Quite remarkably one journalist in Serena Williams' press conference after her two set win against former slam finalist Lucie Safarova called it a scrappy performance. Obviously they were not watching the match and the 22 time Grand Slam champion was not happy with these comments and quite right to with the journalist quickly backtracking and... Continue Reading →
Halep shines under Arthur Ashe roof!
Simona Haleps good form continues on tour with after overcoming an early test against a low ranked Lucie Safarova. The 5th seed came into Flushing Meadows with just 3 defeats since Roland Garros and seems to be finding that bite again on the tour which made her such a dangerous opponent back in 2014. Halep... Continue Reading →
US Open Preview – Lucie Safarova v Simona Halep
Injury concerns and poor form has halted Lucie Safarova this year. The 2015 French Open finalist is ranked down at 44 in the world coming into flushing meadows meaning she is unseeded and will meet world number five Simona Halep in round two which is set to be a blockbuster of a match. To have... Continue Reading →
Roland Garros Day 1 – Rain.
Well it wouldn't be Roland Garros without a bit of rain however it literally didn't stop today in Paris as only a handful of matches were completed on the first day of the second Grand Slam of the year. Many matches were postponed, restarted and yes you guest it postponed again due to the weather... Continue Reading →
WTA Rome – Eight seeded players fall in round two
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 →
Stuttgart – Safarova still searching, Kerber through and Fed Cup hangover?
Safarova still searching… Lucie Safarova has 8 wins and 1 title to her name on the doubles tour this year however on the singles it hasn’t really gone to plan. The Czech star is still looking for her first win of the year having lost at all five tournaments she has played this year. Her... Continue Reading →
Fed Cup Final Preview – Czech Republic v Russia
Eight teams began but only two remain but who will lift the Fed Cup title on Sunday? Czech Republic take on Russia at Home with the Czech’s sailing through the previous rounds with just one rubber dropped where as Russia without Sharapova in April had to win the final rubber the doubles match to progress... Continue Reading →
WTA Finals Day 6 – Muguruza maintains 100% record and Safarova out despite victory!
3 matches, 3 wins for Muguruza! She can’t stop winning right now and is looking very dangerous going into the semi-finals. Again Garbine put on another top class performance in the second and third set came through some tricky games and despite going a break down a few times in the second set she kept... Continue Reading →
WTA Finals Day 4 – Muguruza and Kvitova both win in straight sets!
Two wins out of two for Muguruza in Singapore! Not many players have a 100% record at the WTA Finals but Muguruza is one of those as the Spaniard has secured her second win of the tournament this time against Angelique Kerber and is one of the favourites to win in Singapore as I predicted... Continue Reading →
WTA Finals Preview – Petra Kvitova v Lucie Safarova
After losing their first matches in two sets this quickly becomes must win for Petra Kvitova and Lucie Safarova as they meet in Singapore in what we could call the battle of the Czech’s! The head to head isn’t good reading for Safarova who has never beaten Kvitova in their seven meetings and have played... Continue Reading →