After seeing Dominika Cibulkova and Jarmila Gajdosova go three sets during my lunch break, I assumed the final second round match in Sydney between Angelique Kerber and Daria Gavrilova would be postponed and played out on Wednesday………. I was stunned to see the finished scoreline! Kerber is just one of two seeds left in the…
DELPO! I was delighted to wake up to the news that Juan Martin del Potro won his first match on his comeback from wrist surgery with a straight sets win over Sergiy Stakhovsky. I’m hoping to find time to watch some of the match tonight! In an unsurprising turn of events, the Sydney draw is…
I’m delighted to share a new feature to this site with a preview for the womens doubles draw in Sydney! Many thanks to Ivan Xie who has written this piece. You can follow Ivan on Twitter (@ fanatical tennis) HERE. He’s at the tournament in Sydney this week and is definitely worth a follow… In…
Rain affected the schedule in Sydney again on Monday, but all the matches were completed setting up a pretty special order of play for Tuesday. I can understand the matches featuring Nick Kyrgios and Bernard Tomic being on Ken Rosewall Aren (the top court), but then again, having the number one seed in Simona Halep…
I was searching everywhere for the final speeches from yesterday’s Auckland final between Caroline Wozniacki and Venus Williams. Thanks to MrPieritoTennis on YouTube, who has included them in his highlights. When you get a underwhelming final, the trophy ceremony is sometimes the best part. The Caro-Venus final was actually pretty good, but the final speeches…
The second of the WTA events next week is in Hobart. Casey Dellacqua, the world number 29, is the top seed in the draw. The list of seeds isn’t particularly impressive, but it should pave the way for an interesting and open week. Last year’s champion, Garbine Muguruza has opted to play in Sydney. The…
Are you keeping up? Sadly, I don’t have time to write about Maria Sharapova’s 6-7 6-3 6-3 win over Ana Ivanovic in the Brisbane final, but it was a great match. In case you missed it, I have written a recap of the Auckland final between Venus Williams and Caroline Wozniacki HERE. The main…
I was tempted to stay up for the Auckland final last night, but sleep ruled in the end so I avoided checking the live scores and watched using the catch-up service on TennisTV. If you watch a lot of tennis, i’d definitely recommend TennisTV… it’s been my saviour for the last year. It was a…
Saturday’s line-up in Brisbane is really quite special; the men’s semi-finals will open up the day session with Milos Raonic taking on Kei Nishikori and Roger Federer playing Grigor Dimitrov. In the evening, the women will take centre stage as the top two seeds, Maria Sharapova and Ana Ivanovic battle it out for the first…
For the second year in a row, the two highest profile players in the Auckland draw have come through to reach the final. Venus Williams has made back-to-back finals in Auckland; last year she lost to Ana Ivanovic, 6-2 5-7 6-4, but this time round, she will take on the world number eight, Caroline Wozniacki.…
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