The second round at the 2021 French Open is in the books. Not the best of tennis days as the world number one, Ash Barty, was forced to retire from her second round match. The rest of the matches were mostly uneventful. Just a short post from me today as I was playing tennis myself…

The fourth quarter of the women’s draw is already presenting a flurry of opportunities to the players still standing. It’s a funny one because I KNEW, and I think everyone knew, this fourth quarter was liable to break down. However, it’s broken apart in different ways than I imagined as the players that I thought…

The first round of the 2021 French Open is officially in the books. Tuesday’s order of play was a much calmer affair as all ten seeds in action advanced to the second round. I was feeling on a bit of a downer this morning with the Osaka news. I’m struggling to articulate my thoughts on…

Oof. What a day. I’m overwhelmed by everything that has happened today. The big news was off-court as Naomi Osaka announced on social media that she is withdrawing from the French Open. There were upsets on the court too with two of the more favoured contenders, Bianca Andreescu and Garbiñe Muguruza, both defeated. Read on…

On a glorious sunny day in Paris, main draw action began at the 2021 French Open. It was a sharp contrast to day 1 of last year’s Roland Garros where the conditions were utterly miserable! Day 1 had just the one seeded upset on the women’s side, an unexpected nailbiter and plenty of off-court drama.…

The second Major of 2021 begins on Sunday with the delayed-by-one-week French Open. The past five editions have all produced first time Slam champions. If recent French Opens have taught us anything, it’s to hold onto your hats and expect some draw carnage. Read on for my preview of the main draw including first round…

That’s a wrap for the 2021 Mutua Madrid Open as Aryna Sabalenka beat Ash Barty, 6-0 3-6 6-4, to win the biggest title of her career. The tour heads to Rome next week with another cracking main draw and action getting underway on Monday. I won’t be blogging for Rome. The schedule is so tight…

The final is all set for Saturday in Madrid as Ash Barty and Aryna Sabalenka both won their semi-finals in straight sets. It sets up a third meeting between Barty and Sabalenka in 2021 and their second consecutive final having contested the Stuttgart final two weeks ago. Read on for Thursday’s belated diary with a…

The quarter-finals at the 2021 Mutua Madrid Open are in the books as Ash Barty, Paula Badosa, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Aryna Sabalenka advanced to the final four. Semi-finals are up on the schedule for Thursday before a day off on Friday ahead of Saturday’s showpiece. Read on for Thursday’s diary from Madrid. QF Highlights (1)…

Both halves of the draw now come together as all four quarter-finals will be played on Wednesday at the 2021 Mutua Madrid Open. A shorter post today as the matches all seemed to fall at awkward times and two of them, the ones discussed in this post, went past the two hour 30 minute mark.…