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There is plenty of tennis on Thursday so here’s a selection of thoughts and picks for all five draws. My predictions have been so-so this week, but both my champions in Moscow and Luxembourg are still alive. Last week was good, but I just came up short in predicting a champion… WTA Moscow 2nd Round…
Crazy scoreline, crazy match. Mona Barthel recovered from a set and a break down to defeat the number eight seed in Luxembourg, Monica Niculescu. It was the kind of wackadoodle match you would expect from two players on complete opposite ends of the tennis spectrum. Niculescu completely dominated the first set as Barthel struggled to…
Moscow and Luxembourg are well under way with quite a few typical end-of-season results. Most notably, a visibly upset Andrea Petkovic was knocked out of Luxembourg by Pauline Parmentier in straight sets. In other news, Juan Martin del Potro officially announced he won’t be back until 2015, which was a smart move. Women’s Tennis Blog…
This is the last week of regular WTA tournaments in 2014 and once again, i’m scratching my head wondering where the hell has 2014 gone?! The final two events will be held in Moscow and Luxembourg. Both tournaments have end-of-season vibes with plenty of pull-outs. Moscow has been hit hard with the likes of Caroline…
I knew that whoever prevailed in Sunday’s Tianjin final between Belinda Bencic and Alison Riske, I was going to be happy. I like both Belinda and Alison and had the pleasure of watching them live earlier this year at Eastbourne. In Tianjin, it was Riske who came out on top, defeating Bencic, 6-3 6-4. Bencic…
Roger Federer defeated Novak Djokovic in straight sets to set up a surprise final with Gilles Simon in Shanghai. Federer produced a marvellous performance to beat Djokovic, 6-4 6-4. Right from the start, Federer was ultra-aggressive; he only won 9/19 net points in the first set, but he was in control of the majority of…
Osaka has been dominated by the “rising stars” of the WTA with seven of the eight quarter-finalists aged 21 or below. The 21-year-old, Zarina Diyas has come through from the bottom half and will play the number one seed, Sam Stosur in Sunday’s final. The Aussie has had an all-round solid week and is yet…
A new WTA champion will be crowned in Tianjin as Belinda Bencic and Alison Riske will both contest their first ever WTA final on Sunday. Bencic isn’t a great surprise; in the pre-tourmament poll, Bencic was the most popular pick with 40% of readers picking the Swiss player as their champion. Riske, on the…
Linz has seen plenty of upsets this week with just one seed, Karolina Pliskova contesting the quarter-finals on Friday. Here are the thoughts of Adam Wells, who watched the second match of the day in Linz featuring Camila Giorgi and Marina Erakovic. Camila Giorgi continued her fine form this week as she looks to capitalise on a…
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