The first round finally concluded in Linz on Wednesday with the top three seeds all winning through to the second round with straight set wins. First up was Madison Keys who wavered in the second set but won four straight games to seal a 6-3 6-4 win against Camila Giorgi. .@Madison_Keys on her way into…
The two seeds in action in Linz, Carla Suárez Navarro and Daria Kasatkina, had contrasting fortunes on Wednesday; the number four seed, Carla Suárez Navarro kept her hopes for Singapore alive with a relatively routine 6-4 6-2 win over Mona Barthel. Kasatkina though tumbled out in straight sets to one of last year’s quarter-finalists, Denisa Allertova.…
Another week on the WTA tour is underway and it’s a pretty busy one – there are three International tournaments with seven of the world’s top ten in action as the Race to Singapore reaches its crescendo. The main focus for the week ahead will be in Linz (since it is in my timezone!) but i’ll…
Agnieszka Radwanska didn’t drop a set all week as she won her second China Open title with a 6-4 6-2 victory in the final against Johanna Konta. It was a great tournament for Aga who had endured some disappointing losses in her last two tournaments but heads to Tianjin and following that, Singapore, with a…
The penultimate week of regulation WTA tournaments will start tomorrow with three International events in Linz, Tianjin and Hong Kong. All three tournaments have respectable line-ups with many players still seeking to confirm a place at the WTA Finals in Singapore. Linz is headlined by the returning, Lucie Safarova (yay!) and Caroline Wozniacki, Hong Kong…
I knew that whoever prevailed in Sunday’s Tianjin final between Belinda Bencic and Alison Riske, I was going to be happy. I like both Belinda and Alison and had the pleasure of watching them live earlier this year at Eastbourne. In Tianjin, it was Riske who came out on top, defeating Bencic, 6-3 6-4. Bencic…
A new WTA champion will be crowned in Tianjin as Belinda Bencic and Alison Riske will both contest their first ever WTA final on Sunday. Bencic isn’t a great surprise; in the pre-tourmament poll, Bencic was the most popular pick with 40% of readers picking the Swiss player as their champion. Riske, on the…
Osaka and Tianjin both have three seeds remaining in their line-up of semi-finals and more surprisingly, both of my pre-tournament picks are still in action! In Osaka, Madison Keys was forced to retire from her quarter-final match with Luksika Kumkhum. It’s been a tough few months for Keys, who has played her last competitive match…
The draws in both Osaka and Tianjin have seen few upsets so far, therefore meaning my finalists in both tournaments are still alive! However, Linz has been as unpredictable as they come with just two seeds remaining after completion of the first round and some second round matches. On Wednesday, Dominika Cibulkova and Sabine Lisicki…
To make up for my lack of a preview for Shanghai (and hilarious predictions!), here’s some bumper previews for the three WTA tournaments this year. We’re on the final stretch now! The WTA tour has just four weeks left (that’s if you want to include the Tournament of Champions event in Sofia which I normally…
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