The third round of the 2022 Miami Open is in the books and the last 16 will all come together Manic Monday style. Let’s not beat around the bush – Miami hasn’t been great so far. The third round had two withdrawals, two retirements and not much of note in the matches that played out.…

The second round of the 2022 Miami Open is in the books. The seeds came out to play on Thursday and Friday. The story of the tournament so far is that not many of them are sticking around in Miami! 11 of 14 lost on Thursday and a further 6 of 14 departed on Friday.…

The first round of the 2022 Miami Open is in the books. I’m still distracted by the Barty news to be honest. It doesn’t help that the start to both Miami and Indian Wells is always subdued with the seeds getting byes into the second round. The seeds come out to play on Thursday and…

Wow. This is definitely worthy of an emergency post as the world number one Ash Barty announced her immediate retirement from tennis. Barty posted an emotional interview with Casey Dellacqua on her Instagram page on Wednesday. I woke up to the e-mail notification of the WTA statement on my phone and couldn’t process the information.…

Hiiii there. It’s been a while! This is my first post since the Australian Open. I think it’s safe to say that I have become a part-time blogger 😂. After many years of intense blogging, I finally realised it was time to take a step back and be kinder to myself. I can’t comprehend the…

That’s a wrap on the 2022 Australian Open. Ash Barty became the first Australian woman to win the AO since 1978! In Saturday’s singles final, Barty beat Danielle Collins, 6-3 7-6 (2) to win her first Australian Open and third Slam. Read on for my notes from the final in the last MTB post for…

The final for the 2022 Australian Open is all set and will be contested on Saturday night in Melbourne between Ash Barty and Danielle Collins. Spoiler alert – the semi-finals weren’t great but please do still read on for my thoughts (😂) in the penultimate MTB post from the 2022 Australian Open. SF stories 📚…

We’re down to the final four – Ash Barty, Iga Swiatek, Danielle Collins and Madison Keys. This post reviews the quarter-finals from the 2022 Australian Open which were played on Tuesday and Wednesday. The semi-finals are all set for Thursday and it will be the first time they take centre stage in Melbourne in the…

The 4th round at the 2022 Australian Open is in the books. I can’t remember two polar opposite days like this. Sunday was one of the most lacklustre last 16 days. Monday was an absolute thriller! The quarter-final line-up is a nice mix of favourites and stories. Read on for highlights from days 7 and…

The third round of the 2022 Australian Open is in the books. There’s been a real step-up in the quality of the matches over the past two days after a subdued start to the tournament. There’s been some upsets, notably in the bottom half, but I think the draw has held up reasonably well so…