This week sees the hunt for the final few places at the World Tour Finals hot up with Basel and Valencia to look forward too. Let’s take a look at the draws… ATP Basel Juan Martin del Potro Basel’s line-up was looking pretty mega at the start of the week, but notable withdrawals from Rafael…
What a sensational second half to the year for Simona Halep, who defeated Sam Stosur to win the Moscow title, 7-6(1) 6-2. Heading into Rome this year she had an unspectacular 9-9 W-L record. However since that event, which saw her beat Svetlana Kuznetsova, Agnieszka Radwanska, Roberta Vinci and Jelena Jankovic, she has gone on…
1. Sam Stosur v Simona Halep (Moscow, F) Sam Stosur Moscow will close with a fascinating finale between Sam Stosur and Simona Halep. Stosur has hit her best form of the year and produced another clinical display in the semi-finals to take out home favourite, Svetlana Kuznetsova in straight sets. Halep was even better as…
There are too many tournaments this week! Today’s predictions were pretty poor on the most part so let’s try and improve for Saturday. Here goes with another day of previews… 1. Caroline Wozniacki v Sabine Lisicki (Luxembourg, SF) Sabine Lisicki The Luxembourg draw is severely skewed with one semi-final offering up 2 top 15 players…
Yesterday was a struggle to pick out matches to preview, but today is much easier because there are some great potential encounters. Sam Stosur v Ana Ivanovic (Moscow, QF) Ana Ivanovic A quarter-final more fitting of a final will see Moscow’s two biggest draws, Sam Stosur and Ana Ivanovic square off in an intriguing match. …
I was surprised to see so little coverage about Alisa Kleybanova, who today beat Carla Suarez Navarro in straight sets to reach her first quarter-final since April, 2011. I have been thoroughly impressed with her comeback so far and look forward to seeing how she gets on in her quarter-final match against Simona Halep or…
1. Maria Kirilenko v Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Moscow, R2) Maria Kirilenko A tough all-Russian affair is set for Wednesday’s schedule as the number 1 seed Maria Kirilenko takes on the unseeded, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Kirilenko had a bye in the first round, meanwhile Pavlyuchenkova enjoyed a rare comfortable win as she took out the young Frenchwoman, Caroline…
This is the LAST week of regulation WTA tournaments for 2013! This will also be the last chance for players to clinch a place at the Tournament of Champions in Sofia. Let’s take a look at the draws… WTA Luxembourg Caroline Wozniacki I like Luxembourg’s draw this week, which features Caroline Wozniacki and Sloane Stephens…
After the excitement of the penultimate Masters event, it is a quieter week for the top 10 on the ATP tour with just 3 of them showing up at this week’s 250 events in Stockholm, Vienna and Moscow. *I forgot all about the ATP event in Moscow so I haven’t done a full preview* ATP…
Angelique Kerber Linz closed out with a tremendous final as Angelique Kerber beat Ana Ivanovic, 6-4 7-6(6) to claim her first title of the year and just third of her career to add to Paris and Copenhagen from last year. I watched the second set and I do not know if I can pin down…
