Victoria Azarenka (1) v Marion Bartoli (7) Agnieszka Radwanska Azarenka faced her biggest test on Monday as she came within a whisker of suffering her first loss of the year at the hands of the hard-hitting Slovakian, Dominika Cibulkova. She fought brilliantly to pull the win out of the bag, but she will need to…
Kim Clijsters Mona Barthel continued her incredible start to 2012 with a career-best win over the world number 15, Jelena Jankovic. The manner of the defeat was perhaps most surprising as Barthel routed Jankovic, 6-0 6-3 and lost just 10 points in a sensational first set. Jankovic also lost her first match at Indian Wells…
Where do I start? This week’s draw is the most exciting women’s draw for quite some time and I will try to summarise it without rambling 😉 QUARTER 1 – Victoria Azarenka (1) v Marion Bartoli (7) Alisa Kleybanova Victoria Azarenka continued her fairytale start to 2012 with another dominating victory over Maria Sharapova in…
Novak Djokovic I have been crossing the days on my calendar for the new tennis season to start and it is nearly upon us! The first tennis of the season actually kicks off on the 29th of December in Abu Dhabi as the stars of the ATP turn up for the big-bucks Mubadala World Tennis…
5. Sam Stosur d. Serena Williams 6-2 6-3 (US Open) The scoreline of this match may not represent a great match, but the drama, the occasion and the tennis on show was truly fantastic. The US Open final provided us with one of the biggest upsets of the season. Serena was heavily favoured to win…
I visited Eastbourne for the first time last year and had such an amazing day that I was certain that I must visit again this year! I had been waiting for this day for agesss and as you can imagine, I was literally bouncing off the walls with excitement! The line-up for this year was…
Kim Clijsters edged Venus Williams in the US Open Semi-final as she came from a set down to beat Venus in a thrilling contest, 4-6 7-6 6-4. The match was highlighted by moments of genius, changes in momentum and alarming errors at crucial stages of the match. The first set went largely with serve until…
The first of the women’s quarter finals were completed on Wednesday night as Venus Williams and Kim Clijsters set up a SF clash. Venus Williams defeated Francesca Schiavone in a tight two setter, 7-6 6-4 and in blustery conditions. In the first set, Venus twice went a break up but failed to consolidate the break…
Sam Stosur beat Elena Dementieva, 6-3 2-6 7-6 in a thriller on Arthur Ashe Stadium in what was the latest ever finish for a women’s match at the US Open. Stosur dominated the early proceedings using her penetrating groundstrokes and big serve to great effect however her form dipped in the second set as Dementieva…
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