The bottom half of the women’s draw will kick off on Tuesday with the likes of Simona Halep, Venus Williams, Garbiñe Muguruza and Angelique Kerber all opening their Australian Open campaigns. This post covers two matches from the third quarter of the draw. 1. Caroline Garcia v Barbora Strycova (AO, R1) One of the stand-out matches…
A quick shout-out to some fantasy games for the Australian Open including Racket Rally, TFF Dream Team, Tiger Mobiles Tennis Challenge and Tennis Draw Challenge. I’m a bit late but hopefully you will have some time to register if any of them float your boat! Details on how to join all the games are provided…
This is Tom (@TennisZealot on Twitter) finishing off my experiences at the 2016 Sydney International after recapping the first three days HERE. Wednesday, January 13: Play commenced at 2pm local time in, yet again, sweltering conditions. The sun at its zenith, I, along with a decent crowd, braved the full sunshine of court nine and mid…
The first day of the 2016 Australian Open will cover the top half of the women’s draw with the likes of Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova, Agnieszka Radwanska, Petra Kvitova, Caroline Wozniacki and Belinda Bencic all in action. A first round preview of Serena’s first round match against Camila Giorgi can be found HERE. This post…
The top half of the women’s draw will kick off off proceedings on Monday with the likes of Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova, Agnieszka Radwanska and Petra Kvitova all in action. A first round preview for the match at the very top of the draw featuring Serena Williams and Camila Giorgi can be found HERE. This post covers…
Serena Williams opens her Australian Open title defence against the world number 35, Camila Giorgi. In terms of rankings, it is the toughest possible match that Serena could have faced with Giorgi the first player to miss out on a seeding. Furthermore, Giorgi’s ultra-agressive and fast-paced game will put Serena’s level under the microscope right from…
The second week of the 2016 tennis season is over with the Australian Open now on the horizon. It was another withdrawal-heavy week in Sydney with three players pulling out pre-tournament and two more during the actual tournament. It paved the way for an unexpected final between Svetlana Kuznetsova and Monica Puig with the former producing a special…
The draw for the 2016 Australian Open was completed on Friday morning in Melbourne with main draw action set to get underway on Monday. For this draw, a cloud of uncertainty looms over many of the world’s top ten including the defending champion, Serena Williams. This post is my preview of the draw looking at the…
Hi everyone, I’m Tom (@TennisZealot on Twitter) writing about my experiences at the 2016 Sydney International. This will be a mid-week recap, to be concluded with a final recap after the tournament’s conclusion on Saturday. Sunday, January 10: With play commencing at noon, there was time to watch Roberta Vinci hit with Ekaterina Makarova and…
NEW MATCH-UP ALERT… The Sydney quarter-finals include a first career meeting between Belinda Bencic and Ekaterina Makarova. Bencic had a solid win in the second round against the Sydney GOAT, Tsvetana Pironkova, 6-3 6-3. It was a far more straightforward match compared to her first round win over Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, 7-6(6) 1-6 6-4. In the…
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