Even just at 27 years old Caroline Wozniacki is a bit of a veteran on the tour. As a former world number one the Dane has had many ups and downs on the tour but has just come off the back end of her most successful week winning her 27th career title but her biggest... Continue Reading →
Analysis – Muguruza needs to revisit serve direction after early exit in Singapore
Garbine Muguruza started off in Singapore as a lady who meant business but her run ended quickly but what let her down when it mattered the most? Looking back at her match against Venus Williams which sealed her fate at the championships what let her down was the serve. All week we have been saying... Continue Reading →
Wozniacki 6-4 6-4 Venus – The Danes Day in Singapore
A day that has finished with Caroline Wozniacki's 60th win of 2017 and her biggest career title to date. Her head to head against Venus didn't read pretty for the Dane but she turned on her style and the performance was one of the most consistent I have seen from the 27 year old. From... Continue Reading →
Martina Hingis retires from tennis
Rumours circulated after the US Open but in Singapore Martina Hingis has let the cat and has called time on her 23 year career. During this time she has played in 1283 matches on the WTA tour winning 43 singles titles and 64 doubles titles. Add to that is 25 career Grand Slam titles and... Continue Reading →
WTA Finals Showdown- Venus Williams v Caroline Wozniacki
Singapore this year welcomed some old faces and some new faces and after 6 days of tennis eight players have become two and it’s the most experienced to battle for the title. It is a weird one between Caroline Wozniacki and Venus Williams. No one expected this final but it seems suitable and now a... Continue Reading →
Ostapenko 6-3 6-1 Pliskova – Karolina must ditch the casual approach going forward!
There is no such thing as a dead rubber in Singapore anymore. After their respective second round robin matches in the group Karolina Pliskova had qualified for the semi-finals where as Jelena Ostapenko was going home but you wouldn't have thought that when these two met earlier today. From the beginning Ostapenko looked more up... Continue Reading →
WTA Finals Day 3 – Pliskova’s spring & Venus’ marathon
Day 3 saw a sprint and a marathon in Singapore. Karolina Pliskova who has been highly tipped by many to succeed in Singapore due to her game suiting the court perfectly has played perfect tennis so far. To begin with she saw off Venus 6-2 6-2 and now Garbine Muguruza by the same score line.... Continue Reading →
WTA Finals Day 2 – No nonsense
Simona Halep and Caroline Wozniacki have done their chances of progressing in Singapore and potentially ending the year as world number one no harm what so ever. I watched the first set and a half of Halep v Garcia before I left for work and after the first couple of games Halep was hanging on... Continue Reading →
Venus must call on all her experience to see of Ostapenko in Singapore!
The youngest player in Singapore this year is Jelena Ostapenko. At 20 years old she is set to return to the WTA finals for many years to come and the Latvian now brings her no fear game to play the oldest in the field in Venus Williams who has been on the tour 23 years,... Continue Reading →
WTA Finals Day 1 – Delight for Pliskova & Muguruza!
The 2017 WTA Finals in Singapore kicked off with a bang. It may be missing some of the world’s most well-known names in tennis this year but names are being made and for two time Grand Slam champion Garbine Muguruza and the no nonsense Czech Karolina Pliskova it was a straight forward start to their... Continue Reading →