Hands up if you had Tsvetana Pironkova to win seven straight matches and make the final in Sydney! The Bulgarian world number 107, Pironkova takes on Angelique Kerber in tomorrow’s Sydney final. In yesterday’s poll, there were a fair few votes for Keys, but 70% of you correctly sided with Kerber. Note – The Australian Open…
The big surprise of this second week has been Tsvetana Pironkova, known more for her exploits on the grass, who has won six matches in Sydney to reach the semi-finals. There are some interesting matches in both Sydney draws with my favourite matches previewed below. 1. Madison Keys v Angelique Kerber (WTA Sydney, SF) The second semi-final…
Is it just me or does week 2 of the new tennis season feel flat compared to the excitement of week 1? The biggest event of the week, the WTA tournament in Sydney, has seen five of the eight seeds go out including the number 1 seed, Agnieszka Radwanska, who was knocked out today in straight sets…
Back to reality for me as I am going back to work tomorrow 😦 As always, I will endeavour to get one post out a day each evening. Most of the headlines from Monday’s action came from Hobart where Laura Robson withdrew during her first round match with the same wrist injury and Sam Stosur’s…
I am seriously struggling to keep up with all this tennis! Next week will be a slightly calmer one as final preparations for the Australian Open get underway. Here are my previews for Sydney and Hobart… WTA Sydney The womens Sydney draw reminds me of the Eastbourne draw as it is missing the big players,…
I am just in the process of writing my previews for the Australian Open and will publish them when the qualifiers have been placed in the draw, which hopefully should be by the time I get up tomorrow morning 🙂 Meanwhile in Sydney, Agnieszka Radwanska capped off another terrific week with a somewhat surprising 6-0…
Agnieszka Radwanska Agnieszka Radwanska v Dominika Cibulkova (Sydney Final) Agnieszka Radwanska won her 9th match of the year against an error-strewn Li Na, 6-3 6-4 to progress to the Sydney final where she will be the favourite to win her second title of the year. Dominika Cibulkova claimed her third top 10 scalp of this…
Li Na Agnieszka Radwanska v Li Na Two of the unbeaten 2013 records will go up against each other in the first of the Sydney semi-finals. Agnieszka Radwanska was solid as a rock as she edged past Roberta Vinci in a tight two setter, 6-4 7-5. Li Na was forced to battle hard for her…
Svetlana Kuznetsova 1. Svetlana Kuznetsova v Angelique Kerber This week’s big story has been the resurgence of Svetlana Kuznetsova, who defeated Caroline Wozniacki in her second round match, 7-6 6-1 6-2. The Russian player, who will be unseeded at next weeks Australian Open, has been building from strength to strength and faces another tough challenge…
My predictions for Sydney have flopped like a lead balloon. I think they could be my worst ever predictions in the history of predicting! Thankfully, I am looking good in Hobart where I have correctly predicted 12 of the 14 first round results. This included my predicted champion, Kirsten Flipkens rebounding from 5-2 down in…
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