The second tournament that we visited in Australia was the Sydney International. In the week before the Australian Open, Sydney always attracts a decent line-up from the WTA with six members of the world’s top 15 present in 2018. Note there is also an ATP 250 event although we didn’t watch any ATP matches! We…
The 2017 Apia International is in the books and was wrapped up with an all-top ten final between Agnieszka Radwanska and Johanna Konta. It was the same schedule as always but Sydney felt even more rushed than usual! Still, there were plenty of highlights so if you missed out on the tennis this week, hopefully…
Agnieszka Radwanska was first into Friday’s Apia International final with what was surely her best performance of 2017 so far. Radwanska defeated Barbora Strycova for the seventh consecutive time, wrapping up a straightforward win, 6-1 6-2 in 75 minutes. It was always going to be a tough match for Strycova who had played a brutal…
The first of Wednesday’s quarter-finals in Sydney was an absolute epic as Barbora Strycova defeated Caroline Wozniacki in the longest match of the year so far and played out in the extreme heat of the day. 3 HOURS & 20 MINUTES! 😮@BaraStrycova edges Wozniacki 7-5, 6-7(6), 6-4 for a spot in @SydneyTennis Semifinals! pic.twitter.com/E5EMkw1Ymw — WTA…
In my preview for Angelique Kerber’s second round match against Daria Kasatkina, i’d written about how close Kasatkina had come to upsetting a notable seed having missed match points against the likes of Roberta Vinci, Sloane Stephens, Karolina Pliskova and Garbiñe Muguruza. On Tuesday in Sydney, Kasatkina finally got the big win! FIRST Top 5 win!…
First round action continued on Monday at the Apia International in Sydney with the most enticing match of the day featuring the number ten seed, Caroline Wozniacki up against Rio gold medallist, Monica Puig. Wozniacki held off a peak-Pica second set to triumph in three sets, 6-3 2-6 6-4. Puig had levelled up the match with…
The world number one, Angelique Kerber will open her campaign at the 2017 Apia International in Sydney against the world number 26, Daria Kasatkina. Kerber and Kasatkina both opened their seasons in Brisbane with one win and one loss. Kerber lost in three sets to Elina Svitolina in an entertaining quarter-final. As her first tournament…
Week 1 is in the book and week 2, you’re up! Svetlana Kuznetsova and Irina-Camelia Begu kicked off main draw proceedings at the 2017 Apia International in Sydney and it was Kuznetsova who continued her solid start to the year with a 6-1 6-4 victory. Kuznetsova was 6-1 4-0 up before Begu reeled off four games…
The first weeks is in the books (barely) and we’re straight onto week two of the 2017 season with main draw action for Sydney and Hobart both starting on Sunday. This is the final week before the first Major of 2017 in Melbourne, which starts in NINE days time. Sydney has once again attracted a…
This is Tom (@TennisZealot on Twitter) finishing off my experiences at the 2016 Sydney International after recapping the first three days HERE. Wednesday, January 13: Play commenced at 2pm local time in, yet again, sweltering conditions. The sun at its zenith, I, along with a decent crowd, braved the full sunshine of court nine and mid…
