As tennis has been pretty quiet since Wimbledon, it has provided an opportunity to reflect on what’s happened so far in 2015. I was flicking through my screencaps and came across one which had the caption “Lucie Safarova – 2015 Roland Garros Finalist”… it still gives me goosebumps. 2015 has been such an eventful year…
After the rain on Monday, there has been plentyyy of tennis to get stuck into on Tuesday. In the first match on Centre Court, Jelena Jankovic defeated Caroline Garcia in straight sets, 7-6(4) 6-2. The first set didn’t feature a break point! After Garcia’s wayward loss to Nicole Gibbs in Stanford, this was an improved…
The first day of main draw action got underway in Toronto but soon came to a halt with the heavens opening. The only completed match of the day was on Centre Court where Flavia Pennetta defeated Gabriela Dabrowski in straight sets, 6-4 6-1. Pennetta will play Serena Williams in the second round, which is set…
1. Jelena Jankovic v Caroline Garcia (Toronto, R1) The 2015 season has gone a little sour for Caroline Garcia. The 21-year-old made a promising start to the year; she took out a seed at the Australian Open, reached two finals in Acapulco and Monterrey, and beat Ana Ivanovic three times. Since pushing Maria Sharapova all…
The Rogers Cup in Canada is always an exciting tournament as it’s the first big event since Wimbledon where many of the top players are in action for the first time since the grass court season. Serena Williams headlines the draw which is missing Maria Sharapova who pulled out just before the draw ceremony with…
I must admit I haven’t watched a great deal of men’s tennis this week. One match I did get to watch was the quarter-final between Kevin Anderson and Grigor Dimitrov. Oh my god. Poor Kevin. In tennis, I never use the word “choke”. I hate the word and I feel some people have begun using…
Allez Jo! The big headline on Thursday surrounded the world number one, Novak Djokovic, who was knocked out of the Rogers Cup by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 6-2 6-2. Although some saw it coming after Djokovic was on court for two hours and 40 minutes against Gael Monfils, this scoreline is just crazy. Novak doesn’t lose matches,…
Fourteen second round matches will take place on a jam-packed day in Toronto. Rain hurt the forecast for the second day running, but all the matches got completed. In one of two second round matches on Tuesday, Stan Wawrinka needed a third set tiebreak to get past Benoit Paire. In first round action, Ivo Karlovic…
There are a handful of second round matches in Montreal and Toronto on Tuesday with Eugenie Bouchard, Agnieszka Radwanska, Victoria Azarenka, Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka all in action. First round action will also conclude at both tournaments. On the first day of action, two seeds fell in Montreal; Sabine Lisicki produced one of her…
The world’s best ATP players are in Toronto, Canada this week for the Rogers Cup and the fifth Masters 1000 event of 2014. Of course, there is one name missing from the line-up and that is Rafael Nadal, who is facing a race against time to be fit for the US Open. Nadal picked up…
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