155 days ago on the eve of Indian Wells competitive tennis came to end. This last week tennis returned in Palermo and now tennis returns to the USA ahead of the smaller than usually American hard court swing kicking off for the very first time in Kentucky followed by the New York double of Cincinnati... Continue Reading →
Aus Open Day 4; Pliskova, Halep & Medvedev cruise, Muguruza digs deep and Bellis & Popyrin impress again!
Day four down at Melbourne Park did take a little while to get going. Rain delayed play on the outside courts for about an hour but once play did begin it was a business like day from the best on show. Play began with no delay out on Rod Laver Arena, I stayed up for... Continue Reading →
Bellis 7-5 4-1 Kasatkina – Russian retires with injury but ran out of ideas early on!
Daria Kasatkina is a player who is only 20 years old but has been on the tour for quite some time. However today against American qualifier CiCi Bellis the Russian ran out of ideas. The Russian who has one WTA singles title to her name has wins against Venus, Halep and Kerber before a victory... Continue Reading →
Dane’s defence too good for Bellis in Dubai
Sometimes in tennis you get taught a tough lesson and after her great win yesterday against Aga Radwanska the American teenager ran into a resilient Caroline Wozniacki playing her 9th match in 9 days across two tournaments which takes it out of most but not the Dane. Caro held for the first game of the... Continue Reading →
Similar story once again for Radwanska as Bellis stars in Dubai!
Last week I spoke about Agnieszka Radwanska and her lack of aggression against Caroline Wozniacki and once again we have a similar story as the former Wimbledon champion fell in three sets to 17 year old Cici Bellis in Dubai. Watching the match back it is the similar talking points, the serve especially the second... Continue Reading →