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 →
Novak Djokovic v Philip Kohlschreiber I suppose opening rounds don’t get tougher than this. Novak will be looking at this one and the first thing that will be on his mind will be the defeat to Kohlschreiber at Indian Wells 6-4 6-4 earlier on this year. The good news for Novak is that since then... Continue Reading →
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 →
Just over a week after the worst defeat of her career the former world number one Serena Williams took the decision to withdraw from Rogers Cup in Montreal citing personal reasons. Serena who has been very open and honest with her recovery since giving birth and how she has been feeling posted on social media... Continue Reading →
The US Open is just around the corner, for the majority of players this is the last calling card before a trip to New York. Cincinnati always draws the crowds and has done again this year with the best due to play. Following Cincinnati a week in New Haven (ladies) and Winston Salem (men's) is... Continue Reading →
Well, the draw gods have treated us to some stunning round one match ups at the ATP 500 event in Queens Club and the WTA Premier event in Birmingham where I will be next week. So let's have a look? Queens Club Marin Cilic v Fernando Verdasco Top seed Marin Cilic takes on an unpredictable... Continue Reading →
The grass court season waits for no one and with Wimbledon around the corner players from all over the globe are heading to the warm up tournaments and some of the world’s top names will be in Birmingham next week. So, who will be there? Who won’t be there! Well, it’s best we start off... Continue Reading →
Tennis at the Olympics is always about taking chances and for some the chance is over but for others the Olympic torch is still lit. Serena Williams, Andy + Jamie Murray, Venus Williams, Novak Djokovic and of course the man of the moment Juan Martin Del Potro have all made the headlines but were going... Continue Reading →
Just the other day I wrote about Simona Halep and the need for building on her excellent week in Madrid where she won the title to carry this form into Rome, Roland Garros and the rest of the season however defeat to Daria Gavrilova was not ideal but was it a surprise? Unpredictability in tennis... Continue Reading →
The saying goes Rome wasn’t built in a day however the empire nearly fell completely in round two with eight seeded players losing in the second round of the tournament. Ana Ivanovic Simona Halep Roberta Vinci Victoria Azarenka Petra Kvitova Lucie Safarova Venus Williams Angelique Kerber The early defeats in Rome sum up the season... Continue Reading →
