Caroline Wozniacki 1. Caroline Wozniacki v Mona Barthel Caroline Wozniacki will face her biggest challenge in Doha yet as she takes on the in-form, Mona Barthel. Wozniacki saved four set points in the first set of her second round match with Sorana Cirstea before strolling through the second to win, 7-6(7) 6-0. It was a…
My predictions for Sydney have flopped like a lead balloon. I think they could be my worst ever predictions in the history of predicting! Thankfully, I am looking good in Hobart where I have correctly predicted 12 of the 14 first round results. This included my predicted champion, Kirsten Flipkens rebounding from 5-2 down in…
Sam Stosur revealed a few days ago that she had undergone ankle surgery during the off-season and that certainly brought into context a disappointing first round loss in the Brisbane International to Sofia Arvidsson, 7-6(4) 7-5. I had actually tipped Stosur to fall early in this tournament so it did not come as a great…
Here is the final countdown of my favourite WTA matches of the year. If you missed any of the first three parts then the links are below. It was straightforward to pick my favourite five matches this year, but I had great difficulty in deciding their order… do you agree with my picks?!Part 1 20-16Part…
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…
Lucie Safarova David Ferrer won his first ATP Masters 1000 events with a 6-4 6-3 victory over Jerzy Janowicz. It was a good final with a number of long games in the second set, but Ferrer fought threw and broke the resistance of Janowicz, who tired towards the end. Although the tournament lost a lot…
Despite a dodgy overall set of predictions, I went out on a high as I correctly predicted that Caroline Wozniacki would win Moscow and that Venus Williams would be crowned the champion in Luxembourg. Caroline Wozniacki showed her superior mental edge and an improved forehand as she beat Sam Stosur, 6-2 4-6 7-5. Stosur is…
Caroline Wozniacki v Sam Stosur (Moscow) Caroline Wozniacki and Sam Stosur set up an all-star final in Moscow with both recording battling three set semi-final wins. Wozniacki struggled once again to close her match out with Sofia Arvidsson; yesterday she twice failed to serve the match out against Dominika Cibulkova and today suffered the same…
Caroline Wozniacki 1. Caroline Wozniacki v Dominika Cibulkova (Moscow) Caroline Wozniacki was in fine form in her first match in Moscow last night. Many of the players have noted the slow court surface, but that actually favours Wozniacki’s game and she is looking good for a strong assault on the title. She defeated Urszula Radwanska,…
Caroline Wozniacki Caroline Wozniacki v Angelique Kerber Caroline Wozniacki has had to fight for her life to make the third round having won two gruelling three setters against Chanelle Scheepers and Hsieh Su-Wei. Against Hsieh, she was a set and a double break down, but her fighting instincts came to the forefront as she came through,…
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