This is a quiet week on the WTA tour with just one event coming from Bogota, Columbia. Next week is Stuttgart (YAY) and i’ll be releasing a post later this week with some of my favourite matches from this tournament over the past five years. The international event in Bogota has developed a bit of…
The tennis season keeps trundling along and next week will feature one of my favourite WTA tournaments of the entire year in Charleston. I always get a really good vibe from Charleston and I am especially looking forward to this year’s edition as I was on holiday this time last year. Unfortunately, it is one…
Indian Wells down, Miami up next. There is barely any time to let the dust settle and reflect on Indian Wells with the WTA main draw to begin on Tuesday. The quick turnaround does frustrate me, particularly with the main draw beginning before qualifying has finished. Indian Wells was a decent tournament this year with…
Time is nottt on my side tonight and I want to watch some of the WTA first round matches so a very quick preview for the ATP draw. I finally took the plunge and bought tickets for the French Open today! I’m reallyyyy excited, but now I need to get my skates on and book…
The 2015 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells officially kicks off on Wednesday with the start of the WTA main draw. In what is a very brave and bold decision, Serena Williams has decided to return to the desert for the first time in 14 years. It certainly puts Indian Wells above Miami for the…
February concluded with victories for Lucie Safarova in Doha and Timea Bacsinszky in Acapulco. Bacsinszky thrashed Caroline Garcia in the final, 6-3 6-0. Bacsinszky has continued her rise up the rankings in 2015 and is 13-2 for the season (including Fed Cup). Bacsinszky’s only losses of the year so far have come against Simona Halep…
The joint tournament in Acapulco this week features a WTA international draw and an ATP 500 event. I have fond memories of watching the ATP event in Acapulco last year. There were some brilliant matches towards the end of the tournament with the semi-final between Grigor Dimitrov and Andy Murray a particular highlight. The crowds…
Dubai down, Doha up next. Six of the world’s top ten will be in Doha for the 2015 Qatar Total Open with the main draw beginning on Monday. Doha is a 32-player draw with byes for the top four seeds so it comes as no surprise that with such a solid line-up, there are some…
Dubai has once again attracted the cream of the crop of ATP players with Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Andy Murray and Tomas Berdych all in the draw for the 2015 Dubai Duty Free Championships. The draw is normally quite top-heavy in Dubai, but there is a lot more depth this year with all eight seeds…
Dubai and Doha have switched this year in the calendar and will continue to do so over the coming years with Dubai being upgraded to a Premier 5 tournament for 2015. Personally, I much prefer Dubai to Doha and the court surface is normally much faster. The draw was hit with two late withdrawals of Serena…
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