The slate of Magic Monday matches is looking great with a sure-to-be fascinating fourth round clash set between Simona Halep and Madison Keys. While Halep is the higher seed at number five, it is Keys who brings in the grass-court form having won the warm-up tournament at the Aegon Classic in Birmingham. Halep was Saturday’s first winner…
On a rain-affected Friday, Venus Williams and Carla Suárez Navarro were the only two players to complete their third round matches on schedule and set up the first of the Magic Monday match-ups. Venus Williams fought past a determined, Daria Kasatkina, 7-5 4-6 10-8 in a wonderful third round match that lasted two hours and…
Yesterday I wanted to post a video of the incredible rally I mentioned in my Set Points article HERE that happened during the third set of the second round match between Serena Williams and Christina McHale. It happened with McHale serving at *4-4 *15-30 and was without doubt, one of the best rallies of the…
What a day… Friday produced it’s fair share of drama, both on and off the court. The weather was once again not playing ball although the Wimbledon schedulers didn’t help themselves. I still cannot get my head around the fact third round matches were scheduled BEFORE second round matches. Perhaps they could have got all…
As the rain halted the second round match between Nick Kyrgios and Dustin Brown just three points in over on Court 2, the first blockbuster clash of the day to get fully underway was Stan Wawrinka and Juan Martin del Potro under the Centre Court roof. And Delpoooooooo won! It was the Argentine’s first top…
The weather and the schedule have messed up my plans for writing previews this week… I was going to cover two matches tonight but the second round matches in question have yet to be completed! It has just been confirmed that Middle Sunday will have play this year so it’s going to be a wild few days at…
Here’s the second part of my live round-up from day 4 of the 2016 Wimbledon Championships. For the first part covering wins for Lucie Safarova and Timea Bacsinszky, click HERE. I had an amazing day (thanks to big bro for taking me!) and this part recaps some of the women’s matches that I watched on…
I’ve just got back from another amazing day at Wimbledon. It was a special day as it was my birthday and I got to see two of my favourite players, Lucie Safarova and Timea Bacsinszky both win their matches in straight sets. Read on for my recaps and photos. Note another Set Points round-up will…
It was another rainy day as tennis continues to get battered in Europe. June is normally a good month in the UK but the last few weeks have been just dreadful. They actually got more play completed today than I expected but there are 14 first round matches still to be played. Thursday’s schedule is…
In an intriguing second round match, the number 16 seed, Jo Konta will play the 2014 Wimbledon finalist, Eugenie Bouchard third up on Centre Court on Thursday. Konta had never won a match heading into SW19. Bumped up to a number 16 seed by virtue of Victoria Azarenka’s late withdrawal, Konta’s draw didn’t reflect this as…
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