This post previews the two last 16 matches from the fourth quarter of the women’s draw. For a round-up of Saturday’s action at the US Open, check out the Set Points recap post here. I’m excited by the line-up and had a bit more time since it’s the weekend so thought i’d do a rare preview!…
1. Timea Bacsinszky v Barbora Strycova (USO, R1) For the first time this year, Timea Bacsinszky is struggling. The Swiss player has had a tremendous year up till now, moving up 34 places in the rankings since the end of 2014. However, she is currently on a four match losing streak extending back to Wimbledon. Each loss…
Oh my… Sara Errani upset Victoria Azarenka on Thursday with a 7-5 6-3 victory to set up an unlikely quarter-final against Lesia Tsurenko. It was a befuddling loss that i’m struggling to get my head around. Azarenka just had a really bad day at the office and couldn’t find any rhythm. I’m still cringing at…
Even for WTA International events, Istanbul has been wacky… On the first day of the tournament three seeds fell including the number two seed, Elina Svitolina. The number one and three seeds, Venus Williams and Jelena Jankovic both lost on the Tuesday and by the quarter-finals there was just one seed left in Tsvetana Pironkova.…
1. Sabine Lisicki v Flavia Pennetta (Indian Wells, QF) Coming into Indian Wells, there was a great deal of scepticism surrounding both Sabine Lisicki and Flavia Pennetta. Few predicted Sabine to live up to her seeding and almost no-one was thinking Pennetta had a hope in hell of defending her Indian Wells title… however, both…
Serena Williams Brisbane has seen quite a few shocks this week with Maria Sharapova pulling out with injury and five of the eight seeds falling before the quarter-finals. The first semi-final between Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Lesia Tsurenko was certainly not on the cards when the ultra-strong draw was released last Saturday; however the second semi-final will…
Shahar Peer Tamira Paszek had a breakthrough year in 2011 reaching her first ever Grand Slam quarter-final at Wimbledon; however things have not gone well for her in 2012 so far as she went 0-5 through the first two months of the season. All that changed on Wednesday as Paszek finally won a match in…
