Tuesday’s quarter-finals were both decided in straight sets although the scorelines didn’t exactly tell the full story. This draw has produced so many blockbuster match-ups and we have the ultimate one set for Thursday as Serena Williams will take on Naomi Osaka in the semi-finals. Can’t wait! Read on for thoughts of Naomi and Serena’s…

The last 16 at the 2021 Australian Open is now complete. Monday was a bit of a dull day compared to an exhilarating Sunday. I’m rejoicing at finally managing to sleep until 6am this morning 😂. Just two women’s singles matches a day now so already feeling on the home straight. Read on for my…

Sunday’s order of play was sensational. And oh my god oh my god oh my god… it lived up to the anticipation. I watched back the RLA day session when I woke up this morning and managed to avoid the scores. I could tell from the length of the matches that they were competitive! Read…

The third round of the 2021 Australian Open is complete. On the whole, the third round was a bit of a damp squib although it has paved the way for a super Sunday and potentially thrilling conclusion to the tournament. Day 6 had a few more upsets compared to day 5. Again, seven of the…

Day 5 was actually a quiet day as all eight women’s singles matches were won by the higher ranked player and seven of the matches were decided in straight sets. The only top seed to face any real danger was Serena Williams who was really struggling with her movement and footwork. Serena survived a tortuous…

Two rounds down and the 2021 Australian Open is shaping up very nicely. The stand-out result on day 4 was the loss of the defending champion, Sofia Kenin. More on that in this post. Kenin was the only seed to lose with nine of the ten seeds in action on Thursday progressing to the last…

Attention switched back to the bottom half of the draw on Day 3 of the 2021 Australian Open. It was quite an eventful day with three seeds falling and one of the favourites combing back from the brink. I was sad to see Petra go out 😢. Three days in and i’m definitely starting to…

The first round of the 2021 Australian Open is officially in the books. Five seeds fell on Tuesday – Victoria Azarenka, Petra Martic, Johanna Konta, Maria Sakkari and Zhang Shuai. Azarenka and Sakkari are covered in this post. Konta was forced to retire due to an ab injury which was a real shame as she…

Ready. Steady. Go! The 2021 Australian Open is underway and day 1 was all about the loaded bottom half of the women’s draw. It was actually a relatively quiet day for the seeds. I definitely expected more carnage to be honest. Three seeds fell on day 1 – Angelique Kerber, Alison Riske and Wang Qiang.…