Over the past seven months, I have moaned and moaned and moaned about how disillusioned I was at the lack of streaming for the WTA tour. The past two months haven’t been so bad with wall-to-wall coverage for the French Open and Wimbledon, and having discovered SportZone on Chrome (thanks to my readers!). Finally though…
This post brings together the highlights from the 2017 Wimbledon Championships including a recap of the singles final and links to memorable matches, points, media and plenty more. All previous Match Points tournament summaries from 2016 and 2017 can be found HERE. Thanks for all your comments and support during these past three weeks. I’ll now be taking…
The final of the 2017 Wimbledon Championships will be contested on Saturday afternoon between the number 10 seed, Venus Williams and the number 14 seed, Garbiñe Muguruza after both players won straight set semi-finals on Thursday. Williams and Muguruza have both competed in a Wimbledon final before – Muguruza made it this far in 2015,…
The women’s Wimbledon semi-finals are all set! Garbiñe Muguruza, Venus Williams, Johanna Konta and Magdalena Rybarikova won their quarter-finals on a rain-affected Tuesday. First into the quarters was Muguruza who produced a clutch display to beat the rain and defeat Svetlana Kuznetsova, 6-3 6-4 on Court No.1. Muguruza’s press conference is linked below from the…
The number six seed, Johanna Konta and the number ten seed, Venus Williams have progressed through the bottom half of the draw to meet in a blockbuster Wimbledon semi-final match set for Thursday. While Williams will be bidding to reach her 9th Wimbledon final, Konta will be going for her first ever Slam final. V.Williams…
The first of the Wimbledon semi-finals will be contested between the number 14 seed, Garbiñe Muguruza and the unseeded, Magdalena Rybarikova. While Muguruza is into her second Wimbledon semi-final, Rybarikova has broken new ground and then some having never previously made it past the third round of a Slam! The pair are tied at 2-2…
This post features snap previews for the two women’s quarter-finals scheduled for No.1 Court on Tuesday at Wimbledon – Garbiñe Muguruza vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova up first at 13:00pm, followed by CoCo Vandeweghe vs. Magdalena Rybarikova. For a full match preview of the first match up on Centre Court between Venus Williams and Jelena Ostapenko, click HERE.…
In the only quarter-final featuring both top eight seeds, the number two seed, Simona Halep and the number six seed, Johanna Konta will play each other in a blockbuster last eight showdown. The pair have played twice already this year, splitting matches in Miami and Romania for Fed Cup action. This is a monumental match-up…
My highlight of Tuesday’s women’s quarter-finals will see the five-time Wimbledon champion and number ten seed, Venus Williams take on the 2017 French Open champion and number 13 seed, Jelena Ostapenko. Williams will be attempting to snap Ostapenko’s 11 match winning streak in Slams. The pair will be playing each other for the first time…
Are you ready for the madness to begin?! The busiest day of the tennis calendar, Manic Monday at Wimbledon, begins at 11:30am with all 16 fourth round singles matches scheduled. I’ll be focusing on the eight matches from the women’s draw with four (!) first up. If you’re not able to watch today, this post…
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