After five damp days in Doha, the rain finally disappeared long enough for the semi-finals in both singles and doubles to be completed. It’s the first time all week that the tournament has been on schedule! It did require three of the four semi-finalists in singles to play two matches in a long, long day.…
Another day in Doha and another day of interruptions. There was less rain than previous days but it was that frustrating stop-start kind of rain, so much so I can’t even remember how many stoppages there were. They are still behind in the schedule but all the second round matches were completed which was a…
Wednesday was a busy day at the Qatar Total Open with first round matches all completed but only three second round matches in the books following another rainy day in Doha. Trying to keep up with today’s results was really challenging so just a quick summary of the first round results… Daria Kasatkina d. Irina-Camelia Begu, 3-6…
Tuesday’s order of play at the Qatar Total Open in Doha was decimated by rain… rain again! The first batch of matches suffered two rain delays; seven hours after play got underway, the first and only winner of the day was Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. In a replica scoreline of their last meeting on tour in Moscow last…
2017 is continuing where 2016 left off from with rain managing to disrupt the tennis, even in the desert! The first main draw match of the 2017 Qatar Total Open was twice halted for the rain but eventually finished just before midnight in Doha. Sam Stosur found her serve and forehand, and held her nerve in…
After a weekend of Fed Cup, the WTA tour returns next week in Doha at the Qatar Total Open. Doha and Dubai switch their tournament statuses each year and in 2017, Doha is the lesser-Premier tournament with a 28-player draw. Still, it’s a cracking draw with the original main draw cut-off at #30 and five of…
Kristina Mladenovic survived a couple of wobbles to win her first WTA title in St. Petersburg and serve out the final at the third time of asking against Yulia Putintseva, 6-2 6-7(3) 6-4. And what a final it was! I haven’t been able to watch as much tennis as i’d like this year but this…
The 2017 St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy will produce a brand new WTA champion on Sunday after Kristina Mladenovic and Yulia Putintseva both produced come-from-behind wins to reach the final. Mladenovic defeated this week’s surprise package, Natalia Vikhlyantseva, 4-6 6-2 6-2. The first set was closely contested with Mladenovic losing her way at the end with some errors. However,…
Apologies for disappearing on Wednesday and Thursday. I had a busy few days where tennis had to take a backseat. I’m back now for the end of the St. Petersburg and Taipei City tournaments. The match of the day in St. Petersburg saw Yulia Putintseva record her second top ten win in the last six…
Roberta Vinci got off to a good start in the defence of her St. Petersburg title, edging a tight three setter against Timea Babos. Vinci had beaten Babos en route to winning the title last year and this was another very close match with many switch-ups in momentum in just the third set alone. Vinci won four…
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