The BNP Paribas Open draw was held on Monday and main draw action will get underway on Wednesday for the first Premier Mandatory tournament of 2017. The influx of pictures the weekend before Indian Wells never fails to make me jealous and begin considering a trip to Palm Springs! Once again, it looks like it will be…
Lesia Tsurenko won her third WTA title in Acapulco, defeating Kristina Mladenovic, 6-1 7-5 in a windy final. Tsurenko benefited from two retirement wins during the week – still, it was a great week for the Ukrainian player who won her second title in seven months. Despite not playing her best in the final, i’m encouraged…
Kristina Mladenovic and Heather Watson played out the second longest match of the year so far in Acapulco with Mladenovic sneaking through in a three set thriller that lasted three hours and 32 minutes. There were quite a few double faults including on the last point… it was nice to see such a warm embrace…
This is a snappy Set Points to keep up-to-date with WTA happenings in Kuala Lumpur and Acapulco. Unfortunately both tournaments are at terrible times for me – KL is whilst i’m at work and Acapulco is whilst i’m asleep so i’ve decided to take a week off from predictions and daily posts. I’ll try and…
Timea Babos hadn’t won a singles match on the WTA tour in 2017 heading into her home tournament of Budapest. Five matches later and with victories over Ipek Soylu (6-3 6-2), Anna Blinkova (6-3 6-2), Oceane Dodin (6-4 2-6 6-1), Julia Goerges (7-5 6-1) and Lucie Safarova (6-7(4) 6-4 6-3), Timea scooped her second WTA…
The 2017 Middle East swing came to a crescendo on Saturday with the final of the Dubai Duty Free Championships. This post presents the highlights from Dubai with best bits from the tournament including a recap of the final and links to memorable matches, shots, points and plenty more. If you fancy a trip down memory lane,…
Friday was semi-finals day at the 2017 Dubai Duty Free Championships with the number 10 seed, Caroline Wozniacki up first against Anastasija Sevastova in a repeat of last year’s US Open quarter-final. In a third straight sets win over Sevastova, Wozniacki won her ninth match in the last 10 days to win, 6-3 6-4. It…
The evening session in Dubai on day 5 of main draw action was delayed for rain…. that pesky rain! I thought it was a 2016 thing but it’s continuing in 2017 in the most unlikely of places. Here is Caroline’s take on the rain these past few weeks. .@CaroWozniacki bringing the rain 😂☔️ pic.twitter.com/x03AdcQUk7 —…
In a tenth career meeting and a fourth encounter in the last six months, Angelique Kerber and Elina Svitolina will square off in the second of the semi-finals at the Dubai Duty Free Championships on Friday. The number one seed, Angelique Kerber came into Dubai with a 4-4 W-L record and having won just one…
The upset train gathered more pace on day 4 of main draw action at the 2017 Dubai Duty Free Championships. The 17-year-old, CiCi Bellis scored the biggest win of her career so far, defeating the world number six, Agnieszka Radwanska, 6-4 2-6 6-2. Bellis played a superb match – I was so impressed with her…
