Even before play began, the fourth quarter of the women’s draw always looked wide open… that opening turned into a gaping wide chasm on day 2 when the two highest seeds, Simona Halep and Venus Williams both exited in the first round. Never was it imagined that the two players to oust Simona and Venus would keep their…
Angelique Kerber and Victoria Azarenka were the clear favourites to reach the quarter-finals from the third quarter of the draw and while upsets have been aplenty in this Australian Open draw, the form book has held true. Kerber was first into the last eight with a 6-4 6-0 victory against fellow compatriot, Annika Beck. Kerber battled…
The quarter-finals of the 2016 Australian Open are all set after a pretty dramatic day of WTA tennis. The first two quarters went as most expected, but the last two featured upsets with the unseeded players both prevailing. Day 8 was a tough one for me to follow so i’ve probably missed lots of good…
The first of the women’s quarter-finals on Tuesday will be contested between Agnieszka Radwanska and Carla Suárez Navarro. Both players advanced to the quarter-finals by coming from a set down in their fourth round matches. Radwanska was staring down another fourth round exit at the Australian Open, down 2-5 in the third set against an at-times…
A rematch of last year’s superb Australian Open final will be the headline act of Tuesday’s schedule with the world number one, Serena Williams going up against the world number five, Maria Sharapova. Serena has looked in truly dazzling form; her last two rounds have seen her take out promising Russian players in under an hour; firstly Daria…
The four quarter-finalists are set in the top halves of both draws with a final rematch all set between Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova in the women’s draw. I failed in my attempts to stay up for Sharapova-Bencic but did wake up at 3.30am with my body desperate to know the result. It’s been a…
The bottom half of the women’s draw will take centre stage on Monday with the final four fourth round matches to be played. This post covers the two matches from the fourth quarter of the draw including Ekaterina Makarova against Johanna Konta and Madison Keys playing Shuai Zhang. 1. Ekaterina Makarova v Johanna Konta (AO, R4) And the Bourne-GOAT lives on… Ekaterina Makarova…
The bottom half of the women’s draw will take centre stage on Monday with the final four fourth round matches to be played. This post covers the two matches from the third quarter of the draw including Victoria Azarenka against Barbora Strycova and Angelique Kerber playing Annika Beck. 1. Victoria Azarenka v Barbora Strycova (AO, R4) The biggest…
Day 6 certainly had its moments, headlined by an eventful first night match on the Rod Laver Arena. The match between Madison Keys and Ana Ivanovic was halted early into the second set after Ivanovic’s coach, Nigel Sears collapsed. It was a dreadful situation but thankfully, it sounds like Nigel is doing OK. Ivanovic played…
Waheyyyy… I’m all in for this fourth round match between Maria Sharapova and Belinda Bencic which will be the first match (boo) on Rod Laver Arena on Sunday. I had my eye on this match-up when the draw came out and i’m super happy that it’s become a reality. Both players were forced to three…
