The 2017 US Open semi-finals were played on Thursday night in New York and it was a historic evening with four American women competing for a place in Saturday’s final. The semi-finals began at 7pm local time with a first match-up since 2015 between Sloane Stephens and Venus Williams, followed by a third meeting this…
Reaching her second Slam semi-final of 2017 and with a second win of the year over a world number one, CoCo Vandeweghe beat Karolina Pliskova, 7-6(4) 6-3 in the first of the quarter-finals on Wednesday at the US Open. Vandeweghe saved a set point to win the opener in the tiebreak. One of the key…
Into the quarter-finals of the 2017 US Open and it definitely feels as if the tournament is beginning to wrap up. A part of me is kind of relieved as it’s been a challenging one to follow, but it has been a memorable Slam so far! Tuesday saw the first pair of quarter-finals with the…
Karolina Pliskova opened up proceedings on Arthur Ashe stadium on Monday morning. After two really tough matches including a saved match point in her third round win over Zhang Shuai, Pliskova eased through her fourth round match against Jennifer Brady, 6-1 6-0 in just 46 minutes. It was so quick that I didn’t even get…
We’re halfway through the US Open and the first set of quarter-finals for Tuesday are all set. The first player into the last eight was Sloane Stephens, who beat Julia Goerges, 6-3 3-6 6-1 to reach her first Slam quarter-final since Wimbledon 2013. The key to the outcome was Stephens being the more solid of the…
The great match-ups just keep on coming as the number four seed, Elina Svitolina faces her toughest test yet against the number 15 seed, Madison Keys. The pair will meet in a fourth round blockbuster match-up on Monday in last 16 action at the US Open. Both players are seeking to reach their first…
Saturday’s Set Points are a double header after such an exciting day of tennis – for part 1 covering the results and highlights from the first quarter of the draw including wins for Karolina Pliskova, Jennifer Brady, CoCo Vandeweghe and Lucie Safarova, click HERE. Daria Kasatkina upset the number 12 seed and French Open champion,…
Today has been one of my favourite tennis days of the year with so many great matches and exciting tennis moments to enjoy. Therefore, this is the first of two recaps in a double header of Saturday’s Set Points! The first two winners on day 6 of the 2017 US Open were the world number ones…
This post features two snap previews for last 16 action at the 2017 US Open from the bottom half of the women’s draw including Garbiñe Muguruza vs. Petra Kvitova and Julia Goerges vs. Sloane Stephens – both matches will be played on Sunday. For a round-up of results from the bottom half of the women’s draw…
We’re down to the last 32 in New York as third round matches from the bottom half of the women’s draw took centre stage on Friday. It’s only been a four day week for me after the Bank Holiday, but I am so relieved that it’s the weekend and can focus on the tennis for…
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