Ana Ivanovic In one of the most dramatic matches of 2011, Ana Ivanovic wasted 5 match points and a commanding third set lead to lose to Kim Clijsters in the fourth round of Miami. Last night in Brisbane, Ana Ivanovic suffered another painful defeat at the hands of the Belgian as she wasted a 3-0…
There were no shocks in Brisbane today as all the first round matches were completed on day two of the new season. Sam Stosur eased into the second round with a 6-2 6-3 win over Anastasiya Yakimova. Stosur was comfortably the better player and it was a solid performance for the first match of her…
The 2012 tennis season officially kicked off last night in Brisbane with Francesca Schiavone posting the first win of the new season over Ksenia Pervak. Unfortunately, Pervak had to retire at 4-4 in the first set because of a migraine. In other matches, Kim Clijsters made a confident start to 2012 with a 6-1 6-4…
Julia Goerges The second WTA event this week takes place in Auckland. Although many of the star names have opted to start their year in Brisbane, the draw has strength in depth and will be an interesting watch. Like last year, I get the feeling that an unheralded name will cause a surprise or two. …
Sam Stosur The engines are revving for 2012 as the first draw of the season was finally released on Friday night for the Premier event in Brisbane. The draw looks very uneven with four big names all found in the top half of the draw. Sam Stosur is the number one seed and has a…
Novak Djokovic I have been crossing the days on my calendar for the new tennis season to start and it is nearly upon us! The first tennis of the season actually kicks off on the 29th of December in Abu Dhabi as the stars of the ATP turn up for the big-bucks Mubadala World Tennis…
As you will have gathered, I am a big fan of predicting what is going on in tennis and have entered numerous fantasy tennis games. I had my biggest achievement this year as I managed to win a signed Andy Murray tennis racquet in one of my fantasy games! I won it playing the Tennis…
Following on from my predictions for the top 10 in the WTA, here is my predictions for ATP top 10 at the end of 2012. I found this one much more difficult… The season-ending ATP top 10 of 2012 Novak Djokovic 1. Novak Djokovic – I’m going with Djokovic to stay at world number one…
I thought I would just move away from my 2012 previews briefly to highlight some of the funniest moments of 2011. Eurosport have just uploaded a blog from Mats Wilander about the highlights of the 2011 WTA season and they have included a video of the funniest moments of 2011. Unfortunately the page doesn’t seem…
Here is the next post in my series of entries previewing the 2012 tennis season… I have already stated who I think will win the majors; now I give you my predictions for the top 10 in the WTA rankings at the end of 2012. Like this year, I expect the ranking points to be…
