Monday and Tuesday were routine days for the seeds in Paris, but Wednesday saw plenty of upsets as Simona Halep, Roberta Vinci and Carla Suarez Navarro all lost. In Pattaya City, Sorana Cirstea appears to have woken from her slumber as she defeated my tip for the final, Alison Riske in straight sets. Pattaya has…
Paris is underway with no surprises although Alize Cornet did give us another oscar winning performance. I am 8/8 for Paris predictions so far. Pattaya City is a different story as the top two seeds, Sabine Lisicki and Svetlana Kuznetsova both withdrew from the tournament leaving just six second round matches to be played. Another…
While the men take a week off before Davis Cup action begins next weekend, 10 of the world’s top 20 WTA players are in action in Paris and Pattaya City. The line-up for the Open GDF Suez indoors event in Paris is especially good and there is full coverage on TennisTV from Monday. Let’s take…
The final match of the 2014 Australian Open saw Stanislas Wawrinka win his first Grand Slam title beating Rafael Nadal, 6-3 6-2 3-6 6-3 in the final. It was a tournament that had its moments right up to the very last match. Here is what I will take away from the 2014 men’s Australian…
On Saturday evening in Melbourne, Na Li defeated Dominika Cibulkova to win her second Grand Slam title, 7-6(3) 6-0. It was a good final to bring the curtain down on a first Grand Slam of the year for the women that featured plenty of surprises. Here is what I will take away from the 2014…
The hotly anticipated semi-final between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal was not exactly a classic as Nadal put on a ruthless display winning in three sets, 7-6(4) 6-3 6-3. In the pre-match poll, it was the second one of the tournament that had been split 50-50 after over 150 votes. Nadal now takes on Stanislas…
Hands up if you had Na Li and Dominika Cibulkova making the Australian Open. If your hands are up, I don’t believe you! This women’s draw has seen so many surprises this year, most of them in the last couple of days with Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova falling in the 4th round and Victoria Azarenka exiting…
The preview for the first of the men’s semis can be found here. The second semi-final, which will headline the Friday night schedule will see Roger Federer take on Rafael Nadal. As with any Federer v Nadal match, it promises to be a special occasion. Here are my thoughts. TFF DreamTeam Update: lfc is drawing…
My preview for the first women’s semi-final between Na Li and Eugenie Bouchard can be found here. The second one promises to be a close one with both players gunning for a first ever appearance in an Australian Open final. I was really, really shocked waking up to the news of Agnieszka Radwanska‘s victory over…
One of Tomas Berdych and Stanislas Wawrinka will make the 2014 Australian Open men’s final. This tournament has been rather peculiar in that all the upsets are occurring at the business end. This is a huge, huge match for both players with fantastic chances for both to make the final. Here are my thoughts. Stanislas…
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