Today was a pretty shocking day of predictions as what had been a really solid week in Gstaad, went down the pan with Stanislas Wawrinka retiring to Feliciano Lopez and my semi-final tip, Marcel Granollers falling in a tight three setter to Robin Haase. The big news yesterday was Victor Troicki, who strangely I had…
This week has felt pretty dead on the tennis tour and I am yet to sit down and watch any live tennis since Wimbledon. I believe there is a stream for Stanford online, but I find it hard to enjoy watching tennis when you can barely see the ball. The big news today was Roger…
1. Agnieszka Radwanska v Francesca Schiavone (Stanford, R2) Francesca Schiavone Stanford has just three singles matches today and I feeling a little flat with tennis proceedings this week. The match of the day (whilst I am fast asleep) will see 2013 Wimbledon semi-finalist, Agnieszka Radwanska take on Francesca Schiavone. This will be Aga’s first match…
1. Sam Stosur v Olga Govortsova (Stanford, R2) Sam Stosur The 1st round will conclude on Tuesday in Stanford along with the first second round match in the night session, which will see Sam Stosur makes her first appearance since Wimbledon against Olga Govortsova. The Belarusian defeated a heavily slumping Julia Goerges, 7-6(2) 6-2 in…
Jamie Hampton Stanford begins the hard court march to the US Open for the women with Agnieszka Radwanska and Sam Stosur heading up a depleted field. A few weeks ago, the line-up boasted all of the Wimbledon semi-finalists, but one-by-one, Marion Bartoli, Sabine Lisicki and Kirsten Flipkens along with the highest ranked player to originially…
Here goes a quick round-up of the draws for next week’s ATP tournaments in Gstaad (Switzerland), Umag (Croatia) and Atlanta (USA). ATP Gstaad Roger Federer The best draw of the week comes from Gstaad where the top two Swiss players, Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka headline their home event. Federer had a tough week in…
Serena Williams All four finals took place on Sunday with Fabio Fognini, Serena Williams, Yvonne Meusburger and Ivo Karlovic in the winners circle. Fognini won his second title in two weeks as he completed the Stuttgart-Hamburg double with a come-from-behind win, which included saving three match points against Federico Delbonis, 4-6 7-6(8) 6-2. Both finalists…
Busy weekend so just a quick preview of tomorrow’s finals… Fabio Fognini v Federico Delbonis (Hamburg, F) Fabio Fognini It certainly came as a major surprise to see Roger Federer and his new racquet bundled out of the Hamburg semi-finals by the qualifier, Federico Delbonis. In the final, he takes on the in-form, Fabio Fognini,…
The US hard court season kicks into gear next week with the women in Stanford and the men in Atlanta along with three other tournaments. Before then, we have semi-finals and finals to wrap up on this week’s clay court tournaments. Nicolas Almagro v Fabio Fognini (Hamburg, SF) Nicolas Almagro Fabio Fognini is enjoying a…
It was a mixed day of predictions today as my best two predictions (Pennetta and Verdasco) both came via retirements. Hamburg hasn’t been a great tournament for my predictions, but Bastad has been good and could be one of my best of 2013 so far if Flavia Pennetta can make the final and Mathilde Johansson…
