This post features ten photos from day 2 of main draw action at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati – including the likes of Simona Halep, Garbiñe Muguruza, Johanna Konta, Sloane Stephens, Lucie Safarova and more. Thanks to Omar Boraby for sharing his super photos! You can check out Omar’s official website HERE and…
Tuesday was a jam-packed day of tennis with 15 singles matches and a mix of first and second round encounters. Firstly, i’m thrilled to be working with a photographer in Cincy this week, Omar Boraby. Thanks to Omar for sharing his photos, which you’ll see during this post and through others during the week. Stay…
This post features a duo of snap previews for day 3 of main draw action at the Western & Southern Open in Cincy including Dominika Cibulkova vs. Alizé Cornet and Daria Gavrilova vs. Camila Giorgi. For a recap of action of day 1 in Cincy, check out Monday’s Set Points HERE and for a full…
Another week, another new tournament… welcome to the 2017 Western & Southern Open! Main draw action began in Cincy on Monday with a first rounder cracker between Petra Kvitova and Anett Kontaveit. From a set and a break down, Kvitova produced an impressive comeback to win, 1-6 7-6(2) 6-3. For a recap and analysis of…
In the first main draw match on Center court of the 2017 Western & Southern Open, Petra Kvitova’s smile was beaming bright – any excuse to share my favourite Petra pic and i’m going to take it! Kvitova rallied from a set and a break down to beat, Anett Kontaveit, 1-6 7-6(2) 6-3 and book…
Elina Svitolina won two matches on Saturday to keep her dreams of completing the Premier 5 sweep in 2017 alive. The Ukrainian player has had a magnificent week, taking out Venus Williams, Garbiñe Muguruza and Simona Halep en route to the final. Firstly, Svitolina beat Muguruza, 4-6 6-4 6-3, in the quarter-finals. Muguruza had taken…
19 of the world’s top 20 are in Cincinnati for another star-studded line-up as the US Open looms on the horizon in just two weeks time. The Western & Southern Open has become one of the fan favourite stops on the tour and it is definitely a tournament i’d love to attend one day. I’ll…
There was no post on the blog yesterday as I had tickets for the World Athletics Championships at the Olympic Stadium in London. It was a good night and athletics is a lot of fun to watch live. The atmosphere was super and there was so much going – it was hard to keep up…
Second round concluded on a busy Wednesday at the 2017 Rogers Cup in Toronto. The first match of the day on Grandstand saw the biggest upset by ranking so far as CiCi Bellis continued her superb year with a second top ten win of her career over the number eight seed, Svetlana Kuznetsova, 6-4 7-5.…
In a first ever encounter on hard courts, the number five seed, Elina Svitolina will take on the number nine seed, Venus Williams in a blockbuster third round encounter at the Rogers Cup on Thursday. Both are well in contention for the WTA Finals in Singapore and the winner of this match will advance to…
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