Simona Halep beat Sloane Stephens, 7-6(6) 3-6 6-4 in two hours and 41 minutes of gripping tennis to win Montreal. This is Halep’s third title of 2018 and also her 10th consecutive win in Montreal having won the title back in 2016. You could write a book about this match! Read on for my jumbled…
Sunday’s final in Montreal will be a rematch of this year’s French Open final as the number one seed, Simona Halep will play the number three seed, Sloane Stephens. The final will be played at 1:30pm local time in Canada (6:30pm in the UK). This post recaps Saturday’s semi-final wins for Halep and Stephens and…
It’s my favourite time of the year as the start of the 2018 Wimbledon Championships is drawing closer! The draw was announced on Friday morning and we know that the bottom half will kick things off on Monday. This preview showcases my three favourite first round matches set for Monday. I’ll be off work Monday…
Simona Halep is a Slam champion! Rallying from a set and a break down, Halep beat Sloane Stephens, 3-6 6-4 6-1 in Saturday’s French Open final. I was out during the day and have just managed to catch up with the final having successfully (wow!) avoided the scoreline. Overwhelming thoughts right now – I…
The 2018 French Open final will be contested between the number one seed, Simona Halep and the number 10 seed, Sloane Stephens. I caught up with the Eurosport highlights on Thursday night after playing tennis (I didn’t injure myself or anyone else this time so wahey!) and now feel informed enough to write about the…
The second Premier Mandatory tournament of 2018 is coming to a close with Saturday’s final at the Miami Open all set between Jelena Ostapenko and Sloane Stephens. Following on Indian Wells, it’s another youthful final! I’ll be watching live on Saturday for the first time in a while. I don’t know if it’s just me but…
This post features two snap previews for last 16 action at the 2017 US Open from the bottom half of the women’s draw including Garbiñe Muguruza vs. Petra Kvitova and Julia Goerges vs. Sloane Stephens – both matches will be played on Sunday. For a round-up of results from the bottom half of the women’s draw…
This is the fourth and final part in the countdown of my favourite WTA matches from the 2016 season. In case you missed any of the first three posts, you can catch up with the following links: Part 1, matches 20 to 16 HERE Part 2, matches 15 to 11 HERE Part 3, matches 10 to 6…
Take a bow, Elena Vesnina… Coming through the qualifying draw in Charleston, the 29-year-old is into her first WTA final since 2013 after defeating Sara Errani, 6-4 4-6 6-2. In a thoroughly engaging semi-final, Vesnina produced a sensational third set display, aggressive and precise, and hitting 17 winners to 14 unforced errors. While she admitted in her post-match…
Yay for this one… The first of the semi-finals at the 2016 Volvo Car Open in Charleston will be a tantalising match-up between the number one seed and defending champion, Angelique Kerber and the number seven seed, Sloane Stephens. Kerber produced a classy display to defeat a fatigued Irina-Camelia Begu, 6-2 6-3. The Romanian player was impatient…
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