As an avid tennis fan and a student at Stanford University, the Bank of the West Classic is a dream come true. A rapid five-minute bike ride is all that separates my dormitory from one of the premier stops on the WTA tour. This year, I decided to compile some of my thoughts about the…
The fast-paced nature of the tennis season strikes again as less than a day after the tournaments in Stanford and Washington concluded, the next tournament is already underway. Monday saw the start of main draw action at the 2017 Rogers Cup in Toronto. The day started with four first round matches up on the schedule…
Saturday was semi-finals day at the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford and the Citi Open in Washington. Keeping in trend with much of the week, the two matches in Stanford were both one-sided. In fact, the last 11 singles matches have all ended in straight sets! CoCo Vandeweghe booked her spot in a…
Garbiñe Muguruza was first into the Stanford semi-finals on Friday with a comprehensive 6-1 6-3 victory over Ana Konjuh. Continuing on from Wimbledon there’s an intensity to Muguruza, one that we have rarely seen at non-Slam events. The Spaniard was rock solid and gave very little away during the 62 minute contest. Konjuh produced a…
The past two days have been really busy at work so i’ve had to park the blog. I was playing tennis on Thursday evening but it wasn’t a long session so I managed to get back in time to watch plenty of tennis from Stanford and Washington. In stark contrast to Tuesday, I was terrible! It…
I was on duty at my tennis club on Tuesday so I was on the court as opposed to watching tennis for the first few hours! Building on my mixed doubles triumph at the weekend, I actually played well! I was struggling with my serve as it was quite windy and I was often serving…
Lesia Tsurenko and Lara Arruabarrena got main draw proceedings underway in Stanford in what was my first experience of WTA TV! It was a scratchy start from both in their first matches on hard courts since Wimbledon. It was third time lucky for Tsurenko in consolidating a break of serve in the first set and…
The 2017 Bank of the West Classic has attracted a star-studded line-up in Stanford with the Wimbledon champion, Garbiñe Muguruza joined by high-profile wild cards in Maria Sharapova and Petra Kvitova. There’s also a crop of talented teens with Ana Konjuh, Naomi Osaka and CiCi Bellis all present in what is a very intriguing…
There are three tournaments next week on the WTA tour including the WTA Premier event at the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford. Due to the impending Olympics, the entry list is noticeably weaker than previous years. Furthermore, they have had some rough luck with withdrawals as Agnieszka Radwanska, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Daria Kasatkina have all pulled out.…
It’s a busy weekend of tennis… as qualifying is well underway in Toronto, we still have two finals to look forward to in Stanford and Washington. Unfortunately both finals are at the same time tonight (*sarcastic clapping*). In Stanford, Angelique Kerber and Karolina Pliskova will play each other for the third time this year. It’s…
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