Debuting a newly revamped Match Points post for 2017, this is my review of the first week of the year at the Brisbane International. I started with intent with tournament summaries last season but it just got too much during the middle of the season. In a new simplified format, i’m hoping to keep up…
Karolina Pliskova won her seventh title with a sensational display to defeat Alizé Cornet, 6-0 6-3 in Saturday’s final. The Czech player has looked irresistible on serve all week and perhaps most impressively, has been building points patiently and coming forward at the right times. Without doubt, Pliskova will be a contender for the Australian…
The first three champions of the 2017 WTA season will be crowned on Saturday with the conclusions of Brisbane, Auckland and Shenzhen. In Brisbane, the number three seed, Karolina Pliskova will take on Alizé Cornet on Saturday at not before 7pm local time (9am UK time). A preview is now up on the blog. WTA Brisbane…
The final of the 2017 Brisbane International will be contested on Saturday between the number three seed, Karolina Pliskova and Alizé Cornet with action set to get underway at not before 7pm local time (9am in the UK). Cornet will be seeking out the biggest title of her career when she steps onto the court…
The seeds had been exerting their dominance through the first few days of the new season… it’s all come tumbling down somewhat over the past two days with the WTA’s top five all falling before the semi-finals in their respective tournaments. In the last of the Brisbane quarter-finals, Elina Svitolina scored her second consecutive win…
The first three days of the 2017 season had seen the top ten go 11-0 for the year. Wednesday opened up the wild proceedings for the new year… starting in Auckland, there was a huge surprise as Madison Brengle scored the biggest win of her career over the world number two, Serena Williams, 6-4 6-7(3) 6-4 in…
Three days into the 2017 season and it sounds like we already have a solid contender for match of the year. In the Brisbane night session, Garbiñe Muguruza saved a match point to edge past Daria Kasatkina, 7-5 3-6 7-6(7) in two hours and 58 minutes. I was livescoring the match (back to work today…
Playing her first match as a top five player, Dominika Cibulkova will open her 2017 campaign against the world number 23, Zhang Shuai in the second round of the Brisbane International. As the number two seed, Cibulkova was granted a first round bye, while Zhang played her first match of the year on Monday. The…
First round action in Brisbane continued on Monday with a trio of three setters. The first match of the day was the most dramatic and will be tough to beat all year! Roberta Vinci saved five match points to beat Kateryna Bondarenko, 7-6(4) 6-7(4) 7-6(5) in two hours and 46 minutes. Vinci had been drawn…
Second round action will begin at the Brisbane International on Tuesday with the match of the day adorning the night session as the number four seed, Garbiñe Muguruza will play Daria Kasatkina. The winner will advance to a first ever quarter-final in Brisbane. Muguruza opened her 2017 campaign with a gritty win over Sam Stosur,…
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