The womens draw at Eastbourne is always one of the most difficult to predict. As per usual, the draw is loaded and has delivered some fantastic first round matches. Agnieszka Radwanska and Petra Kvitova are the top two seeds and are joined by Victoria Azarenka who is making her first appearance on the WTA tour…
1. Roger Federer v Alejandro Falla (ATP Halle, F) Roger Federer defeated Kei Nishikori in the semi-finals of Halle to book his spot once more in the final match. This is Federer’s ninth appearance in the final of Halle, a tournament he has won on six occasions. Federer has played only two matches to make…
Sunday’s Aegon Classic final will be contested between Ana Ivanovic and Barbora Zahlavova Strycova. Birmingham always features many surprises with the WTA players making their first steps onto the grass, so it may be regarded as a surprise in itself that the number one seed, Ivanovic has reached the final. It seems to be a…
There is a possibility that there could be a final in Birmingham between Zhang Shuai and Barbora Zahlavova Strycova. For a premier event, this would be pretty staggering. Queens has also seen a number of notable upsets and the number two seed, Tomas Berdych joined the list of casualties from the ATP 250 event. Berdych…
The grass court season is throwing up its characteristic jamboree of eye catching results. Top of the list was Dustin Brown’s 6-4 6-1 victory over Rafael Nadal in Halle. Before you say anything about Rafa, Brown played a remarkable match. He absolutely went to town on Nadal’s serve and hit a shed load of return…
It was confirmed today that Victoria Azarenka has taken a wildcard into next week’s Aegon International in Eastbourne. The seaside venue has attracted another great line-up with five of the world’s top ten. Agnieszka Radwanska, Petra Kvitova, Jelena Jankovic and Angelique Kerber are also set to play and there are still two wildcards up for…
Second round action continues in Birmingham and Queens on Wednesday. On Tuesday, Ana Ivanovic and Daniela Hantuchova overcame dangerous opponents to reach the third round of the Aegon Classic. Ivanovic recovered from a 0-2 first set deficit to beat Mona Barthel, 6-4 6-1, meanwhile Hantuchova played a fabulous match to beat Belinda Bencic, 6-1 6-4. …
Daniela Hantuchova kicked off the defence of her Birmingham title with a commanding 6-1 6-4 victory over Belinda Bencic. For a set and a half, Hantuchova delivered a clinic of grass-court tennis. Solid serving, thumping returns, of which she must have hit well into double figures, and consistent aggressive play from the back of the…
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The main draws in Birmingham, Queens and Halle all kicked off today. My first round predictions for Birmingham are following a similar trend to 2013. Looking at my full draw predictions, i’ve never seen such a solid cluster of red. There were a number of surprising results; one of the more eye popping was Victoria…
