Yanina Wickmayer and Jelena Ostapenko will meet in the first round of the St.Petersburg Ladies Trophy in what is sure to be a feisty affair. Wickmayer continues to blow hot and cold; her aggressive baseline game made her a regular in the top 30 between 2009 and 2012 but she has never managed to regain that kind…
1. Camila Giorgi v Dominika Cibulkova (Istanbul, R1) It’s great to see Dominika Cibulkova back on the WTA tour but not so great to see her down at number 56 in the rankings. It will take time for Domi to get back to where she belongs after she was forced to have surgery to address…
The first seed to fall in Nottingham was Karin Knapp who was *technically* upset by Yanina Wickmayer. It doesn’t feel like an upset though as Wickmayer is a much better player than her current ranking of 92 suggests. It was the second time the pair had played this year and both matches had the same…
This will be my last post for a few days as i’m busy this weekend… my brother is getting married! I’m going to be playing serious catch-up with Madrid as the main draw comes out on Friday with play starting on Saturday. I hate the overlap between tournaments and that will happen with the finals…
1. Karolina Pliskova v Denisa Allertova Pliskova has come from a set down to win both her matches this week. On Wednesday, she defeated Tsvetana Pironkova in a third set tiebreak, 3-6 6-3 7-6(1). By all accounts, Pliskova has been nowhere near her best, but she’s still in the quarters. This is a great attribute…
1. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova v Vera Zvonareva (Miami, R1) The last time that Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Vera Zvonareva played each other on the WTA tour was in the last 16 of Roland Garros in 2011 where Pavlyuchenkova prevailed in a tight three setter to reach her first Grand Slam quarter-final. Since then, both players have had…
Second round action began on Friday in the desert with Agnieszka Radwanska, Heather Watson and Simona Halep all progressing into the third round. Watson upset Camila Giorgi with a 7-5 7-5 victory. Watson went up 5-0 in the second set and then lost five straight games. However she managed to avoid a third setter as…
The start of Indian Wells and Miami are always a little odd with the seeds not coming out to play until the second round. There are plenty of matches on the schedule today and lots of streamed courts, but none of the matches are particularly enticing. The only match that I did want to watch…
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova strolled to her eight victory of 2015 with a 6-2 6-2 victory over Yanina Wickmayer. This was the first match i’ve watched from Antwerp and as many others are commenting on Twitter, it’s awfully dark. There was a pretty sombre vibe coming from the centre court and it didn’t sound like there…
The women’s matches on Monday are shaping up to be pretty spectacular; however Sunday’s matches are not particularly enticing on paper. A few people have left comments about their lack of interest in the bottom half and to be honest, i’m feeling it a little too. The quarters could be interesting though. Fantasy Tennis Updates:…
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