This is always one of my favourite times of the tennis season and watching grass court tennis in the evening just feels so good. When I got home from work, the opportunities were endless! After Johanna Konta wrapped up another impressive win in Birmingham, I switched my attention to ATP. My focus will be on…
Recently, I had the pleasure of reading a book called “Locker Room Power: Building an athlete’s mind”. Written by David Sammel, this book concentrates on the importance of self-belief in succeeding in professional sport and in life too. David is an International tennis coach with over 25 years in world tennis, coaching international players to career high…
The grass court season kicks into full gear next week with the women in Birmingham. This is the best ever line-up for the Aegon Classic with eight of the world’s top 20 in attendance. However, I expected the line-up to be even better and i’m surprised more of the top ten aren’t here. After a…
Like Halle, Queens is upgraded to an ATP 500 event this year and also has a smaller player field than normal with just 32 players. This has resulted in some awesome first round matches, notably STAN WAWRINKA AGAINST NICK KYRGIOS! The line-up of players is much better than previous years and significantly stronger than Halle…
Roger Federer once again returns to Halle to begin his 2015 grass court preparations. Federer has racked up three consecutive appearances in the final in Halle and is unbeaten at this tournament since 2012, beating Mikhail Youzhny in the 2013 final (6-7 6-3 6-4) and Alejandro Falla in the 2014 final (7-6 7-6). Federer opens…
For the first weekend of the 2015 grass court season, we have a potentially awesome final to look forward to with Camila Giorgi and Belinda Bencic to play in ‘s-Hertogenbosch on Sunday. In a real rarity, I picked both finalists at the start of the week! In the first of the semi-finals, Bencic defeated Jelena…
Three of the four quarter-finals were completed in Nottingham on Friday with Agnieszka Radwanska and Monica Niculescu the first two players into the semi-finals. All six completed sets in Nottingham on Friday finished with a 6-2 scoreline! Radwanska and Niculescu are set to play their semi-final at 12pm UK time although it’s worth noting that…
The semi-finals in ‘s-Hertogenbosch open with my favourite match-up of the day featuring Jelena Jankovic and Belinda Bencic. Before this tournament in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Jankovic had not won a match on grass since the 2013 Wimbledon Championships when she defeated Johanna Konta in the first round. JJ has had some decent results on grass in the…
For the first time since Katowice, Camila Giorgi has won back-to-back matches on the WTA tour. After a shaky spell where Giorgi was especially erratic, the Italian played has secured wins in Rosmalen over Irina Falconi (7-5 6-2) and Michaella Krajicek (6-7 6-2 6-4). Neither were particularly convincing wins; Giorgi served up 17 double faults…
The first seed to fall in Nottingham was Karin Knapp who was *technically* upset by Yanina Wickmayer. It doesn’t feel like an upset though as Wickmayer is a much better player than her current ranking of 92 suggests. It was the second time the pair had played this year and both matches had the same…
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