Elina Svitolina sealed a second straight sets win over a world number one this year with a 6-3 7-5 triumph over Angelique Kerber… of all the players to achieve this feat, Svitolina is not someone i’d expect to do this! Credit though to Elina who served both sets out at the first time of asking, saving…
For the third time this year, Madison Keys and Petra Kvitova will meet on the WTA tour in 2016 in a pivotal clash for the qualification race for the WTA Finals in Singapore. The pair will meet in the first of the quarter-finals on Friday at the China Open in Beijing. Kvitova maintained her superb run…
After a soggy Tuesday at the China Open, Wednesday saw the conclusion of second round matches. First up on the Lotus Court and Moon Court respectively were Karolina Pliskova and Johanna Konta who won their matches in contrasting fashion. Pliskova was forced to save a match point in a thrilling, 3-6 7-5 7-6(7) win over…
Johanna Konta will be aiming for not only a first ever win over Karolina Pliskova, but also to keep her hopes of qualifying for the WTA Finals in Singapore alive when the pair play each other on Thursday at the China Open in Beijing. Konta came from a break down in the first set to record…
The great third round matches just keep on coming… Muguruza-Kvitova will headline the schedule on the National Tennis Stadium but the first of the last 16 matches will be on the Lotus Court at not before 6.30pm local time where the number eight and nine seeds, Madison Keys and Svetlana Kuznetsova, will meet for the…
Away from Beijing, the big tennis news of the days was that Maria Sharapova’s drug ban has been reduced to 15 months meaning that she can return to competitive tennis on the 26th of April, 2017. I’m just glad that this whole matter can be put to bed because it had dragged on for long…
A blockbuster third rounder is on the cards in Beijing when the number two seed, Garbiñe Muguruza takes on the Wuhan champion, Petra Kvitova in the third round of the China Open. Muguruza was the first player into the third round with a 6-2 7-6(5) win over Yulia Putintseva. It was a nervous yet committed…
It’s been a tough road back for the world number 223, Peng Shuai who was sidelined from the tour for nine months after Roland Garros last year to have surgery on her back. The Chinese player has been competing well of late but not getting the wins; just this summer she pushed the likes of Zhang…
The first two matches of the day on the National Tennis Stadium saw Madison Keys and Roberta Vinci both start with a brilliant bagel against Chinese opposition, but need three sets to prevail. Keys beat Duan Ying-Ying, 6-0 4-6 6-1, while Vinci came from a break down in the final set to edge past Zheng Saisai,…
The number two seed, Garbiñe Muguruza will continue her title defence in Beijing where she will play Yulia Putintseva in the second round. Both players were forced to three sets in their opening round matches on Saturday. Muguruza has been struggling for form all year bar the French Open and she delivered another unconvincing display…
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