on the tennis this last week? Match Points is here to bring you up to speed with all the happenings from St. Petersburg and Kaohsiung, other WTA news and the occasional snippet of ATP tennis that caught my eye. I’ll also be using this weekly feature to keep you updated with Racket Rally and Tennis Draw…
Belinda Bencic confirmed her place in the world’s top ten when the new rankings come out on Monday after defeating fellow 18-year-old, Daria Kasatkina in the semi-finals of St. Petersburg, 6-4 6-3. I’ve said it so many times this year already but Bencic’s ability to tough out wins is pretty extraordinary… it’s the mark of…
All in for this one… a battle of the 18-year-olds will be the second of Saturday’s semi-finals in St. Petersburg. While just two months separate Belinda Bencic and Daria Kasatkina in age, 52 places separate the pair in the rankings. Bencic has had the far greater exposure on the WTA tour but Kasatkina is beginning…
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