This post previews the best of the second round matches set for Thursday at Roland Garros including Bouchard-Bacsinszky, V.Williams v Chirico, Petkovic v Putintseva and Mladenovic v Babos. A final Set Points will come later tonight to wrap up day 4 action at the French Open. 1. Timea Bacsinszky (8) v Eugenie Bouchard In a battle…
Day 3 was a crazy, mad and hectic day of Slam tennis with a total of 71 singles matches completed. In the women’s draw, two of the top five seeds went out and three more were off to begin their grass court preparations early. Just a round-up for today with a poll at the end for the highlight…
Rainnnnnn opened proceedings for day 2 at Roland Garros but thankfully it abated from lunchtime and there were no more stoppages with a full evening of play. These first days of Slams are so much fun but also HECTIC as it’s impossible to follow everything! Previews of first round matches set for Tuesday can be found for…
The opening day of the 2016 French Open at Roland Garros was a rain-drenched affair as just ten singles matches were completed. In fact, it was much better than expected as the weather forecast had implied there was a strong possibility of a complete washout. The only match to be completed on Phillipe Chatrier staked…
The number 18 seed, Elina Svitolina faces one of the long list of impressive qualifiers, Sorana Cirstea in the first round of the 2016 French Open. It’s been a while since I can remember such a strong list of qualifiers on the women’s side with quite a few players having experienced excellent clay court seasons… One of…
The pick of the first round women’s matches doesn’t feature a seed… Eugenie Bouchard will take on the in-form, Laura Siegemund for a place in the second round of the 2016 French Open. Siegemund is having quite the year… the 28-year-old German has spent much of her tennis life on the ITF tour but after…
One of my favourite things to do is to sit down with a Slam draw and make my picks… that’s been the excitement of my Friday evening! For a mostly fact-based post with detailed profiles of the top 16 seeds at Roland Garros, click HERE. Read on for my thoughts about the women’s draw and how it may (or…
The second Major of 2016 will begin on Sunday with all eyes on Roland Garros for the next two weeks. The draw was released on Friday morning in Paris and it’s looking a little top heavy! Just to let you all know i’m going on holiday midway during the first week so I will likely disappear. I’ll…
And that’s it for Rome! The Internazionali BNL d’Italia concluded on Sunday as Serena Williams won her first title of 2016. I can’t believe that the French Open starts this time next week. Just to let you all know that my coverage for the French Open will be muted this year. I’m actually going on holiday in…
The 2016 Internazionali BNL d’Italia final will be an-all American affair between the world number one, Serena Williams and the unseeded, Madison Keys. Before the tournament got underway, I don’t think there were many people, if anyone, predicting Keys to make the final. The 21-year-old has consistently played down her chances on clay. The French Open…
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