There are some excellent second round matches in Oeiras tomorrow on the ladies side. As is characteristic of this event in Portugal, most of them have been relegated to the outside courts for the men. Who actually wants to watch Albert Montanes v Marcel Granollers? I’ve seen a few snippets of the action this week,…
Facebook and Twitter have become integral to keeping up with tennis and I thought it would be nice to have one page with links to the accounts of all the players, starting with the WTA. This has probably been done somewhere else, but I couldn’t find anything so here goes. In my searches, there were a…
After two busy weeks, this one feels like a bit of a breather before Madrid and Rome back-to-back. There is a joint event in Oeiras, Portugal (formerly Estoril) which has attracted a strong WTA line-up and a bare looking ATP draw that has just about been saved with Tomas Berdych taking a late wildcard. There…
Maria Sharapova came from a set and a break down to defeat Ana Ivanovic and claim her third consecutive title in Stuttgart with a 3-6 6-4 6-1 victory. This was a huge, huge win for Maria who has been struggling to find her best form after a long lay-off at the back end of 2013…
Away from Stuttgart, there is plenty of tennis going on this week, which I just haven’t had time to keep up with. In Barcelona, Nicolas Almagro was unable to back up his quarter-final win over Rafael Nadal as he was beaten by Santiago Giraldo, who will play Kei Nishikori in the final. In Bucharest, Grigor…
The huge headline news on Friday came in Barcelona as Rafael Nadal was upset by Nicolas Almagro in the quarter-finals, losing 2-6 7-6(5) 6-4. A whole heap of credit must go to Almagro, who was actually able to close out the match! Almagro has endured some crushing blows in his career (2013 Australian Open QF…
Stuttgart continues to offer up some brilliant WTA matches. The first match on Thursday’s night schedule saw Carla Suarez Navarro produce her best win of 2014, defeating Angelique Kerber in straight sets. Competing in the Fed Cup in Australia last weekend has unsurprisingly, taken its toll on some of the home players this week. The…
I’ve been thinking about those brilliant matches from Tuesday night all day long. I probably sound like a broken record, but they were so good! I was so gripped by both, each match deserved a special post. The one for Sharapova v Safarova can be found HERE and Jankovic v Barthel is HERE. Thursday will…
I was looking forward to Tuesday’s night session in Stuttgart, but didn’t quite expect what we got. The schedule kicked off at 5.30pm and was still going when I gave up for sleep at the end of the second set of this match. Jelena Jankovic produced a stirring comeback, saving four match points to beat…
In a terrific first round contest in Stuttgart, Maria Sharapova defeated Lucie Safarova, 7-6(5) 6-7(5) 7-6(2) in three hours and 23 minutes. The first two sets featured some tremendous tennis and although the third may not have been of such high quality, it was laden with drama. Sharapova led 5-1 in the third set, but…
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