Serena Williams won her first match at Rio 2016, overcoming Daria Gavrilova in a scrappy yet entertaining first round match, 6-4 6-2. Serena failed to serve out the first set at *5-3 with Gavrilova playing a brilliant return game but Serena stepped it up herself on return to bag the opener. There were a number of…
A blockbuster second round clash is all set at the Olympics on Monday as the number two seed, Angelique Kerber will take on Eugenie Bouchard in Rio. In one of the most anticipated first round matches, Bouchard produced a smart performance as she overcame Sloane Stephens in relatively routine fashion, 6-3 6-3. Bouchard was forced…
The US women went 2-2 in the first round of singles as Madison Keys was the only American to advance to the second round on the first day of Olympics action in Rio. In the second round she faces a tricky test against Kristina Mladenovic. Both competing in their first Olympics, Keys and Mladenovic scored straight…
The biggest upset in singles by ranking on day 1 of Rio 2016 saw Zheng Saisai defeat the number four seed, Agnieszka Radwanska, 6-4 7-5. I’ve written a lot about Zheng in the past few months and how impressed I have been with her performances. Everything seemed to come together for her on this occasion as she…
The Men’s Singles Tennis event at the Rio 2016 Olympics will begin on Saturday. The draw has suffered many significant withdrawals including five of the Top 10 but with the predictability of ATP tennis in recent times this could actually make the tournament more interesting! As with most tournaments, it is hard to look past…
The anticipation is nearly over as the Olympics are here with the tennis at Rio 2016 set to get underway on Saturday. The draws for the singles and doubles (mixed to follow soon) have been completed and it now seems that all the WTA players have arrived following various travel woes after the conclusion of the Rogers Cup…
Singles Champion Simona Halep defeated Madison Keys in Sunday’s Montreal final, 7-6(2) 6-3. The match, in terms of the quality of tennis, was not one for the scrapbook! Halep twice failed to serve out the first set but held on in the first set tiebreak, which was decided entirely by errors. The quality was marginally better in the…
The 2016 Rogers Cup final will be contested between the number five seed, Simona Halep and the number ten seed, Madison Keys at 1pm local time in Montreal. In a wild semi-final, Halep won the first and last six games of the match, overcoming a shaky patch in the second set to defeat Angelique Kerber,…
I love a good fairytale run and there have been so many on the WTA tour this year in 2016. The one that stands out for me so far… Samantha Crawford reaching the semi-finals of Brisbane Monica Puig reaching the final of Sydney Zhang Shuai and Jo Konta reaching the latter stages of the Australian…
The seedings have held in the bottom half of the Rogers Cup draw to produce a Wimbledon rematch between Angelique Kerber and Simona Halep in the first of the semi-finals in Montreal. Halep won 14 of the last 17 games in her quarter-final match, fighting back to defeat Svetlana Kuznetsova in a lopsided three setter,…
