Wednesday’s order of play at the 2018 Internazionali BNL d’italia was a wild one with 14 second round WTA matches and one, at the time of writing, still to be played between Garbiñe Muguruza and Daria Gavrilova. I’m off to enjoy that match so here’s my recap of the day and what I got to…
Hi there, Roma! The main draw for the 2018 Internazionali BNL d’Italia kicked off on Monday with a total of 13 first round matches on the schedule. This is always a fab tournament to follow and i’d love to make it there one day. Read on for eight stories from Monday in Rome… Farewell, Roberta!…
Madrid concluded on Saturday with a brilliant final. The attention now switches to Rome which I have always preferred as a tournament. This is one of my favourite parts of the year in the run-up to Roland Garros and I am hoping to watch a bit more tennis this week. Note all match previews will…
Friday was semi-finals day at the 2018 Mutua Madrid Open with the final now all set for Saturday. Unfortunately I have been busy the last two days so haven’t had time to put together a Set Points post. I have kept the new “Match Thoughts and Polls” page going which has worked well for me…
It was another unnecessarily late night in Madrid with the last two WTA matches of the day finishing close to midnight. I’m glad to have been able to watch a bit more tennis but it means the posts are coming later! The last two Spaniards in the draw, Carla Suárez Navarro and Garbiñe Muguruza, battled…
The first set of second round matches were playing at the Mutua Madrid Open on Monday. This post covers most of the matches including recaps of the matches that I watched – Garcia-Martic, Goerges-Arruabarrena, Stephens-Stosur and Pliskova-Azarenka. Read on for 9 stories from day 3 of main draw action in Madrid. Note – This post…
There were 21 first round matches on the schedule in Madrid on Sunday. It’s been even more in the past but it was still a hectic day of tennis. I was in and out of the tennis during the day as it’s Bank Holiday weekend and I am home with my family. After many miserable…
It was a hectic day of tennis as the finals of Prague and Rabat overlapped with the first day of main draw action in Madrid where 11 first round matches were on the schedule along with the final round of qualifying. I’ve had issues with Madrid in the past but i’m willing to embrace it…
Prague and Rabat are both through the second round with quarter-finals to be played on Thursday. There’s a trio of intriguing, third-round-at-a-Slam style matches that will be worth catching. Read on for seven stories from the past two days of WTA action. It’s unlikely i’ll be able to do another post before Madrid, the third…
There are two International clay court tournaments this week in Prague (Czech Republic) and Rabat (Morocco). After the quick, speedy indoor clay courts of Stuttgart, i’m relishing watching some outdoor clay tennis. Bring on the brutal rallies. This post wraps up Stuttgart and then moves onto Prague and Rabat with accounts of the first round…
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