The 2020 US Open will not only be a memorable Slam for the circumstances but for the actual tennis over the past two weeks. In another three setter, Naomi Osaka fought back from a set and a break down to beat a fast-starting, Victoria Azarenka, 1-6 6-3 6-3. It was an absorbing final with two…

Wow. I’m still buzzing about Thursday’s US Open semi-finals. It’s the first time since the 2017 French Open that both of the women’s semi-finals have gone three sets. Without doubt, in all my years of following tennis, this was my favourite pair of Slam semi-finals. I’m disappointed to have missed them live, but also thankful…

The semi-finals of the 2020 US Open are all set for Thursday night in New York and it’s one hell of a line-up! Naomi Osaka will take on Jen Brady, followed by Serena Williams against Victoria Azarenka. I’m selfishly cursing that they’ve stuck with the traditional night semi-finals but I will eagerly catch up with…

Monday’s quartet of fourth rounders produced some terrific matches with three of the four matches going the distance and passing the two hour mark. Also noteworthy is that the three mothers in action all won again! I was just going to write about the day matches but I couldn’t not give a mention to the…

Oh my goodness. The day’s tennis was overshadowed by the default of Novak Djokovic after he accidently hit a ball at a lineswoman. Still in shock that that happened. This has blown the men’s draw wide open where there will be a first time Slam champion. Anyway, focus back on the women where we witnessed,…

The middle Saturday of the US Open is always my favourite day of the tournament as the work distractions subside. This particular middle Saturday promised so much with a cracking slate of third round matches. It started off flat with the first match but things soon got going. A shame that so many were late…

Day 5 was a generally a calm day on the women’s side (not so much for the men 👀) as the favoured player in all eight matches from the top half prevailed. It wasn’t always easy though and there was some really good matches. I’m so relieved it’s the weekend (yayayayayayay) and looking forward to…

The bottom half of the women’s draw is shaping up nicely and has paved the way for some cracking matches on Saturday. Day 4 was probably the most exciting day yet with a couple of noteworthy upsets as three of the top ten seeds departed. All three happened to be matches I watched and are…

Day 3 of the US Open featured our first dash of carnage that we’ve generally come to expect from the women’s draw! Six seeds lost including the top seed, Karolina Pliskova – more on that in this post. Arguably the most talked about upset was Varvara Gracheva rallying from 1-6 1-5 down (!) and down…

Two days in and i’m already struggling to keep up with this tennis lark! The first two days have had a flurry of late women’s matches so there has been lots to nervously catch up on in the morning. At first glance, i’m pleased to see the day 3 schedule has more women’s matches in…