Wednesday’s order of play at the 2021 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix was a mix of first round and second round matches. My schedule is always suited more to the evening matches so Wednesday’s Stuttgart diary is centred on the second rounders which included first ever showings on the Stuttgart clay for the number one seed,…
Day 2 of main draw action at the 2021 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix is in the books. I feel like you notice the absence of fans more indoors and particularly in a tournament like Stuttgart where it was always well attended. Trying to be positive that there is even a tournament this year! Tuesday’s diary…
The Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart is back with yet another stunning line-up including seven of the world’s top 10. It’s an odd draw though with disparity between the first round matches. The pick of the bunch is an all top 15 clash between the defending champion, Petra Kvitova and Australian Open finalist, Jen…
That’s a wrap for the 2021 Dubai Duty Free Championships. In Saturday’s final, Garbiñe Muguruza beat Barbora Krejcikova, 7-6(6) 6-3 to win her first title in nearly two year since Monterrey 2019. Of the nine singles finals on the WTA tour in 2021, eight of them have been decided in straight sets. Read on for…
And then there were two… the final of the 2021 Dubai Duty Free Championships will be contested between Garbiñe Muguruza and Barbora Krejcikova. While both semi-finals were decided in straight sets, Muguruza and Krejcikova had to work hard to book their place in Saturday’s final. Read on for Friday’s diary from Dubai. Day 6️⃣ Highlights…
The semi-finals are set at the 2021 Dubai Duty Free Championships. On quarter-finals day, the top half produced a pair of straight setters and the bottom half produced a pair of three setters. The Muguruza-Sabalenka match-up has delivered two of the best matches from the Middle East swing. Read on for Thursday’s Dubai diary with…
We’re nearly there. It’s been a rocky road up to the 2021 Australian Open but the tournament is set to get underway on Monday. After the withdrawals on Friday and Saturday, and the announcement that the Grampians Trophy final will not be played at all, my attention has naturally switched to the first Slam of…
Thankfully there were no further positive cases recorded on Thursday and the tennis returned on Friday with another manic schedule. The Australian Open draw was also released overnight. My FOMO is through the roof right now 😂. All the quarter-finals from the Yarra Valley Classic and the Gippsland Trophy were played under the MCA roof…
Wednesday was one of the most manic days of tennis that I can remember. It was the last 16 of the Yarra Valley Classic and the Gippsland Trophy, as well as the first round of the Grampians Trophy. The recent news coming out of Melbourne is that there will be no play on Thursday after…
I’m really enjoying the return of the tennis, even with the overwhelming number of matches. I’ve accepted that I can’t follow everything so just trying to pick and choose the matches that interest me and check in on as many players as possible. I’m surprised how well the draws have held up so far, especially…
