All in for this one… the first of the Stuttgart semi-finals at 1.30pm local time will be contested between the number two seed and defending champion, Angelique Kerber and the number five seed, Petra Kvitova. In the first match of the day, Angelique Kerber produced another winner-laden performance to defeat Carla Suárez Navarro in straight…
Hi everyone, my name is Mitch (@carnesy56 on Twitter) and this is part two of my post from the 2016 Australian Open. For part one covering the first week of the tournament, click here. WEEK 2 As the tournament progresses, the crowds naturally thin out and Melbourne Park becomes an attraction for a greater number of…
Stuttgart has produced a fantastic slate of quarter-finals and one match to cancel ALL your plans for will be the second quarter-final featuring the number three and five seeds, Garbiñe Muguruza and Petra Kvitova… I wish I could follow my own advice but this is scheduled while i’m at work *major sad face*. Kvitova was…
The quarter-final line-up at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart is set for Friday and it’s a cracker! Six of the eight seeds have made it with just one falling on Thursday against an inspired German. For a preview of the first match of the day between Angelique Kerber and Carla Suárez Navarro, click…
For the sixth time on the WTA tour and the second time in Stuttgart, Angelique Kerber and Carla Suárez Navarro will play each other, first up at 2pm local time in Germany. Angelique Kerber recovered from a subdued and erratic start to defeat a gutsy, Annika Beck in the first match of her title defence in…
Day 3 of main draw action at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart was a great day for the home contingent with two more German players winning their first round matches to advance to the second round. In the first of the second round matches, the seeds went two out of two including the…
First round action at the 2016 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart continued on Tuesday with five main draw singles matches. All of them were done and dusted in straight sets including five bagels! I love to watch tennis from Stuttgart and thankfully, the streams began today including coverage of the doubles matches. The final five…
Hi everyone, my name is Mitch (@carnesy56 on Twitter) and I wanted to take this opportunity to record some of the experiences I had at the 2016 Australian Open as a staff member and as a patron. I have now worked at four separate Australian Opens, starting from 2012 (I missed 2014) and have really…
This post previews two first round matches on Wednesday’s schedule from the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix main draw in Stuttgart including Lucie Safarova v Karolina Pliskova and Andrea Petkovic v Kristina Mladenovic. In case you missed it, you can read a preview of the full main draw on mootennis.com HERE and highlights from day 1 at the tournament HERE. 1. Lucie Safarova (8)…
The Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart is always a slow one to get started with players making their way from Fed Cup action at the weekend. Today’s post covers the results of qualifying, the first two main draw matches, some highlights from Tennis Twitter, injury updates and some exciting news about Pulse Play. Read on for Monday’s…
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