In the only second round match to be played in Doha on Tuesday, Venus Williams will take on Barbora Zahlavova Strycova in the last match of the day at not before 8pm local time (5pm UK time). Venus also played the first second round match in Dubai last week when she played Belinda Bencic on…
In Thursday’s final match of the day, Mona Barthel scored her first top ten win since beating Angelique Kerber in Doha two years ago, to take out the number one seed in Antwerp, Eugenie Bouchard. Mona won, 4-6 6-1 6-2 in one hour and 38 minutes, finishing with 19 winners to 17 unforced errors. This…
Thursday’s schedule in Antwerp is excellent with seven of the eight second round matches still to be played. On Wednesday, Dominika Cibulkova opened her tournament campaign with a very convincing victory over Kateryna Bondarenko, 6-1 6-2. It’s always nice when your predicted champion isn’t ousted in the first round! Antwerp seems to be delivering both…
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova strolled to her eight victory of 2015 with a 6-2 6-2 victory over Yanina Wickmayer. This was the first match i’ve watched from Antwerp and as many others are commenting on Twitter, it’s awfully dark. There was a pretty sombre vibe coming from the centre court and it didn’t sound like there…
DELPO! I was delighted to wake up to the news that Juan Martin del Potro won his first match on his comeback from wrist surgery with a straight sets win over Sergiy Stakhovsky. I’m hoping to find time to watch some of the match tonight! In an unsurprising turn of events, the Sydney draw is…
There were some intriguing results on the ATP tour today. Roger Federer was a set and a break down to the world number 153, John Millman in Brisbane before coming back to win in three sets. These close matches are normally a good thing and i’m sure it will help Federer tighten up his game. …
As Barbora Zahlavova Strycova knocked out Mona Barthel in the second of the Luxembourg semi-finals, my hopes of finishing 2014 with a tournament champion were crushed! Mona was my champion this week and she had a good week. However she was comfortably beaten by Zahlavova Strycova, who produced a solid performance to win 6-3 6-2. …
Five fourth round matches were completed in the womens draw on Monday with some big upsets; Agnieszka Radwanska and Caroline Wozniacki were both knocked out in straight sets. The first two womens quarter-finals from the bottom half of the draw will play on Tuesday with the second two from the top half on Wednesday. Petra…
Sunday’s Aegon Classic final will be contested between Ana Ivanovic and Barbora Zahlavova Strycova. Birmingham always features many surprises with the WTA players making their first steps onto the grass, so it may be regarded as a surprise in itself that the number one seed, Ivanovic has reached the final. It seems to be a…
Rain has heavily affected the schedule for day 2 at the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo. In the matches that did get completed, Jelena Jankovic stopped Barbara Zahlavova Strycova’s six match winning streak with a 6-4 6-2 victory. Jankovic started the match in clinical form as she raced into a 4-0 lead; however she…
