Greetings from Eastbourne! This is my eighth year in a row visiting Devonshire Park and my third year covering the tournament as media with the blog. Unlike the most recent years that have been largely cold, windy and damp, the next week is set to be a scorcher! Saturday was almost a perfect weather day…
It was a much quieter day in Birmingham on Wednesday with the first quartet of second round matches. Thursday’s schedule looks great although i’m not sure I will get to watch much of it as it’s tennis night and probably my last one for a while with all the tennis festivities coming! This will likely…
Tuesday is always the busiest day in Birmingham with the majority of first round matches on the schedule. It was also eventful over in ATP world where Andy Murray made his comeback to the tour against Nick Kyrgios in Queens. I did watch quite a bit of that match which was bizarre on many levels!…
The main draw for the 2018 Nature Valley Classic started on Monday. I’m still not fully into the tennis having missed most of the tennis at work and then a bit of evening baking and watching the football. This post is a sweeping summary of Monday’s action. Hopefully there will be a bit more to…
MTB is back for four weeks of grass court tennis as the season moves to the UK. I’d actually hoped to cover some of Nottingham but had a busy week at work. I had to do a presentation at work on Thursday and spent most of my free time preparing and worrying about it. Then…
Simona Halep is a Slam champion! Rallying from a set and a break down, Halep beat Sloane Stephens, 3-6 6-4 6-1 in Saturday’s French Open final. I was out during the day and have just managed to catch up with the final having successfully (wow!) avoided the scoreline. Overwhelming thoughts right now – I…
The 2018 French Open final will be contested between the number one seed, Simona Halep and the number 10 seed, Sloane Stephens. I caught up with the Eurosport highlights on Thursday night after playing tennis (I didn’t injure myself or anyone else this time so wahey!) and now feel informed enough to write about the…
I was out on Tuesday playing tennis and have just finished catching up with Wednesday’s action in time to write this Set Points post. All four quarter-finals are covered with a focus on Wednesday’s blockbuster quarter-finals. We’re approaching the end of the tournament (didn’t it just start?!) with the semi-finals set for Thursday. Read on…
The quarter-finalists at the 2018 French Open are all set after Monday’s blockbuster schedule turned into a damp squib with two retirements. I honestly can’t remember a less satisfying slate of last 16 women’s matches with the six remaining matches all being decided in straight sets. Please note there is unlikely to be a post…
I’m back from Portugal and settling back into normality. I’m back to work tomorrow (mega sob) so I won’t be able to watch much tennis from now on. I’ve got Eastbourne and Wimby coming up soon so that’s going to keep me going. Middle Sunday is normally my favourite day of Roland Garros. There’s no…
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