Second round action began on Friday in the desert with Agnieszka Radwanska, Heather Watson and Simona Halep all progressing into the third round. Watson upset Camila Giorgi with a 7-5 7-5 victory. Watson went up 5-0 in the second set and then lost five straight games. However she managed to avoid a third setter as…
The Indian Wells draw was released last night with the majority of excitement centering around a potential third round clash between Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka. There are media reports that Simona Halep may pull out of the tournament due to a family tragedy. I’m going to hold off from writing a full tournament preview just…
On Wednesday, all eight second round matches will be played in Auckland. Mona Barthel and Sara Errani both went out on Monday and Svetlana Kuznetsova joined them as a seeded casualty on Tuesday. Kuznetsova is often a slow starter after a long break, but I was still surprised she lost to Lucie Hradecka, who is…
Sara Errani defeated Yanina Wickmayer, 7-5 3-6 7-6(2) in a fantastic first round match on Grandstand court lasting two hours and 44 minutes. I was expecting it to be a complete mess, but it was a great match and for the right reasons! There was plenty of drama too as Errani absolutely lost the plot…
After a rollercoaster start to Roland Garros 2014, day 5 was somewhat flat. The two womens seeds to fall were Kirsten Flipkens and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Pavs was forced to retire hurt with a back injury against Kiki Bertens. She had break points in the second set that would have seen her serve for the match. …
