This first week has been completely hectic with seven tournaments taking place. I love that we have live tennis once more but do we need this much going on?! I am struggling to keep up! Here is a round-up from all the remaining tournaments… Agnieszka Radwanska WTA Auckland: Three seeds remain in Auckland and all…
Serena Williams Brisbane has seen quite a few shocks this week with Maria Sharapova pulling out with injury and five of the eight seeds falling before the quarter-finals. The first semi-final between Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Lesia Tsurenko was certainly not on the cards when the ultra-strong draw was released last Saturday; however the second semi-final will…
Angelique Kerber WTA Brisbane: Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova v Angelique Kerber Angelique Kerber is just one of three seeds remaining in Brisbane, but she has looked far from impressive in her first two matches. She was on the brink of defeat in her second round match as she trailed the young and talented Monica Puig, 4-1 in…
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Last year, I thought it would be Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova‘s year to shine. I tipped her at the start of 2012 to make a Grand Slam final, but she ended the season outside of the top 35 and spent the majority of the year looking rather disinterested on the tennis court. 2013 has seen…
Sam Stosur revealed a few days ago that she had undergone ankle surgery during the off-season and that certainly brought into context a disappointing first round loss in the Brisbane International to Sofia Arvidsson, 7-6(4) 7-5. I had actually tipped Stosur to fall early in this tournament so it did not come as a great…
The ATP is also very busy this week with three tournaments gracing the schedule in Doha, Brisbane and Chennai. ATP Doha Doha has always been the flagship event in the first week of the year, often attracting at least one of the big four; however this has been a tough year for the event in…
The entire WTA top 10 will kick off their season this week with Agnieszka Radwanska headlining the event in Auckland and Li Na topping the bill in Shenzhen. Lets take a look at the draws… WTA Auckland: Agnieszka Radwanska will play a qualifier in the first round and is projected to meet Yaroslava Shvedova in…
Petra Kvitova Brisbane is already underway and we have not even made it to 2013 yet! Serena Williams and Petra Kvitova began their campaigns today and both were victorious in straight sets. Serena battled through windy conditions as she eased past Varvara Lepchenko, 6-1 6-2, meanwhile Kvitova defeated Carla Suarez Navarro, 6-3 6-4. It was…
Victoria Azarenka The engines of the WTA are revving as the first draws have been released following a state of hibernation that has stretched back to the 4th of November when Nadia Petrova won the final competitive match of 2012 in Sofia. It is now time for the stars of the game to shake off…
There is just one week left until the beginning of the 2013 tennis season! In fact, the exhibition event in Abu Dhabi is just a few days away where Rafael Nadal will make his long awaited comeback from injury. Many of the players are now starting their journeys across the world to the first tournaments…
