I only got to watch a little bit of the tennis on Tuesday, but what I did see in the match between Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Venus Williams was good stuff. Venus came through in the end, 6-1 3-6 6-2. The second set was high quality and there were plenty of hard hitting and brutal rallies. …
Here is part two of my trip to Eastbourne. If you missed part one featuring Rally4Bally and smiling Aga, you can read it HERE. There were some fantastic WTA matches on Monday and I was really chuffed to see some of them live. The weather was pretty grey and cold, but it was dry and there was…
Second round action continues in Birmingham and Queens on Wednesday. On Tuesday, Ana Ivanovic and Daniela Hantuchova overcame dangerous opponents to reach the third round of the Aegon Classic. Ivanovic recovered from a 0-2 first set deficit to beat Mona Barthel, 6-4 6-1, meanwhile Hantuchova played a fabulous match to beat Belinda Bencic, 6-1 6-4. …
Day 8 was another fascinating day at Roland Garros. Play opened with a surprisingly comprehensive victory for Eugenie Bouchard over Angelique Kerber. You can read my recap of that match HERE. Bouchard will play Carla Suarez Navarro in the first of the womens quarter-final. The second of the quarter-finals from the top half will feature…
I’ve watched two matches from Charleston this week and I have thoroughly enjoyed both of them. The 17-year-old, Belinda Bencic defeated Maria Kirilenko, 6-1 7-5 yesterday in the Russian player’s first match of 2014. Bencic played some smart tennis in the first set and needed seven match points to convert the win in straight sets. …
The top half of the women’s draw looks really inviting with a number of marquee match-ups for Monday. In the other matches, Alisa Kleybanova has a great chance to make the fourth round. Her victory over Garbine Muguruza really went under the radar. The match between Ekaterina Makarova and Dominika Cibulkova should also be very…
Thursday’s schedule in Beijing is one of the very rare times where I agree with the schedulers… 1. Sloane Stephens v Caroline Wozniacki (Beijing, R3) Caroline Wozniacki Two players with an outside shot of making the YEC in Istanbul go head-to-head in Thursday’s showcase match for the ladies. Caroline Wozniacki had a great week in…
1st round action in Tokyo wrapped up today with a series of spectacular collapses. Madison Keys, who struggled for momentum during the summer hard court season due to a number of injuries, had a really great win over Carla Suarez Navarro as she recovered from a 6-2 5-2 deficit to win 2-6 7-5 6-2. Last…
The top half of the womens draw has produced four really strong match-ups and I thought each deserved a preview so here goes… 1. Serena Williams v Sloane Stephens Serena Williams The most anticipated match-up in the ladies draw so far will see Serena Williams take on Sloane Stephens in an all-American blockbuster clash. Sloane…
After a rain affected day three that seemed to create more talking points centred around the US Open’s idiotic scheduling rather than the actual tennis, day 4 has been a complete jam packed affair. The biggest talking point from day 3 was probably the match between Venus Williams and Zheng Jie, which I was not…
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