The second Grand Slam of the year will begin on Sunday morning with Serena Williams headlining the field. Roland Garros have adopted the early Sunday start for a number of years now. Last year was the first one where they fully committed to the weekend start with many of the top players opening on day…
Am I the only person wondering where the heck this clay court season has gone? Rome will wrap up today and there will be just one week left for players to fine tune their game before Roland Garros kicks off NEXT SUNDAY. I won’t be investing heavily in next week’s tournaments, but here are my…
Serena Williams will have the opportunity to defend her Rome title when she goes up against Sara Errani in Sunday’s final. Serena exacted revenge on Ana Ivanovic in the semi-finals with a three set victory, 6-1 3-6 6-1 in one hour and 36 minutes. Serena was pretty flawless in the first and third sets. It…
Saturday will deliver four equally enticing semi-finals from the Internazionali BNL D’Italia. There were some excellent quarter-finals on Friday with Novak Djokovic’s 7-5 4-6 6-3 victory over David Ferrer and Ana Ivanovic’s 6-4 3-6 6-4 win over Carla Suarez Navarro the pick of the bunch. As I write this, Nadal v Murray is still to…
Rome has continued the general trend of tennis in 2014 with shocks across the board in the both the WTA and ATP draws. Ana Ivanovic scored a magnificent straight sets win over Maria Sharapova, meanwhile Stanislas Wawrinka was bundled out in three sets by Tommy Haas. Tomas Berdych also lost and Rafael Nadal survived another…
On the WTA side, my predictions have been reasonable this week. By all accounts, Serena Williams came out and performed well, beating Andrea Petkovic in straight sets, 6-2 6-2. Sloane Stephens was the only seed to fall, on Wednesday, losing to Varvara Lepchenko, 6-2 6-2. Remarkably, Lepchenko has lost just 5 games in 2 matches. …
The ATP results in Rome have been pretty baffling. Well, they have been for me as I sit pretty with 9 correct picks out of a total 24 for the first round. My recent form has made me consider retirement. The WTA draw has been marginally better although I missed out on a few surprises…
The WTA main draw kicked off in Rome today with a few surprising results. Top of the list was Francesca Schiavone, who delivered a dazzling performance to defeat Eugenie Bouchard, 6-4 6-2. The clay court season has been a little rough for Genie, but she is down to play Nurnberg next week so has a…
I love this stage of the tennis season because there is just so much going on. We are just two weeks away from the second Grand Slam of the year in Paris and Rome is now on our doorstep. Comparing Rome and Madrid, there is just no competition. Rome is a much better tournament and…
Maria Sharapova continued her unbeaten run on the clay in 2014 with a three set victory over Simona Halep in the final. This was Sharapova’s first ever title in Madrid and her 11th straight win having also won in Stuttgart two weeks ago. Things didn’t start so smoothly for Maria as she was dished out…
