The main draw for the 2017 Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome kicked off on Monday with two of the most intriguing first round matches up first on the schedule. On the picturesque Pietrangeli court, there was a sad ending to the encounter between the number 14 seed, Barbora Strycova and Daria Kasatkina. After winning the first…
The manic Madrid-Rome double hurtles into the Italian capital with main draw action starting for the WTA on Monday. It’s a mostly similar line-up to Madrid with Caroline Wozniacki and Agnieszka Radwanska both missing and eight of the world’s top ten in attendance. The top eight seeds all have byes into the second round. The…
The curtain came down on the 2017 Mutua Madrid Open with a great singles final to wrap up a very eventful week. 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 previous Match Points tournament summaries from 2016 and 2017 can…
The final of the 2017 Mutua Madrid Open will be contested between the number three seed, Simona Halep and the number 14 seed, Kristina Mladenovic at not before 7pm local time on Saturday. While Halep will play a record third Madrid final, Mladenovic is into a first ever Premier Mandatory final. Halep d. Sevastova, 6-2…
Third round action in Madrid opened on Manolo Santana Court with home favourite, Lara Arruabarrena going up against Anastasija Sevastova. It was a surprise to see this match get top court billing and I can only assume that Carla Suárez Navarro had not wanted to play on the top court? Sevastova needed three attempts to…
Thursday will be quarter-finals day at the 2017 Mutua Madrid Open with just three seeds remaining in what has been another wild week on the WTA tour. This post features two snap previews for quarter-final matches including Svetlana Kuznetsova vs. Eugenie Bouchard and Kristina Mladenovic vs. Sorana Cirstea. A Set Points post to round up Wednesday’s action…
After the excitement of Sunday and Monday, Tuesday was a much quieter day in Madrid with nine second round matches. The most intriguing match from the day session was CoCo Vandeweghe up against Laura Siegemund. Both are well known for their antics on court! Despite wasting a set and a break lead, Vandeweghe eventually ended…
After the hectic weekend where 32 first round matches were played, Monday had a much calmer vibe with just seven matches on the schedule. The results though were anything but with six of the seven matches going to three sets… second round action on the Manolo Santana opened with a rather sizeable upset on paper…
The most anticipated match of the day, and perhaps the entire year so far, between Eugenie Bouchard and Maria Sharapova lit up Monday’s night session in Madrid. I was here for the drama but was kind of expecting a letdown… in fact, it lived up to expectation and THEN SOME. Bouchard beat Sharapova, 7-5 2-6 6-4 in…
The first round of Madrid is one of the busiest weekends of tennis with 32 first round matches. Ten were played on Saturday and a further 22 on a sumptuous Sunday of WTA action. Opening up Sunday’s Manolo Santana schedule was Angelique Kerber who scored a decent win over Timea Babos, 6-4 6-2. Aside from two…
