A marvellous week in Madrid will conclude for the women with an unlikely, yet rather fabulous final line-up featuring Petra Kvitova and Svetlana Kuznetsova. Before this tournament, I don’t think many, if any, had Petra or Svetlana on the radar. Kvitova had been out for over a month, taking time away from the tour citing…
1. Maria Sharapova v Svetlana Kuznetsova (Madrid, SF) The first of the WTA semi-finals will be an all-Russian affair featuring Maria Sharapova and Svetlana Kuznetsova. As to be expected, Kuznetsova’s victory over Lucie Safarova was a pretty painful watch for moi. Huge credit must go to Kuznetsova for the way she has battled through this…
Thursday’s blockbuster match-up will see Maria Sharapova and Caroline Wozniacki reignite their rivalry with a first encounter in 2015. Tennis has killed it today and I feel so behind in catching up with everything that has happened! It’s been arguably, the best day of the year so far. In the first match of the day,…
In another fascinating WTA match in Madrid, Carla Suarez Navarro sealed her first ever win against Ana Ivanovic and extended her three set record in 2015 to 14-3 with a 7-5 1-6 6-4 victory in two hours and four minutes. Although the quality didn’t quite rival their cracking quarter-final in Rome last year, it was…
1. Maria Sharapova v Caroline Garcia (Madrid, R3) If you haven’t seen the third set of Caroline Garcia‘s victory over Karolina Pliskova then i’d definitely recommend it. Garcia defeated Pliskova, 6-2 4-6 6-1 in a high quality second round match that featured 69 winners. Garcia finished with 40 winners to 18 unforced errors, which is…
Well hello there… it’s been a long time coming but here comes the 18th installment of the head-to-head between Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka. A few years ago, the Serena-Vika rivalry looked like becoming the flagship match-up on the WTA tour, but that never fully materialised as Vika endured a miserable and injury-ridden 2015 season. …
1. Caroline Wozniacki v Agnieszka Radwanska (Madrid, R3) For the 12th time, Caroline Wozniacki and Agnieszka Radwanska will meet on the WTA tour in third round action in Madrid. Excluding the WTA Championships, this will be the earliest the pair have played each other in a tournament with all of their previous matches taking place…
Elina Svitolina will be seeking her first win over Ana Ivanovic in what will be a sixth career meeting between the pair on Tuesday in Madrid. This may be Svitolina’s best opportunity though as she comes into the tournament in great spirits, having won her third WTA title in Marrakech at the weekend. Svitolina didn’t…
Third up on Stadium 3 at not before 3pm local time in Madrid, Karolina Pliskova and Caroline Garcia will meet in the second round in what is my favourite WTA match-up of the day on Tuesday. Karolina Pliskova is enjoying a superb year and kicked off her clay court season with a victory in Prague. …
I had a lovely weekend celebrating my brother’s wedding and thanks for the nice messages! Although i’m feeling quite flat now and tired (I NEED SLEEP), I am just about ready to jump into the joys of Madrid and another action-packed week of tennis. Sunday produced one of the best schedules of tennis so far…
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