Of the four quarter-finals at the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford, the one on paper that stood out like a shining beacon was the only one featuring two seeds, Agnieszka Radwanska and Angelique Kerber. I knew it would be the night match on Friday but it didn’t stop me selfishly wishing the schedulers…
Agnieszka Radwanska and Angelique Kerber will meet in Stanford on Friday for a place in the semi-finals of the 2015 Bank of the West Classic. Radwanska teetered for a time in her second round match but recovered from a set and break down to beat Misaki Doi, 1-6 6-2 6-0. Prior to the match there…
Second round action at the Bank of the West Classic will conclude on Thursday with the top two seeds, Caroline Wozniacki and Agnieszka Radwanska, in action. In other news, it was announced today that Stanford is the first tournament where players and coaches are able to access real-time performance data during live match play. In…
In an all-German affair, Andrea Petkovic and Mona Barthel will meet in the second round of the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford on Wednesday. Petkovic recovered from a slow start in the first round to defeat another German player, Carina Witthoeft, 5-7 6-1 6-3 in one hour and 59 minutes. Petkovic, who hasn’t…
The most enticing of the first round matches from the 2015 Bank of the West Classic Premier tournament in Stanford features the number five seed, Angelique Kerber up against Daria Gavrilova. The pair played each other in consecutive weeks in Brisbane and Sydney at the start of the year. Although Kerber won both matches, the…
The 2015 US Open series officially kicks off this week at the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford. The break has been good but i’m ready for some more tennis and it’s going to be coming thick and fast over the next couple of weeks with Toronto and Cincy back-to-back. Stanford has a decent draw…
The 2014 Bank of the West Classic final in Stanford will be contested between Serena Williams and Angelique Kerber at 2pm local time in Stanford (10pm UK time). Serena was first into the final with a 7-5 6-0 victory over Andrea Petkovic. The first set was high quality with Serena getting the all important break…
The WTA Montreal draw was released last night… and it’s an absolute cracker! There are so many interesting first round matches and looking further ahead, potential encounters we have to look forward too. The WTA is really thriving at the moment. If you haven’t seen the draw, Sam Davis of Around the Post does a…
In what was anticipated to be a close match, turned out to be a very straightforward afternoon for Angelique Kerber as she posted a 6-2 6-1 victory over Garbine Muguruza in the first of the quarter-finals in Stanford. When you see a scoreline like this one, it can often be difficult to determine whether it…
Li Na announced today that she will be skipping Montreal, Cincy AND the US Open due to a knee injury. Li missed Stuttgart earlier this year because a problem with a knee and wrote on her Facebook page that she needed to take some time off to rest the knee and make sure it heels. …
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