In my preview for Angelique Kerber’s second round match against Daria Kasatkina, i’d written about how close Kasatkina had come to upsetting a notable seed having missed match points against the likes of Roberta Vinci, Sloane Stephens, Karolina Pliskova and Garbiñe Muguruza. On Tuesday in Sydney, Kasatkina finally got the big win! FIRST Top 5 win!…
First round action continued on Monday at the Apia International in Sydney with the most enticing match of the day featuring the number ten seed, Caroline Wozniacki up against Rio gold medallist, Monica Puig. Wozniacki held off a peak-Pica second set to triumph in three sets, 6-3 2-6 6-4. Puig had levelled up the match with…
The world number one, Angelique Kerber will open her campaign at the 2017 Apia International in Sydney against the world number 26, Daria Kasatkina. Kerber and Kasatkina both opened their seasons in Brisbane with one win and one loss. Kerber lost in three sets to Elina Svitolina in an entertaining quarter-final. As her first tournament…
Week 1 is in the book and week 2, you’re up! Svetlana Kuznetsova and Irina-Camelia Begu kicked off main draw proceedings at the 2017 Apia International in Sydney and it was Kuznetsova who continued her solid start to the year with a 6-1 6-4 victory. Kuznetsova was 6-1 4-0 up before Begu reeled off four games…
The first weeks is in the books (barely) and we’re straight onto week two of the 2017 season with main draw action for Sydney and Hobart both starting on Sunday. This is the final week before the first Major of 2017 in Melbourne, which starts in NINE days time. Sydney has once again attracted a…
Debuting a newly revamped Match Points post for 2017, this is my review of the first week of the year at the Brisbane International. I started with intent with tournament summaries last season but it just got too much during the middle of the season. In a new simplified format, i’m hoping to keep up…
Karolina Pliskova won her seventh title with a sensational display to defeat Alizé Cornet, 6-0 6-3 in Saturday’s final. The Czech player has looked irresistible on serve all week and perhaps most impressively, has been building points patiently and coming forward at the right times. Without doubt, Pliskova will be a contender for the Australian…
The first three champions of the 2017 WTA season will be crowned on Saturday with the conclusions of Brisbane, Auckland and Shenzhen. In Brisbane, the number three seed, Karolina Pliskova will take on Alizé Cornet on Saturday at not before 7pm local time (9am UK time). A preview is now up on the blog. WTA Brisbane…
The final of the 2017 Brisbane International will be contested on Saturday between the number three seed, Karolina Pliskova and Alizé Cornet with action set to get underway at not before 7pm local time (9am in the UK). Cornet will be seeking out the biggest title of her career when she steps onto the court…
The seeds had been exerting their dominance through the first few days of the new season… it’s all come tumbling down somewhat over the past two days with the WTA’s top five all falling before the semi-finals in their respective tournaments. In the last of the Brisbane quarter-finals, Elina Svitolina scored her second consecutive win…
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