It’s amazing how quickly things can turn around in tennis. After a painful second round loss to Sloane Stephens in Miami, Madison Keys has gone on the rampage in Charleston, losing just nine games in her first three matches. In her dance through the draw, Keys has beaten Kateryna Bondarenko, Andreea Mitu and fellow American,…
If you haven’t seen the latest video offering from the Family Circle Cup then do watch the behind-the-scenes video featuring Andrea Petkovic and Jelena Jankovic. I think this will be my go to video when i’m feeling low! The pair could have met in the quarter-finals, but Jankovic was forced to pull out of her third…
The 2015 Family Circle Cup has been dominated by upsets with 7 of the 16 seeds falling before the third round. At the start of the week, it would have been a safe bet that Angelique Kerber would have been one of those seeds falling early. Since Melbourne, Kerber had won just two WTA main…
Jelena Jankovic continues to dazzle at the Family Circle Cup, both on and off the court (mainly off the court!) and is into the third round where she will play Danka Kovinic. Jankovic made things difficult for herself against Tatjana Maria in their second round encounter but eventually came through in three sets, 6-3 6-7(6) 6-1…
1. Danka Kovinic v Belinda Bencic (Charleston, R2) In a first career meeting, Belinda Bencic and Danka Kovinic will meet in Charleston on Wednesday. Considering their respective journeys on tour, it came as a surprise to learn that Kovinic is two years older than Bencic. Kovinic, currently ranked at 121 in the world, has made…
Sloane Stephens came from a set and a break down to defeat Bethanie Mattek-Sands, 3-6 6-3 6-2 as first round action continued on day 2 of the 2015 Family Circle Cup. Stephens has played some great tennis in this last month but this was arguably her best win of the year in terms of the…
The main draw of the 2015 Family Circle Cup in Charleston kicked off today with Mona Barthel progressing into the second round after a convincing 6-3 6-3 victory over Timea Babos in 70 minutes. Mona’s last outing in Charleston was a disappointing straight sets loss to Jessica Pegula in 2013, but this was a much…
The tennis season keeps trundling along and next week will feature one of my favourite WTA tournaments of the entire year in Charleston. I always get a really good vibe from Charleston and I am especially looking forward to this year’s edition as I was on holiday this time last year. Unfortunately, it is one…
Oh dear. Miami was a terrible tournament for my Racket Rally team with only one of my players reaching the quarter-finals in Kei Nishikori. I’m in desperate need of a reshuffle, but I keep forgetting when i come to make my picks that I need to have the potential MVP in my mind! This week,…
The stand-out first round match from the 2015 Family Circle Cup draw is the all-American clash featuring Sloane Stephens and Bethanie Mattek-Sands. For the second tournament in a row, Mattek-Sands will open against an American player after she played Taylor Townsend in the first round of Indian Wells. In a highly entertaining match, Townsend edged…
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