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 →
Tennis is well and truly back, a lot is going out in the tennis world following a return to Grand Slam tennis in New York as well as the continuation of the resumption of the ATP and WTA tour in Europe but what has been happening? Kei Nishikori returns in Kitzbuhel After a year and... 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 →
Heading to Rome in 2018 was the last chance to prepare for Roland Garros. Having been runner-up in Roland Garros twice before and Rome the year before a lot of success for Simona Halep was coming via Madrid on the clay but could she make that big step in time for Roland Garros. A place... 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 →
Right now we should have been talking about Indian Wells but unfortunately we are not set to have any tennis until the end of April due to the Coronavirus outbreak. The outbreak was declared a pandemic last week by the World Health Organisation and countries have continued to go into lock down and sadly things... Continue Reading →
Karolina Pliskova's clay court preparations coming into Rome were not good. The new number two on Monday didn't play singles in Charleston but lost in round one of doubles, withdrew from Prague and fell early in Madrid and Stuttgart and was suffering with a virus which left her not at her best during the preparations.... Continue Reading →
