For the first time and at third attempt, Simona Halep has won her first title in Rome. Not many players have completed the heavy schedule of Madrid, Rome and Roland Garros titles in their careers but Simona Halep who first made the semi-finals there back in 2013 finally has her hands on the title she... Continue Reading →
Simona Halep is into her third Rome final after a hard-fought win over Garbine Muguruza with a smallish crowd of a socially distanced 1000 on Court Centrale for the final few matches. Matches between Simona and Garbine are always fascinating, coming into the match it was the Spaniard who led the head to head 4-2... Continue Reading →
Some tough scenes in Rome earlier on in the day as Daria Kasatkina's run came to a cruel end. The Russian has struggled with form for around a year dropping from number ten in the world to outside the top seventy and it has been tough for Daria. A couple of years ago she was... Continue Reading →
There haven't been many better sights in tennis over the last few weeks that the quite incredible level of Victoria Azarenka. The Belarusian was exceptional in New York and despite a 4,279 mile trip to Rome from New York she has continued her exceptional form with wins over Venus Williams and Sofia Kenin. Not many... Continue Reading →
Nights at the Foro Italico can be a bit chilly but world class tennis is guaranteed! It was about quarter to eight local time so not too late as Azarenka and Svitolina begun their battle in the second round in 2019. Svitolina won back to back titles in 2017 and 2018 but having a returning... Continue Reading →
2013 was quite a phenomenal year for Serena Williams. The world number one was in a rampant mood in Rome. Having won in Madrid the question was could be back it up the following week? Of course she could. 6-2 6-2, 6-0 6-1, 6-2 6-0, 6-3 6-0 and 6-1 6-3 60 sets of tennis won... Continue Reading →
It isn't often that a day is a wash-out on the tennis tour but Wednesday in Rome was exactly that! This meant Thursday would be chaos as matches were backed up and 55 due to take place on Thursday with both men and women in action and many potentially taking to court twice. So, what... Continue Reading →
Kiki Bertens is a fighter. If you watch her play you first think fighter. It has not always been a smooth ride though for the new world number four. At the end of 2017 despite making the doubles finals at the WTA Finals she considered walking away from tennis for good. Kiki wasn't happy with... Continue Reading →
I reported it over a week ago and people were surprised but Serena Williams is set for Rome. The four time former champion is expected to play a Roland Garros warm-up for the first time since 2016 when she won in Rome but still no show in Madrid with her last appearance being in 2015... Continue Reading →
Elina Svitolina comes into Rome with a 2-2 win/loss on clay. The quality is there as her form has taken a dip but after a long day waiting around in the rain of Rome when she finally got on talk oh my she did not mess around! Eli is one of my favourite players on... Continue Reading →
