Business as usual! Unusual conditions and time of year but it was business as usual for the usual suspects who successfully orchestrated their way into round two. Petra Kvitova 6-3 7-5 Oceane DodinDominic Thiem 6-4 6-3 6-3 Marin CilicSerena Williams 7-6 6-0 Khristie AhnElina Svitolina 7-6 6-4 Varvara Gracheva During the day four players tipped... Continue Reading →
If a US Open draw with many top players was open then a Roland Garros with a few more names but some significant ones missing could be even more open but who is a genuine contender? We have seen a lot of tennis over the last few weeks and some will arrive in Paris hoping... Continue Reading →
Simona Halep is into her third Rome final after a hard-fought win over Garbine Muguruza with a smallish crowd of a socially distanced 1000 on Court Centrale for the final few matches. Matches between Simona and Garbine are always fascinating, coming into the match it was the Spaniard who led the head to head 4-2... Continue Reading →
The women's draw continues to open up at Flushing Meadows as top seed Karolina Pliskova and tenth seed Garbine Muguruza have slipped up in New York. I said in my preview piece for the tournament that as the top seed but a top seed without a top ten win at a Grand Slam since 2016... Continue Reading →
Following her burst onto the main stage at Roland Garros in 2014 with that impressive victory against Serena Williams it felt like a matter of time before the Spaniard would win a major. Battles between Garbine Muguruza and Serena became a bit of a thing at Roland Garros. In 2015 Serena got her revenge as... Continue Reading →
In 2014 Serena Williams turned up at Roland Garros as defending champion. 2013 was the first time Serena had been successful in Paris since 2002. Serena powered past home wildcard Alize Lim 6-2 6-1 but then came up against what turned out to be an incredible tough, confident and determined 20 year old Garbine Muguruza.... Continue Reading →
Just under 8 years ago we waved goodbye to Kim Clijsters on the tennis court. Laura Robson who was then 18 year old defeat the Belgian at Flushing Meadows as he second stint on the tour had come to an end. Little did we expect seven years later Kim who is now a mother of... Continue Reading →
32 players will head to Dubai this next week. The best in women's tennis will gather in the run up for Indian Wells and Miami and the draw in Dubai is pretty chaotic and brutal from the get go! The match ups in round one are quite incredible, the only two who won't be in... Continue Reading →
In the off season Garbine Muguruza wanted a “challenge outside of tennis” so she climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. In an on court interview she said only do if you are strong “up here”. She spent her time off in Africa but has spent the last couple of years in the wilderness of women’s tennis. She almost... Continue Reading →
A title win at the Australian Open is an excellent way to begin the year. Two weeks of tennis down in Melbourne where the weather has varied came down to two players. Garbine Muguruza and Sofia Kenin would battle for the title. Sofia Kenin was looking for her first Grand Slam title where as a... Continue Reading →
