Victoria Azarenka v Julia Goerges – Azarenka was back to her best in her third round win over Svetlana Kuznetsova in the last round, but faces another tough challenge in the big serving German. Goerges has started to string wins together, but does not have a great record against Azarenka having lost their last two…
Petra Kvitova Christina McHale has had some big wins in her career beating the likes of Caroline Wozniacki, Marion Bartoli and Svetlana Kuznetsova. Last night, she added Petra Kvitova to that growing list as she produced an excellent performance to beat the world number three, 2-6 6-2 6-3. McHale finished the match with a sublime…
Here is my preview for the remaining eight third round matches in the WTA draw… Lucie Safarova Marion Bartoli v Chanelle Scheepers – Bartoli put in a gutsy display to reach the third round, which has become characteristic of her 2012 season. I think this match will be much more straightforward for Bartoli as although…
32 players remain in the WTA draw for Indian Wells with the first eight of the third round matches taking place tonight. Here are my previews and predictions… Goerges Victoria Azarenka v Svetlana Kuznetsova – Azarenka started her Indian Wells campaign in less than convincing fashion against Mona Barthel; however a win is a win…
Caroline Wozniacki Maria Sharapova and Caroline Wozniacki were the top two seeds in action on Day 4 of the BNP Paribas Open and they showed that they meant business as both reached the third round with comprehensive victories. Caroline Wozniacki defeated Ekaterina Makarova, 6-2 6-0 and broke the Russian player’s serve on seven occasions as…
Victoria Azarenka moved to 18-0 for the season, but overcame a huge fight from Mona Barthel in an extraordinary three hour marathon. Azarenka looked set for a routine victory as she led 6-4 5-1 when Barthel came alive to snatch the second set and race into a 4-1 lead in the third set. Barthel had…
Shahar Peer Tamira Paszek had a breakthrough year in 2011 reaching her first ever Grand Slam quarter-final at Wimbledon; however things have not gone well for her in 2012 so far as she went 0-5 through the first two months of the season. All that changed on Wednesday as Paszek finally won a match in…
You can now see my predictions for Indian Wells here… unfortunately I have not had time to do an ATP preview but I am expecting the top four in Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal to make the semi-finals with Djokovic beating Federer in the final.
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Sorana Cirstea Sorana Cirstea has shown some promising form in 2012 and despite not playing at her best yesterday, she produced one of her most impressive displays of character to beat Iveta Benesova, 4-6 7-5 7-6 in the first round of the BNP Paribas Open. Benesova looked to have the match in the bag as she served…
