It’s been said a few times this week but once again, HELMETS AT THE READY! The first of the semi-finals at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia will be contested between the number three seed, Garbiñe Muguruza and Madison Keys at 12pm local time in Rome. Into her first semi-final of 2016, things finally seem to be…
Here’s a quick Set Points post to wrap up Thursday’s third round action at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome. Thursday night is when i’m actually on the tennis court as it’s my tennis club night… so for reference, i’ll always be a little bit quieter on Thursday! I played horribly tonight but it’s so much fun to play…
Third round action will take place on Thursday at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome. There wasn’t one match that really stood out but they all interest me so I thought i’d go all out and do a sweep of mini-previews for all eight third round matches… this includes Kuznetsova v Gavrilova, Suárez Navarro v…
In yesterday’s Set Points, I wrote that it had been a pretty quiet start to the week in Rome… of course, that all changed on Wednesday! All the remaining top eight seeds were out in force and of the six that played, just one survived! The upset train was chuffing into action once more as…
There were a couple of entertaining matches on Tuesday at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia but so far, there have been no major upsets and it’s been a pretty quiet start. Four seeds were in action on day two of main draw action in Rome and all four won in straight sets with the first of…
Pray for the tennis balls in Rome… Petra Kvitova and Madison Keys will meet for the fourth time on tour but the first time on clay in the last match up on Center Court in Rome on Wednesday night. Keys won her first round match against Andrea Petkovic, 6-4 6-1. It was a brutal draw,…
After their semi-final in Prague didn’t go ahead, the draw gods have got their wish… two of the WTA’s most accomplished clay courters, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Sam Stosur, will play third up on court 1 on Wednesday’s schedule of second round matches in Rome. Kuznetsova got off to a winning start in Rome, defeating Caroline…
Monday saw the first day of main draw action at the 2016 Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome… I love this tournament! Three seeds fell, numbers 14, 15 and 16, while the other three in action all won in straight sets. For a preview of the first round match set for Tuesday between Jelena Jankovic and Eugenie Bouchard, click…
Two players who have had their fair share of troubles in the last year, Jelena Jankovic and Eugenie Bouchard, will play each other in a star-studded first round match in Rome on Tuesday. Jankovic’s year grinded to a halt in March when a shoulder/neck injury forced her out of Miami and Charleston. Furthermore, she also had a…
In a repeat of their Indian Wells quarter-final earlier this year, Karolina Pliskova and Daria Kasatkina will resume their head-to-head on the clay courts of Rome. When the pair played in the desert in March, Pliskova produced arguably her best performance of the season so far, hitting a sensational 30 winners to 10 unforced errors…
