The match of the day on Monday’s schedule was the second match on Ashe between Venus Williams and Karolina Pliskova. It’s so good when an anticipated match lives up to expectation… Karolina Pliskova saved a match point to defeat Venus Williams, 4-6 6-4 7-6(3) in a thrilling third set crescendo. The first two sets were…
All in for this one… Venus Williams will open her campaign in Montreal against Barbora Strycova as second round action continues on Wednesday at the Rogers Cup. In her first match of the week, Strycova recovered from a set down to record her fifth consecutive victory over Caroline Garcia, 2-6 6-3 6-3. Garcia won five straight…
A fascinating semi-final awaits on Thursday in the third all-top ten clash of Wimbledon 2016 between the number four seed, Angelique Kerber and the number eight seed, Venus Williams. With a head-to-head that has produced multiple compelling contests, this has all the ingredients to be an awesome match. Kerber was first into the Wimbledon semi-finals, edging Simona Halep…
Returning to the Wimbledon quarter-finals for the first time since 2010, Venus Williams will be playing the unseeded, Yaroslava Shvedova. It’s a case of third time lucky for Shvedova who will be competing in her first Wimbledon quarter-final having twice fallen at the fourth round stage. Of the final eight, Shvedova is probably the biggest…
On a rain-affected Friday, Venus Williams and Carla Suárez Navarro were the only two players to complete their third round matches on schedule and set up the first of the Magic Monday match-ups. Venus Williams fought past a determined, Daria Kasatkina, 7-5 4-6 10-8 in a wonderful third round match that lasted two hours and…
This post previews the best of the second round matches set for Thursday at Roland Garros including Bouchard-Bacsinszky, V.Williams v Chirico, Petkovic v Putintseva and Mladenovic v Babos. A final Set Points will come later tonight to wrap up day 4 action at the French Open. 1. Timea Bacsinszky (8) v Eugenie Bouchard In a battle…
Wednesday at the Volvo Car Open in Charleston will feature 14 second round matches, all of them to be streamed across TennisTV and Stre.am. This particular post covers two matches; Sloane Stephens v Danka Kovinic and Venus Williams v Alison Riske. For a full recap of day 1 action in Charleston, click HERE. 1. Sloane Stephens v Danka…
A Wuhan rematch awaits in the first round for Venus Williams and Johanna Konta; the pair played out a fantastic third round match in China last year with Venus saving a match point to win, 6-4 3-6 7-5. The American player went on to win the title and have a wonderful end to the year, also…
Here’s part three of the countdown of my favourite WTA matches in 2015. There’s probably a few surprises in this part including a match from the very first week of the 2015 season which nearly slipped through the net! In case you missed it, part one can be found HERE and part two can be found…
For the first time since 2012, Venus Williams and Jelena Jankovic will meet on the WTA tour. The pair have enjoyed a really fun head-to-head, splitting their 12 previous encounters. This is a hugeeee match for Venus in terms of qualification for the WTA Finals in Singapore. The wildcards for Moscow, the final Premier event…
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