I went 5 out of 5 for Dubai predictions on day 1 as another busy week of tournaments kicked off. In Dubai, Venus Williams hit 10 aces in a comprehensive victory over Elena Vesnina, 6-3 6-2. Venus won the tournament in 2009 and 2010 and is now unbeaten in 11 matches in Dubai. She has…
This year’s Dubai draw is an absolute cracker with seven of the world’s top ten competing in an all round high quality field. There are some excellent qualifiers to still be added to the list. Therefore, it makes predicting how this tournament will unfold a very tough task. Enjoy the preview, but don’t hold out…
After an awful day of predictions for Saturday, I correctly predicted the winners in both finals from Doha and Rotterdam! Simona Halep won the Doha title beating Angelique Kerber, meanwhile Tomas Berdych was triumphant in Rotterdam. It is worth noting that there were ATP events in Memphis and Buenos Aires this week, but with the…
The straight set matches continued in Doha on Saturday although both semi-finals certainly had their moments. In Rotterdam, Marin Cilic stretched his winning streak to nine matches. Here are some previews to the finals in Doha and Rotterdam on Sunday. 1. Angelique Kerber v Simona Halep (WTA Doha, F) Angelique Kerber continued her dominant run…
I have only followed the tennis fleetingly today and can only go on the scorelines and things I have read. Doha had an extraordinary day with four straight set quarter-finals with none of four losing players mustering more than three games in a set. In Rotterdam, there were upsets galore as the top two seeds,…
Rotterdam predictions this week have been majestically terrible. Doha has been a mixed bag although both my finalists still remain in the draw. This could be my last preview for a while as I will be moving house and won’t have any internet. Hopefully I will find a way to get round this to be…
The tennis action keeps on coming with all third round matches in Doha and remaining second round matches from Rotterdam to be completed on Thursday. Doha saw some richly entertaining matches on Wednesday as Petra Kvitova beat Venus Williams and Simona Halep beat Kaia Kanepi in third set tiebreaks. The end of the Venus v…
I am really enjoying all the coverage this week from Doha, Rotterdam and Memphis. I happened to catch the end of Marinko Matosevic against Jiri Vesely in Memphis where Vesely came through, 6-3 6-2 to win just his second ATP tour match. Early on in the second set, Matosevic was heard on the court microphone…
The ATP announced their tennis calendar for the 2015 season today, which has seen quite a few changes for when the grass court season will be extended by one week. As a Brit, I am a huge fan of the grass court season and am eager to hear any news about the 2015 schedule. Here…
This week’s WTA Premier event in Doha has lost Serena Williams, Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova from the fold, which means Li Na goes in as the number one seed. Despite the casualties, the draw remains strong and has the potential for some upsets paving the way for an exciting week. Let’s take a look…
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