The seeds come out to play from the bottom half of the women’s draw on Saturday at the 2018 BNP Paribas Open. The likes of Caroline Wozniacki, Elina Svitolina, Venus Williams, Angelique Kerber, Caroline Garcia and Madison Keys will all be in action, as well as the stars of Thursday’s night session, Serena Williams and…
Thursday’s day schedule felt rather subdued with the two landmark matches at night (and rightfully so) featuring Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka. Therefore I spent much of my evening flicking between matches as nothing really grabbed me. Read on for Thursday’s stories from the 2018 BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells. For a preview of…
The first batch of seeds come out to play on Friday with the start of the second round with matches from the top half of the draw. The likes of Simona Halep, Garbiñe Muguruza, Petra Kvitova, Karolina Pliskova, Jelena Ostapenko and Svetlana Kuznetsova are all in action. Read on for a sweeping preview of my…
Main draw action kicked off on Wednesday at the 2018 BNP Paribas Open. Day 1 in Indian Wells featured the match of the round and I stayed up later than planned to watch the Swiss duo and two of my faves, Timea Bacsinszky and Belinda Bencic. Read on for my highlights of the opening day.…
As I write this post, the final round of qualifying is in play at Indian Wells. The main draw is set to start on Wednesday. The tournament is normally a slow-starter with the seeds not starting until Friday; however, there are some blockbuster names on the comeback trail that will make this a must-watch from…
It has been a while since my last post but I am looking forward to Indian Wells which is just a couple of days away. The 2018 BNP Paribas Open main draw should be out late Monday (UK time) with main draw action set to start on Wednesday. I am planning to be more active…
Saturday’s Set Points wraps up the week at the 2018 Dubai Duty Free Championships. I had a crazy busy week at work so wasn’t able to follow the tennis that closely and didn’t feel up to writing. I’m back home on the Isle of Wight for the weekend. I still call it home even though…
Tuesday was a mostly uneventful day in Dubai with six of the seven first round matches being decided in straight sets and the two seeds in action, Angelique Kerber and Caroline Garcia, both prevailing. All eight second round matches are up on Wednesday so here’s a sweeping preview of the matches to watch out for.…
Bye bye Doha, hello Dubai! Main draw action action at the 2018 Dubai Duty Free Championships began on Monday with five first round matches. I managed to catch up on a few of the matches around a very long day at work. It’s only Monday and i’m ready for the weekend 😭😂. WTA TV continues to…
I only bring out my favourite Petra pic for special occasions and this is a worthy moment. I have felt so moved by the tennis this weekend that I wanted to write about it. The 2018 Qatar Total Open came to a conclusion with my favourite match of the week. Petra Kvitova made it…
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