This will be my last preview from New Haven with the US Open draws out on Thursday afternoon at 11.30am local time (4.30pm UK time). I’ve enjoyed New Haven this week although I was disappointed that the match between Caroline Wozniacki and Roberta Vinci wasn’t streamed on TennisTV last night. It was a strange decision,…
The last time that Lucie Safarova and Dominika Cibulkova met on the tennis court I was watching the match live. On that occasion, Cibulkova defeated Safarova in her first match since the French Open final, 7-6(7) 6-4 in a second round match in Eastbourne. It was a very close match with just a few points…
Dominika Cibulkova scored a fifth consecutive win over Kristina Mladenovic to progress into the quarter-finals of the Connecticut Open in New Haven. This was their toughest match to date with Cibulkova winning through an entertaining tussle, 2-6 7-6(1) 7-5. Both players had played tough three setters in the first round, but especially Cibulkova who had…
I’ve never really followed New Haven before but i’m quite into this year’s draw… in the second round, the defending champion, Petra Kvitova will take on Madison Keys on Wednesday. It is the first time that the pair will have played since Keys upset Kvitova at the Australian Open en route to her first Grand Slam semi-final.…
Stepping up to serve for the match at 6-3 *5-4 against Daria Gavrilova, you couldn’t blame Lucie Safarova for feeling the nerves. Just two weeks ago, Lucie had been in an almost identical position, up 6-4 *5-4 in their second round clash in Toronto. Lucie came within two points of the match but was unable…
The first match of the day in New Haven was complete in just over an hour as Roberta Vinci won the last 12 games of the match to beat a lost-looking, Eugenie Bouchard, 6-1 6-0. Bouchard has endured some really bruising losses this year but this one was unfortunately at the top of the tree.…
Did someone speed up time or something because I can’t believe that the US Open is only a week away. The final tournament before the women head to Flushing Meadows is the Connecticut Open in New Haven. There have been string of withdrawals with the likes of Garbiñe Muguruza, Sloane Stephens, Belinda Bencic and Ekaterina…
Just a quick preview of the women’s final in Cincy tonight (not before 3pm local time) featuring Serena Williams and Simona Halep. Not only did I miss both Cincy semi-finals because they were both in the evening session but i’m a busy bee today. My family are have a BBQ and i’m in charge of…
For the second consecutive week, Simona Halep and Jelena Jankovic will play each other on the WTA tour… but this time it’s in a semi-final. I’m bowled over by Halep’s efforts this week. The Romanian player, who will seal the number two seed at the US Open with a win here, played five matches last…
Ohh bugger. Elina Svitolina booked her place in the semi-finals of Cincy with a 6-4 2-6 6-0 victory against Lucie Safarova. The last time that Svitolina beat Safarova at Indian Wells I was too bummed to write anything but here goes. This was a rough watch for Lucie fans but I have to admit I…
