The finals of Sydney and Hobart were played on Saturday and attention now switches to the Australian Open with play set to on Monday. It’s been an exciting day for me as I have just bought a house and got the keys last night! I’m hoping to move in at the start of February so…
Saturday’s final in Sydney is a tantalising prospect with Ash Barty going up against Petra Kvitova. I’m in nowhere prepared for the Australian Open which starts on Monday! I’ve just sat down to do my ATP draw and will focus on the WTA over the weekend. I’m going to share my thoughts but no idea…
The quarter-finals are set at the 2019 Sydney International with half of the seeds still remaining in the tournament. We’re fast approaching the first Slam of the year with the draw set to be unveiled for the Australian Open. The draw ceremony is stated to start at 6pm in Melbourne on Thursday night which would…
The second week of the season is a much quieter affair with just the two WTA tournaments in Sydney and Hobart. I’ll be focusing on Sydney this week which, despite a late flurry of withdrawals, has still attracted a superb line-up with six of the world’s top 10. After a lovely long break over Christmas,…
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…
