The men stole the show on Sunday, but the women ruled Monday. Serena Williams and Dominika Cibulkova prevailed in frenetic and fantastic fourth round matches that both went the distance. Last year’s finalist Cibulkova was first into the quarter-finals hitting a barrage of winners to take out Victoria Azarenka, 6-2 3-6 6-3 in two hours…
BOOM. An all-American quarter-final between Venus Williams and Madison Keys will be served up in Melbourne and I am excited. This will be Keys’s first ever Grand Slam quarter-final, while Venus is here for the first time since 2010. Venus snapped a four match losing streak to upset Agnieszka Radwanska in three sets, 6-3 2-6…
There have been shocks aplenty in the bottom half of the women’s draw, but the quarter-finals have really held up. Eugenie Bouchard and Maria Sharapova have both come through for the loss of just one set and will resume what is slowly become a very intriguing rivalry. Bouchard lost her first set of the tournament…
For the third consecutive Grand Slam, Ekaterina Makarova is into the last eight. The 26-year-old Russian has become one of the most consistent performers on the WTA tour and she maintained her marvellous record in Australia by reaching the quarter-finals of the Australian Open for the third time in her career. Makarova’s best win of…
As another top ten seed in Petra Kvitova departed the tournament, Serena Williams’s chances of prevailing at this year’s Australian Open received another boost. In my opinion, this match-up against Muguruza will be the defining match of her Australian Open. If she wins it, i’d fancy Serena to win the whole caboodle. Poll Results for…
There were no surprises overnight on Sunday with Maria Sharapova, Eugenie Bouchard and Ekaterina Makarova all progressing to the quarter-finals. Sharapova v Bouchard should be great. The women’s matches for day 8 are pretty awesome, but i’m gutted all the matches are either early or late so I won’t get to watch any of the…
Saturday’s results saw three set wins for Serena Williams and Venus Williams, the latter reaching the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the first time since Wimbledon 2011! Agnieszka Radwanska and Victoria Azarenka were also winners in straight sets. I watched the Azarenka v BZS match which was scrappy for the most part, but…
The women’s matches on Monday are shaping up to be pretty spectacular; however Sunday’s matches are not particularly enticing on paper. A few people have left comments about their lack of interest in the bottom half and to be honest, i’m feeling it a little too. The quarters could be interesting though. Fantasy Tennis Updates:…
In the night match on Rod Laver Arena, Maria Sharapova defeated Zarina Diyas, 6-1 6-1 to complete the line-up for the first batch of fourth round matches in the women’s draw. Have I mentioned that Saturday’s line-up of women’s matches is awesome? I’m sorry, I know I sound like a broken record. Hopefully it lives…
Simona Halep, Eugenie Bouchard and Ekaterina Makarova all won their matches in straight sets to book their places in the second week of the Australian Open. In the only seeded upset so far today, Yanina Wickmayer defeated Sara Errani in three sets. It’s great to see Yanina playing well again, who has won all her…
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