The first weeks is in the books (barely) and we’re straight onto week two of the 2017 season with main draw action for Sydney and Hobart both starting on Sunday. This is the final week before the first Major of 2017 in Melbourne, which starts in NINE days time. Sydney has once again attracted a…
Auckland boasts its strongest ever line-up of WTA players for the 2017 edition of the ASB Classic. Both Williams sisters are present in the draw as Serena joins Venus, who has become a regular in Auckland in recent years. The main draw is bolstered with Caroline Wozniacki and Barbora Strycova, and exciting talent in Naomi Osaka and Ana…
The first main draw has been released and the 2017 tennis season is finally upon us! I was ready for the off-season but equally, i’m ready to dive right in with another season of WTA goodness. This post previews the 2017 Brisbane International which includes the world number one, Angelique Kerber and five of the world’s…
The main draw for the 2016 China Open in Beijing starts on Saturday… Saturday! It’s nice to be able to watch more tennis at the weekend but I hate tournaments overlapping as the main draw will begin before the final for Wuhan has even started. Now onto the positives where we have another superb draw to look forward…
Well hello there! It’s been nearly two weeks since my last blog post and ageeees since my last tournament preview. After the US Open and an exhausting summer, I needed to take a break. I just spent a relaxing week in Wales – my batteries are definitely recharged! I wanted to bring you up to…
The final Slam of the year is upon us and i’m feeling super duper excited right now because I am flying to New York today! I’ll be at Flushing Meadows for the first three days of the tournament and it will be my first time at the US Open. Therefore, coverage will be a little muted during…
Tennis at the Olympics has concluded and we are straight into one of the biggest tournaments of the season at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati. This post profiles the top 16 seeds including their recent record at Cincy which makes for interesting reading (hopefully!) as half of the seeds lost in the first round last…
The Men’s Singles Tennis event at the Rio 2016 Olympics will begin on Saturday. The draw has suffered many significant withdrawals including five of the Top 10 but with the predictability of ATP tennis in recent times this could actually make the tournament more interesting! As with most tournaments, it is hard to look past…
The anticipation is nearly over as the Olympics are here with the tennis at Rio 2016 set to get underway on Saturday. The draws for the singles and doubles (mixed to follow soon) have been completed and it now seems that all the WTA players have arrived following various travel woes after the conclusion of the Rogers Cup…
There are three tournaments next week on the WTA tour including the WTA Premier event at the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford. Due to the impending Olympics, the entry list is noticeably weaker than previous years. Furthermore, they have had some rough luck with withdrawals as Agnieszka Radwanska, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Daria Kasatkina have all pulled out.…
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