It has been a fascinating couple of weeks of tennis down at the Hard Rock Stadium in Florida. High profile names were missing but that did not put a damper on proceedings at one of the biggest events on the WTA and ATP tours but what happened? Title, defended. A big week for World No.1... Continue Reading →
Ash Barty defends her Miami Open title
The first of hopefully many meetings between Ash Barty and Bianca Andreescu played out in Miami on Saturday afternoon with a limited crowd as the defending Miami champion took on the defending Indian Wells champion for one of the biggest prizes outside of the majors. Ash Barty certainly led Andreescu know she is here to... Continue Reading →
Barty vs Bianca – who will win in Miami?
The world number one and world number nine will go head to head on Saturday in the Miami Open Final. The defending Miami champion is up against the defending Indian Wells champion from 2019 with the Aussie, Ash Barty looking to become just the second player since the turn of the century to win back... Continue Reading →
Australian Open Day 1 – Serena, Venus, Osaka & Halep dominate, Novak extends his winning run, Bianca’s return & Denis and Jannik put on a show!
Serena and Venus open with a win Serena Williams beginning her 20th campaign at Melbourne Park and Venus Williams beginning her 21st have both opened up with a win on the opening day of the 2021 Australian Open. Serena faced Laura Siegemund in round one and didn't take too long to begin her domination winning... Continue Reading →
After 16 months out, Bianca Andreescu is set for her return at The Australian Open
Over the last year or more soo much has happened but also, so much hasn't happened. Bianca Andreescu has not been seen on a tennis court since October 2019 when she retired with a knee injury against Karolina Pliskova at the WTA Finals. Her phenomenal break through year in 2019 which had its injury issues... Continue Reading →
Indian Wells – Who’s in? Who’s out? Doubles teams & Coronavirus concerns!
Outside the four majors this is the one everyone looks to. The best men and women are set for Indian Wells which begins next week. A concern is the Coronavirus which is present in California which last week declared a state of emergency but measures and changes have been put in place to deal with... Continue Reading →
19 different finalists and 12 different winners in 14 years at Indian Wells, so will 2020 give us another new champion?
Outside of the Grand Slams one of the most popular stops on the tour is Indian Wells. Over the years we have seen the best in tennis triumph here but it is always an open field. Since the event begin in 1989 there have been nine players who have won the event twice. Three of... Continue Reading →
Bianca Andreescu set to begin her 2020 season at the site of her first big triumph, Indian Wells!
As full debut seasons go, Bianca Andreescu’s 2019 was quite phenomenal: 48 wins 8 defeats 8 wins v Top 10 Opponents Indian Wells champion Rogers Cup champion US Open champion No.4 in the world Despite winning 48 of her 56 matches the Canadian did miss an awful lot of tennis due to a shoulder injury... Continue Reading →
The Overule: Tsitsipas struggles, Sock yet to win, Federer’s plans, Svitolina’s week, Andreescu to miss Dubai as Konta looks for a win!
Ranking-less Jack Sock still waiting for a win, should he be given ATP wildcards or should he work a bit harder? Jack Sock came back to tennis, it didn’t last long but I didn’t expect it to. Jack was once upon a time a top player, this was a brief moment. He finished 2019 without... Continue Reading →
Bianca Andreescu out of Australian Open with knee injury!
Bianca Andreescu's knee injury is forcing her out of the Australian Open. The teenager who won in New York at the back end of last season was one of the casualties at the WTA Finals in Shenzhen on the incredibly slow courts there. Despite picking up soo many titles and wins last year a big... Continue Reading →