Osaka and Tianjin both have three seeds remaining in their line-up of semi-finals and more surprisingly, both of my pre-tournament picks are still in action! In Osaka, Madison Keys was forced to retire from her quarter-final match with Luksika Kumkhum. It’s been a tough few months for Keys, who has played her last competitive match…
Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic will meet in the semi-finals of Shanghai on Saturday (starting at 1pm UK time) for the fifth time this year and the 36th time in their career. A win for Djokovic would see him level the H2H at 18 all. Djokovic was first of the pair into the last four…
Poor old Linz. Eugenie Bouchard was the latest name to pull out of the tournament leaving just one seed, Karolina Pliskova left in the tournament. It’s an unfortunate, but unsurprising turn of events with attention turning to the YEC in Singapore for the likes of Genie and Ana. Moscow is also going to suffer next…
In the biggest match of the day on Thursday, David Ferrer came from a set down to defeat Andy Murray, 2-6 6-1 6-2. It was a surprising result with only 22% in the pre-match poll going for Ferrer. It was a huge match for the Race to London, which gives Ferrer a boost after two…
The draws in both Osaka and Tianjin have seen few upsets so far, therefore meaning my finalists in both tournaments are still alive! However, Linz has been as unpredictable as they come with just two seeds remaining after completion of the first round and some second round matches. On Wednesday, Dominika Cibulkova and Sabine Lisicki…
There were upsets aplenty in Shanghai on Wednesday with the bottom half of the draw looking rather bare in terms of seeds. None of the surprises were particularly surprising; Rafael Nadal lost in straight sets to Feliciano Lopez, but it was revealed yesterday that he has appendicitis. Kei Nishikori lost to Jack Sock, but has…
I don’t have a great deal of time tonight so here’s a selection of predictions with a few comments to some of the more interesting matches. I’ve been out of the loop today, but I am slightly perplexed about the news that Rafael Nadal has appendicitis, but is set to play tomorrow with permission from…
To make up for my lack of a preview for Shanghai (and hilarious predictions!), here’s some bumper previews for the three WTA tournaments this year. We’re on the final stretch now! The WTA tour has just four weeks left (that’s if you want to include the Tournament of Champions event in Sofia which I normally…
The final Premier Mandatory event of the year concluded in Beijing as Maria Sharapova edged Petra Kvitova, 6-4 2-6 6-3 in the final. It took a while to get going, but the third set was a very enjoyable watch. It had a fabulous intensity to it with Sharapova her usual committed self, but Kvitova was…
Shanghai starts on Sunday. Urgh. I’m flagging. I don’t have time to do a full preview before main draw action begins so here’s my predictions for the draw with a few surprises (Gilles Simon). The Race to London is really hotting up and there are five players jostling for two spots so there is plenty…
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