The exits of Petra Kvitova, Sabine Lisicki and Angelique Kerber have shaken up the bottom half of the draw. It’s going to be so strange not to see Petra, Sabine and Angie in the second week because they have been household names in the latter stages of Wimbledon. It’s going to be exciting though. Let’s…
1. Lucie Safarova v CoCo Vandeweghe (Wimbledon, R4) I was nervously following the Lucie-Sloane match on the scoreboards at Wimbledon on Friday. After Sloane took the first set, I was resigned to her losing… however once again, she dug out the win in three sets, 3-6 6-3 6-1. Lucie has become much more match tough…
1. Serena Williams v Venus Williams (Wimbledon, R4) There are many intriguing women’s matches that are set to be played on Magic Monday, but the stand-out has to be the all Williams clash. This will be the first time that Serena and Venus have played at Wimbledon since the 2009 final. For a time, it…
Magic Monday is set it to be… well, pretty magical! Last year was disrupted by the rain but this year, we will have 16 fourth round matches to look forward to in what is arguably the best day of tennis. The final match of the day between Gael Monfils and Gilles Simon was moved from…
The match that opened up proceedings on Court No.2 between Garbine Muguruza and Angelique Kerber is one that won’t be forgotten in a while. Muguruza beat Kerber, 7-6(12) 1-6 6-2 in two hours and 34 minutes. The highlight of the match was an INCREDIBLE first set. I’d like to apologise for the ensuing string of…
I was flicking through the live scoreboard on Friday afternoon trying to find an interesting doubles match to go and watch. As soon as I saw Alizé Cornet in mixed doubles, I rannnn. Cornet was playing with Edouard Roger-Vasselin up against Gabriela Dabrowski and Adil Shamasdin. Alizé is one of my favourite players to photograph…
Today was my last day at Wimbledon and as always, I had a ball. I wasn’t that enamoured with the line-up for Court No.1 today so ended the day with plenty of doubles on the outside courts. The highlight was getting a front row seat for the first round match featuring Barbora Strycova and Jurgen…
Camila Giorgi will be seeking to maintain her winning head-to-head record on Saturday when she plays Caroline Wozniacki in Saturday’s most engaging match-up on the women’s side. Giorgi defeated Wozniacki at the same stage at the US Open in 2013, coming from a set down to win, 4-6 6-4 6-3. Giorgi also won their last…
For the second consecutive Slam, Angelique Kerber and Garbine Muguruza will meet in the third round. Muguruza defeated Kerber at Roland Garros, coming from a set down to secure her first ever win over the German player, 4-6 6-2 6-2. Muguruza went on to reach the last eight but hasn’t carried that momentum on to…
I’m all in for this match-up… Bethanie Mattek-Sands produced the performance of the day on Wednesday to oust the number seven seed, Ana Ivanovic and set up a third round meeting with Belinda Bencic. In my preview for the Mattek-Sands v Ivanovic match, I said that I felt it had the potential for an upset…
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