The manic Madrid-Rome double hurtles into the Italian capital with main draw action starting for the WTA on Monday. It’s a mostly similar line-up to Madrid with Caroline Wozniacki and Agnieszka Radwanska both missing and eight of the world’s top ten in attendance. The top eight seeds all have byes into the second round. The…
The third Premier Mandatory tournament of 2017 starts on Saturday at the Mutua Madrid Open with nine main draw matches on the schedule. It’s a packed draw with no byes for the top seeds and a plethora of high quality of first round matches. This will be a sweeping preview since we are underway so soon with…
The next week promises to be one of the most intriguing on the WTA tour in 2017 as eight of the world’s top ten descend on Stuttgart at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix. The tournament will also see the return of Maria Sharapova – the Russian player will compete in her first match on Wednesday following…
As the dust settles from the duo of Premier Mandatory tournaments in Indian Wells and Miami, it will kick up once again for the start of the clay court season in the unique green clay setting of Charleston. The Volvo Car Open is one of the my favourite tournaments so i’ll be pushing through the…
The manic March of tennis moves to Miami for the next two weeks with the second Premier Mandatory tournament of the year. Serena Williams will be missing again but nine of the world’s top ten are in attendance. Once again, this is just a sweeping preview looking at the key takeaways of the draw with…
The BNP Paribas Open draw was held on Monday and main draw action will get underway on Wednesday for the first Premier Mandatory tournament of 2017. The influx of pictures the weekend before Indian Wells never fails to make me jealous and begin considering a trip to Palm Springs! Once again, it looks like it will be…
Doha was a big soggy mess but thankfully, the weather is set fair for the Dubai Duty Free Championships which is where the women are playing next week with main draw action starting on SUNDAY. Dubai is the Premier 5 event this year with a 56-player draw. There have been quite a few withdrawals including Simona Halep,…
After a weekend of Fed Cup, the WTA tour returns next week in Doha at the Qatar Total Open. Doha and Dubai switch their tournament statuses each year and in 2017, Doha is the lesser-Premier tournament with a 28-player draw. Still, it’s a cracking draw with the original main draw cut-off at #30 and five of…
The dust has barely settled from Australia as a new week is upon us with two WTA tournaments in St. Petersburg and Taipei City. This preview focuses on the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy, which has attracted an impressive entry list with six of the world’s top 20 in attendance. The draw has thrown up some superb first…
Two weeks down in Australia and the two most important to go as we arrive on the eve of the first Slam of 2017. The Australian Open will kick off on Monday in Melbourne in what promises to be a fascinating Slam for the women. The Australian Open is always the trickiest for me to…
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