The first Premier Mandatory tournament of 2014 begins on Wednesday with a strong field that as usual, is lacking the Williams sisters. The draw looks wide open with Li Na and Agnieszka Radwanska the top two seeds. Note that the 32 seeds all have byes into the second round and will begin their campaigns on…
Along with the men’s event in Dubai there is a joint event in Acapulco, a WTA event in Florianopolis and an ATP event in Sao Paulo. There are big changes to the event held in Acapulco, which has now been converted from clay to bright blue hard court. The men’s draw features Andy Murray and…
Five of the world’s top ten players are in Dubai for the ATP event next week. Apart from the highlights of Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Juan Martin del Potro in attendance, the overall quality of the draw is actually quite weak. Noteworthy for British tennis fans is that James Ward has received a wildcard…
This year’s Dubai draw is an absolute cracker with seven of the world’s top ten competing in an all round high quality field. There are some excellent qualifiers to still be added to the list. Therefore, it makes predicting how this tournament will unfold a very tough task. Enjoy the preview, but don’t hold out…
This week’s WTA Premier event in Doha has lost Serena Williams, Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova from the fold, which means Li Na goes in as the number one seed. Despite the casualties, the draw remains strong and has the potential for some upsets paving the way for an exciting week. Let’s take a look…
This week’s ATP events are headlined by the ATP 500 event in Rotterdam, which boasts five top ten players including Andy Murray, who has been granted a wildcard. Kei Nishikori and David Ferrer are the top seeds in Memphis and Buenos Aires respectively. Here are my previews and predictions for all three ATP events. ATP…
ATP action returns this week with three ATP 250 events in Montpellier (France), Zagreb (Croatia) and Vina del Mar (Chile). ATP Montpellier Richard Gasquet returns to Montpellier as the defending champion and will be the clear favourite to retain his title. Gasquet is one of 11 Frenchmen in this draw and that is before qualifying…
While the men take a week off before Davis Cup action begins next weekend, 10 of the world’s top 20 WTA players are in action in Paris and Pattaya City. The line-up for the Open GDF Suez indoors event in Paris is especially good and there is full coverage on TennisTV from Monday. Let’s take…
Yesterday I posted my women’s preview for the Australian Open and now it’s time for the men’s. Your thoughts are widely encouraged in the comments section. Do you agree or disagree with my predictions? Whatever way, I’d love to hear from you. Let’s take a look at the men’s draw for the 2014 Australian Open……
It’s Grand Slam time! The women’s draw is out with Serena Williams standing tall at the top of the drawsheet. As ever, the draw has thrown up some interesting first round matches. Here are my thoughts and predictions for the 2014 Australian Open women’s draw. Your opinions are widely encouraged in the comments section and…
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