The Australian Open starts tonight! In case you missed it, my preview for the women’s AO draw is already up and you can check it out HERE. Thanks for all the votes in the poll; After nearly 200 votes, Maria Sharapova currently leads the way with 26% of your votes, followed by Simona Halep (16%),…
Sabine Lisicki Yanina Wickmayer v Kristina Mladenovic (Paris, R2) Yanina Wickmayer edged a tight first round match today with Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, 7-6(7) 4-6 6-3. It was a rough draw for both, but I was pleased that Wickmayer won as I have tipped her to win in Paris. Her reward for the first round win is…
The first titles are up for grabs tomorrow in the three WTA tournaments. Here are my predictions… WTA Brisbane Final – Serena Williams v Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova I was sat at work this morning staring at the live scoreboard wondering why the Serena Azarenka hadn’t started yet… a quick trip over to Twitter explained that Victoria…
This is the first of a four part review looking at my favourite 20 matches on the WTA tour in 2012. This has been a terrific year for the women and there have been some stunning matches along the way. Last year, the match between Francesca Schiavone and Svetlana Kuznetsova at the Australian Open was…
Yanina Wickmayer Yanina Wickmayer needed a host of match points to finally defeat Kim Clijsters, 6-4 7-6 and advance to the 4th round. I must admit I did not see this coming and have had the first big scalp of my predictions this week! It sounds as if Clijsters was struggling with her movement and…
Marion Bartoli and Angelique Kerber won their semi-finals on Saturday to set up an intriguing final in Paris. Bartoli was first into the final with a 7-6 6-0 victory over Klara Zakopalova. Zakopalova was the much better player in the early proceedings, but she she faltered when given a chance to take the first set. …
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. …
Yanina Wickmayer I am running out of superlatives to describe Mona Barthel as she continued her mightily impressive streak with another convincing win on Thursday. Barthel won the last nine games of her match with Pauline Parmentier to win 6-3 6-0 and storm into the quarter-finals where she will play Yanina Wickmayer. Wickmayer recorded a…
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…
Julia Goerges The second WTA event this week takes place in Auckland. Although many of the star names have opted to start their year in Brisbane, the draw has strength in depth and will be an interesting watch. Like last year, I get the feeling that an unheralded name will cause a surprise or two. …
