The highlight of this year’s US Open draw is an absolute blockbuster first round match between the number two seed, Simona Halep and the 2006 champion, Maria Sharapova. The bottom half of the women’s draw will start on Monday with the pair unsurprisingly being scheduled for the first night match on Arthur Ashe stadium. Can’t…
The fourth and final Slam of 2017 is upon us with the stars of the WTA descending on New York and the US Open. It’s another cracking draw with main draw action set to kick off on Monday at 11pm local time (4pm UK time). I am constantly reminiscing about this time last year when…
Wednesday featured the four remaining second round matches from the Connecticut Open in New Haven. First up at 12pm local time was a qualifier-qualifier match-up between Kirsten Flipkens and Ana Bogdan. The Belgian player was seemingly cruising up 6-1 4-2 and with a break point for 5-2 before Bogdan mounted a comeback. Flipkens required the…
Four second round matches were on the schedule for Tuesday at the Connecticut Open in New Haven. The first match of the day was the last of the first rounders as Carla Suárez Navarro advanced to the second round by retirement while leading the qualifier, Jana Cepelova, 6-4 4-0. The Slovak player was forced to…
I was so focused on Cincy last week that I didn’t get to study the draw for this week’s tournament, the Connecticut Open in New Haven, until earlier today! As the US Open is next week, New Haven was a Sunday start with two main draw matches up on Sunday’s schedule – both were eye-catching results!…
This post brings together the highlights from the 2017 Western & Southern Open with a comprehensive media round-up from a great week in Cincinnati. This has been a really exciting (and hectic!) week for the blog as we’ve had photos from Cincy thanks to Omar Boraby. All previous Match Points tournament summaries from 2016 and 2017…
Garbiñe Muguruza won the 2017 Western & Southern Open on Sunday, defeating Simona Halep in the final, 6-1 6-0. This is a photo round-up from the final. Thanks to Omar Boraby for sharing his super photos all week! You can check out Omar’s official website HERE and his Instagram page HERE. For more of Omar’s…
Garbiñe Muguruza won her fifth title at the 2017 Western & Southern Open, beating Simona Halep, 6-1 6-0 in a one-sided final lasting just 56 minutes. Halep’s quest to be the world number one will go on, while Muguruza goes from strength-to-strength after winning her second Slam at Wimbledon. The Spaniard will be one of…
This has been a busy weekend for me as I am in Coventry celebrating my cousin’s wedding. Therefore, I haven’t been too focused on the tennis! This is a snappy Set Points to cover Saturday’s Western & Southern Open semi-finals and share more super Cincy photos from Omar Boraby. The first of the semi-finals saw…
This post features the best photos from a packed day 5 of main draw action at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati – including the likes of Garbiñe Muguruza, Caroline Wozniacki, Karolina Pliskova, Simona Halep and more. Thanks to Omar Boraby for sharing his super photos! You can check out Omar’s official website HERE…
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