Dominika Cibulkova and Carla Suarez Navarro are the only two seeds to have fallen so far in Stanford. Cibulkova’s loss was pretty significant as she was the defending champion. She lost to Garbine Muguruza in three sets. If you missed that match, I reviewed it HERE. The biggest headline of Tuesday was Sabine Lisicki breaking…
In a messy match, Garbine Muguruza ousted the Stanford defending champion and number six seed, Dominika Cibulkova, 6-2 4-6 6-2 in one hour and 56 minutes. Muguruza played a fine opening set, hitting 13 winners to 12 unforced errors, mixing up her serve and maintaining an incredible depth on her groundstrokes and return. Her shots…
The first day of Stanford saw a rather weighty shock as Sam Stosur was beaten by the world number 406, Naomi Osaka, 4-6 7-6(7) 7-5 in two hours and 30 minutes. This was Sam’s first match of the hard court season, but it is a little worrying and particularly, with the recent changes in her…
It’s been three weeks since the conclusion of Wimbledon and finally, we have some relevant tennis to get excited about. To be honest, as tennis fans we are continually spoilt and that’s the case for the next two months with non-stop tennis up to the US Open. The time after Wimby is always odd with…
One day after the news of Viktor Troicki hit the tennis headlines, there are rumours that Marin Cilic failed a doping test in Munich. A few sources from Croatia have reported this, but it has yet to be confirmed. Agnieszka Radwanska v Jamie Hampton Jamie Hampton After watching their most recent match-up live, I am…
Today was a pretty shocking day of predictions as what had been a really solid week in Gstaad, went down the pan with Stanislas Wawrinka retiring to Feliciano Lopez and my semi-final tip, Marcel Granollers falling in a tight three setter to Robin Haase. The big news yesterday was Victor Troicki, who strangely I had…
This week has felt pretty dead on the tennis tour and I am yet to sit down and watch any live tennis since Wimbledon. I believe there is a stream for Stanford online, but I find it hard to enjoy watching tennis when you can barely see the ball. The big news today was Roger…
1. Agnieszka Radwanska v Francesca Schiavone (Stanford, R2) Francesca Schiavone Stanford has just three singles matches today and I feeling a little flat with tennis proceedings this week. The match of the day (whilst I am fast asleep) will see 2013 Wimbledon semi-finalist, Agnieszka Radwanska take on Francesca Schiavone. This will be Aga’s first match…
1. Sam Stosur v Olga Govortsova (Stanford, R2) Sam Stosur The 1st round will conclude on Tuesday in Stanford along with the first second round match in the night session, which will see Sam Stosur makes her first appearance since Wimbledon against Olga Govortsova. The Belarusian defeated a heavily slumping Julia Goerges, 7-6(2) 6-2 in…
Jamie Hampton Stanford begins the hard court march to the US Open for the women with Agnieszka Radwanska and Sam Stosur heading up a depleted field. A few weeks ago, the line-up boasted all of the Wimbledon semi-finalists, but one-by-one, Marion Bartoli, Sabine Lisicki and Kirsten Flipkens along with the highest ranked player to originially…
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