In third round action at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, Angelique Kerber and Barbora Strycova played out a brutal match in the sun on Grandstand court. Kerber won the battle of Rio medallists, prevailing in two tight sets, 7-6(5) 6-4. Kerber wrapped up the first set on a crazy set point; she couldn’t get the…
Rain caused a delay to the schedule but the sun soon made an appearance! Four first round matches were held over from Tuesday; Andrea Petkovic scored a big win over Lucie Safarova, 6-4 6-7(4) 6-2 in two hours and 29 minutes. Petkovic lost the second set having wavered with three match points at 6-5 but…
It seems to be a continuing storyline of the 2016 season as rain continues to follow the tour… EVERYWHERE. Tuesday was another stop-start day with many showers about. Four first round matches failed to finish which means a number of players will have to play twice on Wednesday on what is a monster schedule of…
Belinda Bencic will play her first competitive singles match since Wimbledon against Timea Babos in the second round of the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati on Wednesday. For Bencic, it’s been an injury-ravaged year which had promised so much with a very encouraging start. Bencic cracked the top ten back in February by virtue…
Tennis at the Olympics has concluded and we are straight into one of the biggest tournaments of the season at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati. This post profiles the top 16 seeds including their recent record at Cincy which makes for interesting reading (hopefully!) as half of the seeds lost in the first round last…
Tennis at the Rio Olympics is in the books… and my my my, what a week it has been! There have been some incredible stories and memorable moments that will certainly be remembered fondly come the end of 2016. This is a snappy Match Points post with some of my favourite matches and Twitter highlights…
MONICA PUIG. .@MonicaAce93 wins a FIRST EVER #Olympics #Gold medal for #PUR after defeating Angelique Kerber 64 46 61 at #Rio2016 pic.twitter.com/KbaToclo1s — ITF Olympic Tennis (@OlympicsTennis) August 13, 2016 Say hello to the first Gold medalist from Puerto Rico — Monica Puig! #PicaPower pic.twitter.com/YXw6JZvcff — TennisNow (@Tennis_Now) August 13, 2016 In a tremendous women’s…
Super Saturday at the Olympics is a packed day for the tennis which will be rounded out with the women’s gold medal match between Angelique Kerber and Monica Puig. Chuck in a stacked qualifying day in Cincy and this is one of the best tennis days of the year! There have been a whole host of cracking…
After a rain-drenched Wednesday, the women’s quarter-finals were finally played on Thursday. All four were decided in straight sets with no more than three games dropped in any of the eight sets! In the end, it was Petra Kvitova, Monica Puig, Madison Keys and Angelique Kerber who have advanced to the medal matches. The first of the…
Take a bow, Monica Puig! The 22-year-old Puerto Rican thrashed the number three seed and French Open champion, Garbiñe Muguruza, 6-1 6-1 in just 65 minutes. It’s yet another great WTA storyline in 2016 and this one still has legs… PICAAAAAAA WHAT A VICTORY!! So so so proud of you girl @MonicaAce93 😍🎉 pic.twitter.com/RmuAIsYyPM — Lodo…
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