Tuesday was a busy day in Wuhan with 15 second round matches on the schedule. The first match of the day on Centre Court featured Agnieszka Radwanska and Julia Goerges – this was my 5:30am wake-up call! Goerges had prevailed in their most recent match in Cincy, yet it was Radwanska turned the tables for…
The main draw for the 2017 Wuhan Open began on Sunday with ten first round matches – i’m already playing catch-up for the week! The remainder of the first rounders were played on Monday along with the first of the second round matches. Before any first round winners, the main draw with all the qualifiers…
Hello all! I’ve been on holiday for the past week in Venice and Zermatt, taking some time away from work and blogging. I didn’t take my laptop and it was nice to take in plenty of fresh air and not be staring at a computer screen! I enjoyed visiting Venice for the first time although it…
The 2017 US Open is in the books and it has been another memorable Slam after Sloane Stephens continued her extraordinary comeback from foot surgery to win her first Slam title. This post brings together the highlights from the tournament including a recap of the final and links to memorable matches, points, media and plenty more. All…
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…
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