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 →
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 →
Kristina Mladenovic is a former world number ten. The French woman has always been a danger on the doubles tour but is now back on the quest to improve her singles game again. At the back of the 2017 season and into the 2018 season she suffered a massive loss in confidence on a 15... Continue Reading →
The rumours started a few days ago but yesterday it was confirmed that Sascha Bajin is part of the coaching team for Kristina Mladenovic in Miami. The rumour started when she followed Sascha on Instagram as someone managed to find that out and then Sascha posted on Twitter he was on route to his home... Continue Reading →
A week in Dubai which left us mesmerised. The tennis was spectacular, if you ever needed an advert for women's tennis then look no further. I cannot pick a moment because there were so many. The performances and the title win of Belinda Bencic was out of this world, what she achieved was truly magnificent... Continue Reading →
The first week is coming to a close. The seeds continue to fall and the shocks continue to happen but what were the stories from Day 5? Serena battles! Kiki Mladenovic at 5-4 was serving for the first set but there was a moment when she did stumble when running to the ball and jarred... Continue Reading →
Back in September of last year I wrote a piece about Kristina Mladenovic. At this point she was on a 7 match losing streak and lost a match in Tokyo 6-0 6-0 This year she snapped a 15 match losing streak and in life we are quick to criticise but slow to praise and I... 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 →
After her Fed Cup heroics for France at the weekend winning all three of her matches to edge past Belgium 3-2 you couldn't blame Kristina Mladenovic for taking the sting out of this one to conserve her energy for an upcoming week in Qatar. The French woman was cool, calm and composed throughout the match... Continue Reading →
Kristina Mladenovic had a very good first six months of 2017. She decided to move her switch from doubles to singles and it has seen her propel towards the top ten but after a bit of a nightmare 6 months the Frenchwoman got a much needed win in St.Petersburg and made it to the final... Continue Reading →
