Friday is semi-finals day in Wuhan for this Premier 5 event. I’d probably give Petra the edge with the four players remaining, but like Tokyo, it remains wide open at the business end. Qualifying for the fourth and final Premier Mandatory event in Beijing will also kick off on Friday. Draw previews for Beijing will…
Most of the results in Wuhan on Wednesday were predictable, but there was one that stood out like a sore thumb… Timea Bacsinszky d. Maria Sharapova, 7-6(3) 7-5. Bacsinszky has been in great form over the last couple of weeks, but I don’t think anyone expected this. A straight sets win over Sharapova is a…
Tuesday was a day of many minor surprises, which when all added up together resulted in decimation of the Wuhan draw. Serena Williams and Jelena Jankovic both retired from their matches, but the most high profile loss was Simona Halep who went out to Garbine Muguruza in three sets. The biggest surprise for me was…
The first round in Wuhan wrapped up with Ana Ivanovic, Dominika Cibulkova, Lucie Safarova and Flavia Pennetta all going out. The Tokyo champion, Ivanovic retired at 5-7 5-6 down to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Safarova went out in three sets to Sabine Lisicki, meanwhile Pennetta was knocked out by the soaring, Jarmila Gajdosova. The biggest surprise of…
Main draw action kicked off in Wuhan on Sunday with a surprisingly solid crowd on hand for what was an eventful opening day on the Centre Court. In the first match of the day, the Chinese wildcard, Xu Shilin was forced to retire due to heat exhaustion at 0-5 down in the third set tiebreak…
The Wuhan draw is pretty great. Replacing Tokyo as a Premier 5 event, all the top players are here for this new event on the calendar. Some of the stadiums look pretty insane and it is always exciting when there’s a new event on tour, particularly one of this stature. The one big casualty is…
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