In what will be their sixth encounter in just the last year, Elina Svitolina and Daria Gavrilova will meet in an all-seeded match-up at Indian Wells on Sunday. Svitolina was pushed to the brink in her second round match, while Gavrilova had a much more straightforward passage to the third round. Svitolina d. Wang Qiang, 3-6…
Friday’s order of play on Stadium 1 kicked off with an all-Brit battle between the number 11 seed, Johanna Konta and Heather Watson. It wasn’t all plain sailing for Konta as she came from an early break down in the first set and needed two bites of the cherry when serving out the match. Konta…
Kicking off day 2 of main draw action at the 2017 BNP Paribas Open was Lucie Safarova up against Lara Arruabarrena. I’ve missed so many of Lucie’s matches this year – the schedule was kind on this occasion and it was the perfect time for me to watch! Safarova got off to a winning start at…
In a battle of the funky forehands, the number 15 seed, Timea Bacsinszky will take on Monica Niculescu in the second round of Indian Wells on Friday. Niculescu recovered from a sluggish start to defeat a tiring, Sorana Cirstea in the first round, 4-6 6-3 6-1. Cirstea was rewarded for her positivity in the first…
I’ll be doing a series of Set Points posts this tournament to bring together all the action at Indian Wells. Each day, i’ll start with the matches that I got to watch, followed by what happened when I was asleep. The first main draw winner of the 2017 BNP Paribas Open was Heather Watson, who fought back…
The BNP Paribas Open draw was held on Monday and main draw action will get underway on Wednesday for the first Premier Mandatory tournament of 2017. The influx of pictures the weekend before Indian Wells never fails to make me jealous and begin considering a trip to Palm Springs! Once again, it looks like it will be…
Lesia Tsurenko won her third WTA title in Acapulco, defeating Kristina Mladenovic, 6-1 7-5 in a windy final. Tsurenko benefited from two retirement wins during the week – still, it was a great week for the Ukrainian player who won her second title in seven months. Despite not playing her best in the final, i’m encouraged…
Kristina Mladenovic and Heather Watson played out the second longest match of the year so far in Acapulco with Mladenovic sneaking through in a three set thriller that lasted three hours and 32 minutes. There were quite a few double faults including on the last point… it was nice to see such a warm embrace…
This is a snappy Set Points to keep up-to-date with WTA happenings in Kuala Lumpur and Acapulco. Unfortunately both tournaments are at terrible times for me – KL is whilst i’m at work and Acapulco is whilst i’m asleep so i’ve decided to take a week off from predictions and daily posts. I’ll try and…
Timea Babos hadn’t won a singles match on the WTA tour in 2017 heading into her home tournament of Budapest. Five matches later and with victories over Ipek Soylu (6-3 6-2), Anna Blinkova (6-3 6-2), Oceane Dodin (6-4 2-6 6-1), Julia Goerges (7-5 6-1) and Lucie Safarova (6-7(4) 6-4 6-3), Timea scooped her second WTA…
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