1. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova v Vera Zvonareva (Miami, R1) The last time that Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Vera Zvonareva played each other on the WTA tour was in the last 16 of Roland Garros in 2011 where Pavlyuchenkova prevailed in a tight three setter to reach her first Grand Slam quarter-final. Since then, both players have had…
I had my Saturday morning all planned out to watch the second of the semi-finals between Serena Williams and Simona Halep without knowing the result. I was gutted to find the match not available on TennisTV with the word “withdrawn” next to Serena’s name. I’m pleased to hear that Serena’s announcement went down without any…
Fact. Timea Bacsinszky is having a totally awesome year. Time for the stats… So far in 2015, Timea has compiled together a 22-3 W-L record, which has included a 15 match winning streak that included back-to-back titles in Acapulco and Monterrey, and a quarter-final showing at the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells. Her only…
Well who’d have thought it… Sabine Lisicki and Jelena Jankovic will meet in the first of the semi-finals on Friday after both players turned the tables on miserable starts to 2015. This tweet sums it all up perfectly. I love the WTA. One semifinal: chalk. Serena-Simona. The other semi: Probably the last two seeded players…
The 2015 BNP Paribas Open has had its fair share of upsets and surprises this year, but order has been restored somewhat with the first of the semi-finals, which will be played on Friday evening in the desert. The number one seed, Serena Williams will play the number three seed, Simona Halep in what should…
1. Sabine Lisicki v Flavia Pennetta (Indian Wells, QF) Coming into Indian Wells, there was a great deal of scepticism surrounding both Sabine Lisicki and Flavia Pennetta. Few predicted Sabine to live up to her seeding and almost no-one was thinking Pennetta had a hope in hell of defending her Indian Wells title… however, both…
I’m still trying to process some of the results from Tuesday… One of Lesia Tsurenko, Jelena Jankovic, Flavia Pennetta and Sabine Lisicki will be in the Indian Wells final on Sunday. It’s a surprising line-up considering Lisicki and Jankovic have endured miserable starts to the year. In fact, the four players in the bottom half all failed to win…
1. Caroline Garcia v Sabine Lisicki (IW, R4) It’s good to see Sabine Lisicki winning matches again; she did the Roberta Vinci and Sara Errani double for the second time in under a year. In the second round, Lisicki couldn’t get the job done in straight sets against Vinci, despite serving for the match in…
I should be asleep right now but I felt compelled to write a few words! Belinda Bencic produced her best performance of 2015 by a country mile to beat Caroline Wozniacki, 6-4 6-4 to book her place in the last 16 at Indian Wells. Everything came together today for Belinda as she sealed just her…
1. Simona Halep v Karolina Pliskova (IW, R4) In a rematch of last month’s Dubai final, Simona Halep and Karolina Pliskova will meet in the last 16 at Indian Wells. Pliskova has continued her superb start to the year in the desert. She played a great match to beat Garbine Muguruza for the second time…
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