Much of the talk on Wednesday was in relation to Eugenie Bouchard’s bizarre 6-0 2-6 6-0 loss to Shelby Rogers. Many of the Genie-haters came out to play after the loss. Where I agree with the exhausting hype, Genie has rightfully earnt it with her showings at the Grand Slams this year. I feel we are…
I only got to watch a little bit of the tennis on Tuesday, but what I did see in the match between Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Venus Williams was good stuff. Venus came through in the end, 6-1 3-6 6-2. The second set was high quality and there were plenty of hard hitting and brutal rallies. …
Fourteen second round matches will take place on a jam-packed day in Toronto. Rain hurt the forecast for the second day running, but all the matches got completed. In one of two second round matches on Tuesday, Stan Wawrinka needed a third set tiebreak to get past Benoit Paire. In first round action, Ivo Karlovic…
There are a handful of second round matches in Montreal and Toronto on Tuesday with Eugenie Bouchard, Agnieszka Radwanska, Victoria Azarenka, Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka all in action. First round action will also conclude at both tournaments. On the first day of action, two seeds fell in Montreal; Sabine Lisicki produced one of her…
Within the space of twenty minutes, the Italian duo of Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci both departed the singles competition in Montreal. In the first completed match of the 2014 Rogers Cup, Sabine Lisicki defeated the number 13 seed, Errani, 6-1 7-5. Wins have been hard to come by for Sabine this year, but this…
I’m excited about Montreal. I’m excited about the WTA tour in general. The draw has thrown up some cracking first round matches and is reasonably balanced between the two halves. Note that the top eight seeds all have byes into the second round. There’s so much to discuss so let’s take a look at the…
The world’s best ATP players are in Toronto, Canada this week for the Rogers Cup and the fifth Masters 1000 event of 2014. Of course, there is one name missing from the line-up and that is Rafael Nadal, who is facing a race against time to be fit for the US Open. Nadal picked up…
Finals day in Washington DC will open with an all-Canadian affair between Milos Raonic and Vasek Pospisil. As the Rogers Cup starts tomorrow, these two guys have really raised the bar. Let’s hope they have enough in the tank to carry that form into Toronto. The ATP final begins at 3pm local time (8pm UK…
The 2014 Bank of the West Classic final in Stanford will be contested between Serena Williams and Angelique Kerber at 2pm local time in Stanford (10pm UK time). Serena was first into the final with a 7-5 6-0 victory over Andrea Petkovic. The first set was high quality with Serena getting the all important break…
The scheduling in Washington this week has been pretty ridiculous. On Saturday, Vasek Pospisil and Santiago Giraldo will resume their quarter-final match at NB 1pm local time and then play their semi-final match at NB 7pm against Richard Gasquet. The second of the womens semi-finals is scheduled AFTER this match at NB 9.15pm, which is…
