Saturday’s line-up in Brisbane is really quite special; the men’s semi-finals will open up the day session with Milos Raonic taking on Kei Nishikori and Roger Federer playing Grigor Dimitrov. In the evening, the women will take centre stage as the top two seeds, Maria Sharapova and Ana Ivanovic battle it out for the first…
For the second year in a row, the two highest profile players in the Auckland draw have come through to reach the final. Venus Williams has made back-to-back finals in Auckland; last year she lost to Ana Ivanovic, 6-2 5-7 6-4, but this time round, she will take on the world number eight, Caroline Wozniacki.…
There were some intriguing results on the ATP tour today. Roger Federer was a set and a break down to the world number 153, John Millman in Brisbane before coming back to win in three sets. These close matches are normally a good thing and i’m sure it will help Federer tighten up his game. …
In Hopman Cup action today, Serena Williams edged past Lucie Safarova in three tight sets, 6-3 6-7(1) 7-6(6). It was an encouraging result for Lucie although she did have some chances to close out the match, having served for the win at *6-5 in the third set. Once again, she came soooo close to a…
Today’s most uplifting news was that Juan Martin del Potro has confirmed that he will be playing Sydney and the Australian Open. It’s great news although i’m still a bit concerned about how his wrists holds up and it sounds like he is still not 100% from his Facebook post. Thursday is quarter-finals day in…
Second round action in Brisbane concluded on Wednesday with Ana Ivanovic’s 6-4 6-1 victory over Jarmila Gajdosova. There were some impressive wins for the likes of Madison Keys, Karolina Pliskova and Ajla Tomljanovic early on, but it’s been disappointing to see none of them back it up in the second round. The top three seeds…
On Wednesday, all eight second round matches will be played in Auckland. Mona Barthel and Sara Errani both went out on Monday and Svetlana Kuznetsova joined them as a seeded casualty on Tuesday. Kuznetsova is often a slow starter after a long break, but I was still surprised she lost to Lucie Hradecka, who is…
The first batch of second round matches took place in Brisbane on Tuesday with Maria Sharapova and Angelique Kerber both winning through in straight sets. Sharapova needed just 62 minutes to get past the qualifier, Yaroslava Shvedova, 6-0 6-1. Ajla Tomljanovic and Madison Keys were both unable to back up their upset wins in the first…
Tennis is back! I’ve been away this weekend and Internet-less for the last day so I’m already playing catch-up just two days into the new season. All first round matches in Brisbane have been concluded and I have just finished watching the most anticipated first round match between Victoria Azarenka and Karolina Pliskova. It’s always…
The third of the WTA tournaments this week is in Shenzhen with both Petra Kvitova and Simona Halep opting to begin their seasons in China. It is worth noting that all three defending champions for the WTA events this week are not back to defend their titles with Li Na winning the inaugural event in…
