Monday was the first day of the 2018 Rogers Cup in Montreal with the likes of Venus Williams and Karolina Pliskova in action. The day session was hot and toasty, while the night session was cut short due to rain. Monday’s Set Points post rounds up some of the highlights of the day, as well…
The WTA is rocking back into action with the finals of San Jose and Washington all set, and most players ready to go in Montreal for next week’s Premier 5 stop on the calendar. Washington has finally caught up with their schedule with the two finalists both having to play two matches on Saturday. Read…
Friday’s Set Points provides a round-up of quarter-finals day in San Jose and Washington. The semi-final line-up in San Jose is a surprising one considering the long list of star names that littered the draw at the start of the week. The four players left though have all had their moments in 2018. The women…
Thursday’s Set Points post is a round-up of second round action from San Jose and Washington across Wednesday and Thursday. The two tournaments have been experiencing contrasting fortunes with the weather as Washington has had rain every day this week and Thursday was the worst of the lot. The women are still on schedule though.…
This post is a round-up of first round action from San Jose and Washington on Monday and Tuesday. The time difference in San Jose and the lateness of matches/rain in Washington is not conducive for me watching so this week’s posts certainly won’t be comprehensive! Washington’s line-up for the WTA was pretty wild on Tuesday…
The fast-paced nature of the tennis season strikes again as less than a day after the tournaments in Stanford and Washington concluded, the next tournament is already underway. Monday saw the start of main draw action at the 2017 Rogers Cup in Toronto. The day started with four first round matches up on the schedule…
Saturday was semi-finals day at the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford and the Citi Open in Washington. Keeping in trend with much of the week, the two matches in Stanford were both one-sided. In fact, the last 11 singles matches have all ended in straight sets! CoCo Vandeweghe booked her spot in a…
Garbiñe Muguruza was first into the Stanford semi-finals on Friday with a comprehensive 6-1 6-3 victory over Ana Konjuh. Continuing on from Wimbledon there’s an intensity to Muguruza, one that we have rarely seen at non-Slam events. The Spaniard was rock solid and gave very little away during the 62 minute contest. Konjuh produced a…
The past two days have been really busy at work so i’ve had to park the blog. I was playing tennis on Thursday evening but it wasn’t a long session so I managed to get back in time to watch plenty of tennis from Stanford and Washington. In stark contrast to Tuesday, I was terrible! It…
I was on duty at my tennis club on Tuesday so I was on the court as opposed to watching tennis for the first few hours! Building on my mixed doubles triumph at the weekend, I actually played well! I was struggling with my serve as it was quite windy and I was often serving…
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