Today featured another wow moment of 2014 as the world number 26, Alize Cornet upset the world number one, Serena Williams in a stunning 6-4 6-4 victory. Cornet now meets Venus Williams in a surprising unseeded finale to the 2014 edition of the Dubai Duty Free Championships. In yesterday’s poll, 69% correctly went for Venus…
The Dubai semi-finals features a Williams special as both Venus and Serena progressed to the last four. All four quarter-finals were wrapped up in straight sets. In other news, I was scouring through the future entry lists and discovered that Jelena Jankovic and Ana Ivanovic have already committed to the AEGON Classic at Birmingham this…
Wednesday in Dubai saw quite a few surprises. Flavia Pennetta’s 6-4 6-1 victory over Agnieszka Radwanska was the biggest upset of the day. Venus sailed past Ana Ivanovic losing just three games and then Sara Errani lost to Sorana Cirstea in three sets. In Dubai’s late night match, another shock was served up as Carla…
In the two hotly anticipated matches in Dubai on Tuesday, neither disappointed. Caroline Wozniacki produced a fine turnaround to get past Sabine Lisicki, 2-6 6-3 6-3. In the other match, a third set tiebreak was needed to separate Angelique Kerber and Ana Ivanovic as Kerber suffered another really tough loss, her fourth loss this year…
I went 5 out of 5 for Dubai predictions on day 1 as another busy week of tournaments kicked off. In Dubai, Venus Williams hit 10 aces in a comprehensive victory over Elena Vesnina, 6-3 6-2. Venus won the tournament in 2009 and 2010 and is now unbeaten in 11 matches in Dubai. She has…
This year’s Dubai draw is an absolute cracker with seven of the world’s top ten competing in an all round high quality field. There are some excellent qualifiers to still be added to the list. Therefore, it makes predicting how this tournament will unfold a very tough task. Enjoy the preview, but don’t hold out…
After an awful day of predictions for Saturday, I correctly predicted the winners in both finals from Doha and Rotterdam! Simona Halep won the Doha title beating Angelique Kerber, meanwhile Tomas Berdych was triumphant in Rotterdam. It is worth noting that there were ATP events in Memphis and Buenos Aires this week, but with the…
The straight set matches continued in Doha on Saturday although both semi-finals certainly had their moments. In Rotterdam, Marin Cilic stretched his winning streak to nine matches. Here are some previews to the finals in Doha and Rotterdam on Sunday. 1. Angelique Kerber v Simona Halep (WTA Doha, F) Angelique Kerber continued her dominant run…
I have only followed the tennis fleetingly today and can only go on the scorelines and things I have read. Doha had an extraordinary day with four straight set quarter-finals with none of four losing players mustering more than three games in a set. In Rotterdam, there were upsets galore as the top two seeds,…
Rotterdam predictions this week have been majestically terrible. Doha has been a mixed bag although both my finalists still remain in the draw. This could be my last preview for a while as I will be moving house and won’t have any internet. Hopefully I will find a way to get round this to be…
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