In 2014 a 17 year old Belinda Bencic made it to the fourth round of the US Open on her debut. Months after turning 18 Belinda made the fourth round of Wimbledon and then later in 2018 in Toronto she made her debut at the Rogers Cup and it was absolutely out of this world!... Continue Reading →
At the start of the week no one would have predicted a final between Simona Halep and Belinda Bencic however a tennis match is never won on paper with Belinda Bencic having the tournament of the week beating Bouchard, Wozniacki, Lisicki, Ivanovic and Serena Williams on her way to the final whereas for Halep it’s... Continue Reading →
The Rogers Cup final in Toronto will be contested between Simona Halep and Belinda Bencic. For Simona this has been a bit of a comeback week for the Romanian with some top wins against Jankovic, Kerber, Radwanska and Errani to get to the final whereas for Belinda it has been an epic week on the... Continue Reading →
Belinda Bencic has just made tennis history as the Swiss teenager has become only the second player in almost 10 months to defeat Serena Williams and the youngest player since 2004 when Sharapova beat Serena to beat Serena Williams in a completed match. In the first set she looked nervous and didn't really find her... Continue Reading →
With her slump in form in recent months and early exit was predicted for Simona Halep when the draw was made however the Romanian has found her feet on the tour again but is still not at her very best. Halep began her tournament in round two against Jelena Jankovic winning comfortably in three sets... Continue Reading →
After a disastrous start to Flavia Pennetta in the first round dropping the first set and going down a break in the second it has been pretty easy for Serena on her way to the semi-finals this week however standing in her way of another Rogers Cup final is the Swiss teenager Belinda Bencic who... Continue Reading →
After about 28 minutes the match looked over and I was worried for Halep. The world number one three wasn't serving well at all and ended up producing a number of unforced errors losing 7 games in a row against Radwanska. At this point it was going to need something special to turn the match... Continue Reading →
Simona Halep's win against Angelique Kerber has really put the her name back in to the hat of potential contenders for the US Open. This win was probably the biggest of her year so far after a bit of a slump in form recently and her tennis so far this week has been very good.... Continue Reading →
Sadly I couldn't watch the match between Halep and Kerber however I am so pleased to see the Romanian winning big matches again starting with a win against Jelena Jankovic in the second round and now her biggest win since defeating Jankovic in my opinion at Indian Wells defeating Angelique Kerber 6-3 5-7 6-4 to... Continue Reading →
Simona Halep has never lost to Angelique Kerber in their previous two meetings however on recent form you would have to say Kerber is the favourite for the win after her title win in Stanford last week. Yesterday Halep played her first match since losing in the first round of Wimbledon almost 6 weeks ago.... Continue Reading →
