Well this is a new one… both my finalists for Sydney, Agnieszka Radwanska and Petra Kvitova, have pulled out of the tournament. Radwanska has officially pulled out with a left lower leg injury, while Kvitova still isn’t over the stomach virus. It may be a smart move from Radwanska to rest before Melbourne after winning…
This week represents the final opportunity for players to get match practice before the Australian Open with nine of the world’s top 15 choosing to play the Apia International in Sydney. Once again, it’s one of those draws that has produced many first round matches that… you cannot believe are first round matches. I’m fully…
The Australian Open draws are released TONIGHT! Normally I stay up for them, but I really can’t be bothered this year. I remember last year that the pre-draw activities went on for about an hour so the draw didn’t take place until Midnight… I will look forward to scanning both draws on Friday morning and…
In the mens draw, Juan Martin del Potro won his second match on his return from injury with an impressive 4-6 6-2 6-2 victory over the number one seed, Fabio Fognini. Next up for the big man is Mikhail Kukushkin in the quarter-finals on Thursday. It was great to see the end of the DelPo…
After seeing Dominika Cibulkova and Jarmila Gajdosova go three sets during my lunch break, I assumed the final second round match in Sydney between Angelique Kerber and Daria Gavrilova would be postponed and played out on Wednesday………. I was stunned to see the finished scoreline! Kerber is just one of two seeds left in the…
DELPO! I was delighted to wake up to the news that Juan Martin del Potro won his first match on his comeback from wrist surgery with a straight sets win over Sergiy Stakhovsky. I’m hoping to find time to watch some of the match tonight! In an unsurprising turn of events, the Sydney draw is…
Rain affected the schedule in Sydney again on Monday, but all the matches were completed setting up a pretty special order of play for Tuesday. I can understand the matches featuring Nick Kyrgios and Bernard Tomic being on Ken Rosewall Aren (the top court), but then again, having the number one seed in Simona Halep…
So i’m excited about DelPo returning. Win or lose, this guy brightens up the ATP tour and I can’t put into words how pleased I am to see him make a return to the tour. Again, i’m not going to have any time for detailed ATP previews during the week (work is busy!), but predictions…
Are you keeping up? Sadly, I don’t have time to write about Maria Sharapova’s 6-7 6-3 6-3 win over Ana Ivanovic in the Brisbane final, but it was a great match. In case you missed it, I have written a recap of the Auckland final between Venus Williams and Caroline Wozniacki HERE. The main…
It is my intention over the next year to bring you something a bit different with my conclusions from each week. This review has got slightly lost in the ether as I have been meticulously taking apart the Australian Open draws. It was a pretty monumental week on the WTA tour with two qualifiers coming…
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