In 2017 the Australian Open gave us many of memories. 18 years after her first Grand Slam semi-final the Croat Mirjana Lucic-Baroni was back in a major semi-final, we found out retrospectively that Serena Williams won the Australian Open whilst pregnant but it was sister Venus' run to final and especially that semi-final that stood... Continue Reading →
A mid-week version of The Overule with plenty of talking points on and off the tennis court where most are back in action following a short break after the Australian all hoping to kick off ahead of Indian Wells and Miami next month. Venus Williams still searching for her first win of 2020 as Kaja... Continue Reading →
The first major of the decade is upon us. The draw is done and on Monday action begins at Melbourne Park, but what are the opening round one ladies matches to keep an eye on? Madison Keys v Daria Kasatkina Madison Keys has been in good form to begin the season. The American made it... Continue Reading →
A few months ago back in Miami Cori 'Coco' Gauff was annoyed that she lost in round two to Daria Kasatkina as a win would have set her up against one of her idols Venus Williams. Three months later, what has happened this last week is truly magnificent! Cori got given a wildcard for the... Continue Reading →
Venus Williams has been coming to Wimbledon since 1997, I was three years old then and recently turned 25. Over the years the former world number and five times single champion has played 171 matches across three events at SW19 and her 172nd match is set to a history maker, unfortunately not on Centre Court.... Continue Reading →
Novak Djokovic v Philip Kohlschreiber I suppose opening rounds don’t get tougher than this. Novak will be looking at this one and the first thing that will be on his mind will be the defeat to Kohlschreiber at Indian Wells 6-4 6-4 earlier on this year. The good news for Novak is that since then... Continue Reading →
Just over a week or so ago 15 year old Coco Gauff received a wildcard for Wimbledon qualifying. During her week of qualifying at Roehampton the American had a science test to sit as well as orchestrating her way to the Championships at SW19 which included a second round win against the top seed Bolsova... Continue Reading →
Rain brought an early end to play at London and Birmingham yesterday with not one match completed in London. Today saw a better day for both but first round play in London is still not complicated on a big day across the UK and Europe as the grass court season continues. Jo out! Bit of... Continue Reading →
It's been a great day in Birmingham! Rain may have upset play in the last couple of matches but the quality of tennis today at the Edgebaston Priory Club has been exceptional. A day which has seen Julia Georges recover from a set down to win also saw wins for Putintseva, Kristyna Pliskova, Martic and... Continue Reading →
