On Saturday it was a quick 2 hour and 8 minute journey to the bakery in Perth but on Sunday we went to the wire with an incredible 5 hours and 20 minutes of tennis. It ended in heartbreak for the hosts Australia as France battled to their first Fed Cup victory since 2003 with... Continue Reading →
Breadsticks & Bagels! The Fed Cup Final Bakery in Perth is up and running after Day 1
The Bakery is open in Perth! The first day of the Fed Cup Final between Australia and France has been left with all to play for on Sunday as the respective top seeds (Barty and Mladenovic) handed out thrashings. Two matches were over and done with in 2 hours and 8 minutes of the finale... Continue Reading →
Madrid; Ladies draw & R1 match-ups
The draw is in and well it's going to be a fun week in Madrid! The big matches and tough match-ups come into play from round one so let's take a look at each half of the draw. Top Half A top heavy top half of the draw. Naomi Osaka obviously leads the pack as... Continue Reading →
Dissecting the draw 🗽
The US Open draw is out. The battle for the final major of the year begins on Monday, as ever the draw has thrown up some fantastic clashes and some interesting potential meetings... R1 treats! David Ferrer v Rafael Nadal Grigor Dimitrov v Stan Wawrinka Venus Williams v Svetlana Kuznetsova Caroline Garcia v Johanna Konta... Continue Reading →
The R1 Wimbledon matches you cannot miss! 😯
The draw for Wimbledon is out! The draw gods have thrown up some matches you cannot miss on the first opening days. Borna Coric v Daniil Medvedev Borna Coric' resurgence has been a joy to watch this season and I will link to a piece I did on it below! Even at such a young... Continue Reading →
Roland Garros Day 3 – Tone set as Nadal, Cilic & Del Potro win, Denis’ debut, Sharapova recovers, Serena returns, Edmund cruises and Garbine impresses!
Day 3 at Roland Garros didn't see many issues arise. After 48 hours of top players falling normal service was resumed as the worlds best arrived on the third day. Serena's back! Is there a better way to return to the tour than with a win at Roland Garros in a cat suit? Of course... Continue Reading →
Top seeds fall across Europe!
Well, it has been quite the 24 hours on the ATP and WTA tour. Many players are beginning their clay court season this week whether it is in Barcelona, Istanbul or Stuttgart the top players have packed their bags early but who has gone home? Dominic Thiem Grigor Dimitrov Simona Halep Elina Svitolina Garbine Muguruza... Continue Reading →
WTA Finals Day 2 – No nonsense
Simona Halep and Caroline Wozniacki have done their chances of progressing in Singapore and potentially ending the year as world number one no harm what so ever. I watched the first set and a half of Halep v Garcia before I left for work and after the first couple of games Halep was hanging on... Continue Reading →
WTA Finals Singapore Preview – The Final Chapter of 2017
This year the WTA Finals celebrate 45 years. Winners include the best; Evert, Navratilova, Seles, Graf, Hingis, Davenport, Serena, Venus and many more top names in woman’s tennis. This year you could argue that the field is more open than ever before. Recent winners in Singapore include Agnieszka Radwanska (2015) and Dominika Cibulkova (2016) and... Continue Reading →
CarGar could be flying whilst Konta might be grounded again!
Caroline Garcia has certainly made it interesting on the WTA tour these last couple of weeks. Defeats for top players looked like it would be a formality for Konta to go through to Singapore but her boarding pass is being held right now as Caroline is flying in more ways the one and Singapore is... Continue Reading →