1. Ekaterina Makarova v Andrea Petkovic (Miami, R4) The two highest seeds remaining in the fourth quarter of the draw, Ekaterina Makarova and Andrea Petkovic will meet in the last 16. This will be the first time that Makarova and Petkovic have played each other since 2010 when Petkovic prevailed in a three setter in…
Saturday has been all about the bagels. Carla Suarez Navarro, Ekaterina Makarova, Tatjana Maria, Andrea Petkovic and Daria Gavrilova all won 6-0 first sets and prevailed in straight sets. The big upset in there was Maria’s 6-0 7-6(4) victory over Eugenie Bouchard. After a solid showing in Melbourne, Bouchard has suffered two disappointing losses in…
The last week or two has seen player announcements for the 2015 grass court tennis tournaments. As a Brit, I always follow updates with excitement and this year is particularly interesting with an extra week added to the grass court season. For the WTA, Birmingham has sealed the lucrative middle week, while Eastbourne remains the…
Gentlemen’s Fury is a dark comedy about tennis. Unlike most films that feature the sport, this one is made by an actual tennis player. Ben Sharples is an actor, filmmaker, and tennis player, and he is trying to drum up support for the movie. You can see a short clip of the movie HERE.…
In Friday’s first batch of WTA matches, Victoria Azarenka and Sloane Stephens both won through in straight sets. Azarenka comprehensively outplayed Jelena Jankovic to win, 6-1 6-1. Jelena put up some resistance at the end in a marathon final game. Azarenka needed multiple match points and Jankovic was 0/13 on break points throughout the whole…
Juan Martin del Potro made his second comeback of the year in a 6-4 7-6(7) loss to Vasek Pospisil in Miami today. Delpo had his chances in both sets; he had four break points in the first set and then served for the second set at *5-4. He also had a set point in the…
The highlight of the second round matches on Friday will see the Indian Wells finalist, Jelena Jankovic go up against the most dangerous of the unseeded players, Victoria Azarenka. Vika continues to be one of the main talking points of WTA draws this year, but that should start to change soon as she is defending nothing…
The streaming of WTA matches is never great in Miami, but the coverage started today. It’s much better than previous years so we should be thankful for that! I saw the end of the first round match between Belinda Bencic and Daniela Hantuchova. The Slovak hit some winners to recover a 5-2 deficit in the…
Indian Wells down, Miami up next. There is barely any time to let the dust settle and reflect on Indian Wells with the WTA main draw to begin on Tuesday. The quick turnaround does frustrate me, particularly with the main draw beginning before qualifying has finished. Indian Wells was a decent tournament this year with…
1. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova v Vera Zvonareva (Miami, R1) The last time that Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Vera Zvonareva played each other on the WTA tour was in the last 16 of Roland Garros in 2011 where Pavlyuchenkova prevailed in a tight three setter to reach her first Grand Slam quarter-final. Since then, both players have had…
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