The big news on Thursday was the confirmation that Serena Williams has ended her year and will not compete in the WTA Finals in Singapore, which are set to get underway in just over three weeks. While it is a real blow to the tournament, I don’t think it comes as a major surprise as there…
The US Open finalist, Roberta Vinci has continued her excellent recent form and just like her last tournament, will play a Williams sister in the semi-finals… this time, Venus. It’s refreshing to see Vinci backing up that run in New York because to be honest, I expected her form to drop off after such a…
Wuhan continued to produce some wacky results with the top two seeds remaining in the draw prior to Wednesday both on their way to Beijing after losing their third round matches. The result of the week so far saw Johanna Konta keep on winning, recovering from the abyss of a 1-5 third set deficit to…
For the first time since Wimbledon, Garbiñe Muguruza secured back-to-back wins on the tour to secure her place in the quarter-finals of the 2015 Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open. Muguruza achieved this feat in real style as she secured both of her wins in Wuhan with bagel sets. In the second round she defeated Sloane Stephens, 6-2…
I forgot how difficult the Asian Swing is to follow when i’m working… play starts at 4am when i’m sound asleep. I could get up to watch some tennis but sleeeeeep. Then i’m at work while everything is going on. I’ve managed to find nuggets of time in the morning and during my lunch hour…
Time to ring the bell again for a new WTA match-up… the first match on the Centre Court on Wednesday will be one of just three all-seeded clashes featuring Ana Ivanovic and Garbiñe Muguruza in yet another first career meeting. Both players have struggled to find their best form over the past few months but enjoyed surprisingly routine second…
*NEW MATCH-UP ALERT KLAXON* While I didn’t include Garbiñe Muguruza v Sloane Stephens in my post earlier this year of WTA match-ups that I was desperate to see, this was one that I considered and am compelled to watch! Last week we got Muguruza v Bencic and now Muguruza v Stephens… Muguruza had a bye into…
1. Simona Halep v Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Wuhan, R2) Simona Halep‘s first match of the week at 2015 Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open will be against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova on Tuesday. In a first round match that screamed three lopsided sets, Pavlyuchenkova produced a remarkably clean performance to dispatch her fellow compatriot, Svetlana Kuznetsova in straight sets, 6-0…
After a two week break, probably the longest blogging silence of the year, I’m ready to launch back into the joys of tennis for the last time in 2015. I had a wonderful holiday in Switzerland and France… The scenery, the weather, the food, the bakeries, the CHOCOLATE. Oh it was all good. The highlight…
Just to let you all know that i’ll be on holiday in Switzerland and France for the next week so post-US Open coverage won’t commence until next weekend for Wuhan. It’s a shame as I do like the Premier tournament in Tokyo, but i’m excited to be going on holiday and obviously having a week off work.…
