1. Tommy Haas v Tommy Robredo Ekaterina Makarova The battle of the in-form Tommies will highlight Madrid’s schedule on Wednesday. Tommy Haas had the best result of the day as he dismantled Andreas Seppi with a thumping 6-1 6-2 victory. Tommy Robredo was equally impressive today as he defeated an out-of-form Marcos Baghdatis, 6-4 6-1. …
Just a quick note as Madrid saw a big upset with the world number one, Novak Djokovic defeated by Grigor Dimitrov in a gripping second round match. There were so many headlines to take away from this match, but the one underlying thing is that Dimitrov is the most exciting of the ATP up-and-comers and…
Today’s big news saw Laura Robson knock out the 4th seed, Aga Radwanska with a comprehensive 6-3 6-1 victory. It really is amazing how Laura can zone against the big players; what we need to see more of is backing up those wins against lower ranked players that she is expected to beat. Sam Stosur…
Ana Ivanovic Today was a completely packed day of tennis that saw its fair share of shocks. Li Na was scheduled to play Tamira Paszek, but her late withdrawal saw Madison Keys drafted in as a late lucky loser. It was tough on Li, who suddenly had a much tougher task and she completely fell…
Let’s take a look at the mens draw where the top eight players all have byes into round two. FIRST QUARTER – N.Djokovic (1) v J.W.Tsonga (7) Novak Djokovic Novak Djokovic will arrive in Madrid full of confidence following a first win in four match-ups over Rafael Nadal in the Monte-Carlo final. His draw in Madrid certainly…
The Madrid tournament on the womens side is always fun because there are no byes awarded to the top players. It is a great line-up with the entire top 10 back on the red clay. Thankfully the blue clay has been scrapped and hopefully this year’s tournament in Madrid will see the actual tennis making the headlines… FIRST…
The Oeiras final will see Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova take on Carla Suarez Navarro, which was for once, correctly predicted by Moo! Pavlyuchenkova had a terrible start to her semi-final against Romina Oprandi, who had been on a rampage through the draw having lost just 14 games in her first three matches. Oprandi raced out into a 6-0 lead,…
1. Romina Oprandi v Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova The real surprise package of this week has been Romina Oprandi, who tore past a lacklustre, Svetlana Kuznetsova to post a 6-2 6-2 quarter-final victory. She takes on another Russian tomorrow, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova who edged past Elena Vesnina in a third set tiebreak, 6-3 6-7(3) 7-6(3). Vesnina…
A pretty good day of predictions today in Oeiras and Munich; hoping I can keep it up with all three predicted finals still intact for this week… Svetlana Kuznetsova Romina Oprandi v Svetlana Kuznetsova Svetlana Kuznetsova has been shunted out onto the outside courts in Estoril for her first two matches but gets prime billing…
1. Sorana Cirstea v Kaia Kanepi Sorana Cirstea The scheduling for the centre court at the Portugal Open is ridiculously ATP centric, but they have at least picked out the best of the women’s match to open proceedings as the defending champion, Kaia Kanepi takes on Sorana Cirstea. On paper it looks the best match,…
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