Eastbourne and s’Hertogenbosch headline the final week of grass court preparations before the biggest slam of the year. This week I will be focussing all my attention on Eastbourne. Let’s take a look at the draws… WTA Eastbourne Aga Radwanska Agnieszka Radwanska headlines another strong line-up of players heading to the windy seaside venue of…
Andy Murray v Marin Cilic (Queens, Final) Marin Cilic Queens had a rather calamitous day today as rain forced the first semi-final between Lleyton Hewitt and Marin Cilic (which had briefly begun on Centre) onto the No.1 court as Andy Murray and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga played on Centre. Both went to three sets, but it was…
After I got pretty much rained off last year at the AEGON Classic in Birmingham, I decided it was worth giving it another go this year plus I wanted to see the new Centre Court. I bought tickets for the quarter-finals and overall it was a fun, yet damp day! I arrived at the Edgbaston…
A brief preview post for today’s semi-final action at Queens, Birmingham and Halle. I was at Birmingham today and I hope to get a report of my day with photos out by tonight / tomorrow morning. Andy Murray v Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Queens, SF) Andy Murray I was worried about whether the top seeds would make…
Queens was able to catch up today and completed all their third round matches with the big seeds all coming through. My original draws have been truly shocking this week and I am hoping to do a bit better for Eastbourne next week. Birmingham had some rain, but managed to get all their 3rd rounds…
Thursday will be a thoroughly packed day of tennis as the rain once again wreaked havoc with the schedule in Queens. Birmingham did pretty well to avoid major disruptions and remains on track with their draw. Let’s take a look at the top matches for Thursday. Please accept my apologies for yesterday’s predictions, Moo had…
Rain wiped out half of the schedule at Queens today, but that didn’t stop us seeing the match of the tournament so far as Juan Martin del Potro edged out an inspired Xavier Malisse, 7-6(5) 1-6 7-5. After losing the first set on the tiebreak, Malisse won 8 out of 9 games to lead by…
Tsvetana Pironkova The grass court season got underway today in Birmingham and there were some interesting results as last year’s champion, Melanie Oudin fell to Ajla Tomljanovic in the first competitive match to grace the new Ann Jones Centre Court. In other results, the grass lovers came out to play as Tsvetana Pironkova snapped a…
The WTA 2013 grass court season kicks off tomorrow in Birmingham. The draw does lack the big name with no top 20 players from this weeks rankings. Kirsten Flipkens is the top seed following the withdrawals of Marion Bartoli and Roberta Vinci, but there are a host of the hot prospects and grass court GOATS…
There are two ATP tournaments next week to kick off the 2013 grass court season. Queens has always reigned supreme, but over the last couple of years the draw has looked much thinner and Halle certainly has grabbed the better line-up for 2013 even with Rafael Nadal pulling out. Let’s take a look at the…
