Tamira Paszek I am just preparing my preview blogs for Wimbledon, but had to make a mention of a terrific Eastbourne final where Tamira Paszek saved five championship points to beat Angelique Kerber, 5-7 6-3 7-5. Paszek also fought through a bad ankle towards the end. I only watched the last three games, but there…
The draws for this years Wimbledon Championships have been officially unveiled with some fantastic first round matches in both the mens and womens draw. I will be preparing some bumper previews and predictions for both draws. The womens is especially tricky this year so deciding my winner is going to be a tough challenge! My…
Julien Benneteau v Yen-Hsun Lu We started watching this match as Benneteau served for it in the third set. He managed to get himself to match point but blew all three; one on a double fault and another one on a framed smash from an average looking lob by Lu. Benneteau looked to be struggling…
I went to the AEGON International at Eastbourne on Tuesday and here is my report from my day… I have tried to keep it as concise as possible without rambling too much 😉 The practice courts I love spotting players on the practice courts and that was where we headed first when I arrived at…
The top three seeds have been knocked out of Eastbourne paving the way for an intriguing run in. I am just preparing my report and photos from my visit to Eastbourne on Tuesday so here are my quick predictions for tomorrow’s matches: WTA Quarter-Final Predictions Tsvetana Pironkova to beat Tamira Paszek in 2 sets Marion…
Chanelle Scheepers Birmingham has been a rollercoaster of a tournament this week, but things finally wrapped up on Monday when Melanie Oudin shocked Jelena Jankovic in the final with a 6-4 6-2 victory. She must be given huge credit for how she has managed to turn her fortunes around having endured a miserable couple of…
Agnieszka Radwanska This years crop of WTA players heading to Eastbourne is considerably weaker than last year’s line-up; however the tournament has still managed to attract five of the top ten players and should see some fine tennis as we edge closer to the third Grand Slam of the season. I will be going on…
Andy Roddick This is the fourth year that Eastbourne hosts an ATP tournament and there has definitely been an improvement in the players they have managed to attract with all top eight seeds residing in the top 40. They have also benefited from Andy Roddick accepting a wildcard into the event who will play in…
Jelena Jankovic Birmingham has always been affected by the weather but none more so than this year as play was practically wiped out on Thursday and Friday resulting in the final quarter-final and semi-finals being played today. Jelena Jankovic beat Misaki Doi in the quarter-finals and then edged past Zheng Jie, 6-7 7-5 6-1 in…
Incredible scenes saw David Nalbandian defaulted from the Queens Final, which handed the title to Marin Cilic. As Nalbandian led 7-6 3-4, he kicked an advertising board and drew blood from a linesman. The Queens crowd were furious during the post-match presentation as they booed the tournament director, but it should have been Nalbandian they…
