The 2019 Mutua Madrid Open is drawing to a close with Saturday’s singles locked in between arguably the two best clay-courters on the WTA tour right now. The final between Simona Halep and Kiki Bertens will be played at not before 6:30pm local time in Madrid (5:30pm UK time). Read on for the highlights from…
Four players remain in Madrid after Thursday’s quarter-finals which delivered some quality matches. Read on for highlights from Thursday’s quarter-finals including reviews of Halep-Barty and Osaka-Bencic. On a separate note, I found out today that I was successful in my tennis club’s ballot for Wimby tickets! Excited to get to see the new No.1 Court…
The quarter-finals are all set at the 2019 Mutua Madrid Open and we are on the final straight to Saturday’s grand finale. Wednesday’s action produced a surprising number of one-sided matches including a double bagel! Thursday’s quarter-finals look damn fine on paper so hoping for a classic in there somewhere. Read on for the highlights…
The second round at the 2019 Mutua Madrid Open is in the book after Tuesday’s slate of matches. The line-up wasn’t as engaging as Monday’s schedule and my favourite prospective match of the day didn’t even happen! I’m missing being able to watch all the tennis! Read on for my highlights from day 4 of…
Monday’s order of play at the 2019 Mutua Madrid Open saw the first set of second round matches played. Sadly the bank holiday weekend is now over but i’ve loved these past three days getting to watch all the tennis. I’m really enjoying Madrid so far this year! Read on for the highlights from day…
Super Sunday in Madrid is one of the best tennis days of the year. There were 22 first round matches on the schedule with a sprinkling of “upsets” as four of the seeds in action lost, as well as Caroline Wozniacki who was forced to retire hurt with a back injury. This Set Points post…
Before Saturday’s final in Prague, there was a special ceremony for Lucie Safarova ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜. Kudos to the tournament for streaming the ceremony live on their Instagram page. The WTA TV stream then kicked in towards the end of the ceremony. I wish they’d been able to stream it from the start because it was on…
Saturday was a busy day of tennis with the finals in Prague and Rabat, as well as the start of main draw action at the 2019 Mutua Madrid Open which is where most of my focus was. Ten first round matches were played on Saturday and there are another 22 set for super Sunday! Read…
It’s a busy weekend of tennis with two WTA International finals in Prague and Rabat overlapping with the start of the second Premier Mandatory tournament of 2019 in Madrid. I’ve never enjoyed Madrid that much but i’m trying to embrace it this year on this glorious Bank Holiday Weekend! This Set Points post features highlights…
The 2019 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix concluded on Sunday with a noteworthy victory for Petra Kvitova who snapped the much talked about streak by becoming the first player on the WTA tour to win two titles in 2019. There’s more on the singles final in this post, as well as the doubles final which I…
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