The one striking thing from this weeks draw in Hobart is that there are no stand-out names and that it is a very level playing field; therefore I think there are a host of names that could go all the way and claim the title. The number one seed is Yanina Wickmayer, who will play…
There were no shocks in Brisbane today as all the first round matches were completed on day two of the new season. Sam Stosur eased into the second round with a 6-2 6-3 win over Anastasiya Yakimova. Stosur was comfortably the better player and it was a solid performance for the first match of her…
Sam Stosur The engines are revving for 2012 as the first draw of the season was finally released on Friday night for the Premier event in Brisbane. The draw looks very uneven with four big names all found in the top half of the draw. Sam Stosur is the number one seed and has a…
Svetlana Kuznetsova progressed into the second round of the Kremlin Cup with a 6-3 6-3 victory over Alize Cornet. Kuznetsova was patchy, but showed sparks of some good form. It was a nice match-up for Kuznetsova against a passive and ineffective opponent – Cornet hit just 4 winners in the whole match and was playing…
Francesca Schiavone overcame a second set blip and a host of double faults to see off Galina Voskoboeva, 6-3 1-6 6-4. Schiavone was surprisingly poor on serve throughout the match with 16 double faults to her name including 3 in a row whilst serving for the macth at 5-3. However she was let off the…
I don’t think anyone could have predicted the Quarter final line-up for Toronto this week in what has been a week of upsets. The biggest shock of the day saw the qualifier, Galina Voskoboeva take out Maria Sharapova in 2 sets, 6-3 7-5. Sharapova was way below par during the match; however do not take…
The first day of action in Toronto saw four of the five seeds sent packing. Svetlana Kuznetsova who has struggled for consistency this year was defeated by the Romanian, Simona Halep, 4-6 6-4 6-3. Kuznetsova beat Halep in their only previous encounter earlier this year in Miami, 6-0 6-4 and was heading for a similarly…
It’s been a pretty uneventful week in Baku so far. On a positive note, I managed to predict 5 of the 8 quarter-finalists correctly but Pavlyuchenkova has now destroyed my predictions with her quarter-final defeat today 😦 Oh well! Pavlyuchenkova has struggled all week on her serve; today she served up an incredible 27 double…
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