Marin Cilic Here are some of my predictions for the numerous quarter-finals to be played out tomorrow: ATP Hamburg: A strong line-up has made the quarter-finals with the highlights being the first quarter-final between Kohlschreiber and Almagro and the all-German clash between Haas and Mayer. Predictions: Philipp Kohlschreiber to beat Nicolas Almagro in 3 sets…
Pavlyuchenkova The tournament in Carlsbad, San Diego has seen the completion of the first round where Melanie Oudin saved two match points to defeat Sloane Stephens, 1-6 7-6 6-0. It is one of the those matches that can be summed up by just reading the scoreline! Stephens is a great talent, but she will have…
It is another bumper week on both the ATP and WTA calendars as tournaments are crammed into this three week period before the Olympics. I have managed to secure some more tennis tickets for the Olympics so will have a number of reports to give over the coming weeks 🙂 Anyway lets take a look…
Sorana Cirstea produced one of her best performances this year as she beat Dominika Cibulkova in the quarter-finals of Stanford, 6-7 6-2 6-0. Cirstea hit 45 winners to 23 unforced errors although the match was overshadowed by a crazy first set dominated by some appalling officiating that consistently went against Cirstea… just take a look…
Just a quick note to say what a great achievement from Laura Robson to make her first ever WTA semi-final this week on the clay in Palermo. She defeated the world number 27, Roberta Vinci in the second round and backed that up with a tough win over Carla Suarez Navarro, 6-4 2-6 6-3. She…
Jelena Jankovic Here is a quick round-up of what has been happening so far this week: WTA Stanford: Serena Williams won her opening match against Nicole Gibbs, 6-2 6-1 to set up a quarter-final match with Chanelle Scheepers; however the number 4 seed, Jelena Jankovic was not so lucky as she lost yet another first…
Serena Williams There are six tournaments this week to help deal with the Wimbledon blues! The women head to Stanford (USA) and Palermo (Italy), meanwhile the men are scattered in Stuttgart (Germany), Newport (USA), Umag (Croatia) and Bastad (Sweden)… having four tournaments in one week is just plain stupid, but thats what happens in an…
Roger Federer Roger Federer claimed a triumphant seventh Wimbledon title with a 4-6 7-5 6-3 6-4 victory over Andy Murray. It was a valiant effort from Murray, who had his chances in the second set to force a two set lead, but Federer produced some moments of magic to eventually clinch the second set. The…
Just a quick note to say what an incredible mens doubles final which saw the Brit, Jonathan Marray and Frederik Nielsen beat Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecau, 4-6 6-4 7-6 6-7 6-3. It was just a complete fairytale run, which saw the wildcards win three five set matches (including the final) and a semi-final win…
Serena Williams Serena Williams won her fifth Wimbledon title with a hard fought, 6-1 5-7 6-2 victory over Agnieszka Radwanska. At 6-1 4-2, it looked like it could be one of the quickest Wimbledon finals, but Radwanska staged an unlikely comeback as we saw the first three set Wimbledon womens final since 2006 when Amelie…
