The Top 4 for Day 8 Andy Murray 1. Andy Murray v Milos Raonic Andy Murray looked a spent force in a third round thriller with Feliciano Lopez, but found a way to progress to the 4th round. He plays the night match with Milos Raonic, who produced easily his best performance of the tournament…
Just a quick note to say what a great achievement from Laura Robson to make her first ever WTA semi-final this week on the clay in Palermo. She defeated the world number 27, Roberta Vinci in the second round and backed that up with a tough win over Carla Suarez Navarro, 6-4 2-6 6-3. She…
Yesterday I visited the AEGON Classic in Birmingham for quarter-finals action at the WTA International event. As you may have noticed there was not much play due to the weather, but it was still an interesting day as it was the first time I had ever been to this event. The Edgbaston Priory Club is…
The top three at Birmingham on Thursday Heather Watson 1. Roberta Vinci (4) v Heather Watson Roberta Vinci has avoided the exodus of the seeds so far as she came through her opener when Virginie Razzano retired in their second round match after losing the first set. She takes on the only British player left…
Angelique Kerber won her first ever main draw match in Stuttgart with a superb 6-2 6-3 victory over Roberta Vinci. It was a highly entertaining match and one of the best individual performances I have witnessed in 2012. Vinci ran out of ideas in the end as Kerber dealt beautifully with everything the Italian threw…
Marion Bartoli The quarter-finals at the WTA Premier event in Paris failed to disappoint on Friday as three of the matches were pushed to three sets and the remaining one saw the top seed ousted. The best match of the day saw Marion Bartoli produce a terrific fightback to beat Roberta Vinci, 4-6 6-4 7-6. …
I have to admit that so far, the WTA tournament in Toronto has been somewhat of an anticlimax so far. Firstly, Venus Williams pulled out with a viral illness and then we were prevented a potential blockbuster third round encounter between Serena Williams and Kim Clijsters when Kim was forced to retire in her second…
Vera Zvonareva, Andrea Petkovic, Agnieszka Radwanska and Peng Shuai headline the WTA tournament in San Diego, which starts on Monday. The draw reminds me a little of the grass-court tournament in Birmingham but it is slightly stronger with more strength in depth across the line-up of seeds. The top eight seeds all have byes in…
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