Aryna Sabalenka continues to grow on the WTA tour, a lot of of big wins have been in doubles with titles at Indian Wells, Miami and US Open last year. The Belarusian has began to make more and more. The 21 year old has six career singles titles, four of which were won since the... Continue Reading →
Believe me when I say the Australian Open feels like a lifetime ago having sat on Rod Laver Arena just a few weeks ago but time moves fast and now it's time to kick on! The draw in Melbourne has former number one Halep as top seed as well as some other big names in... Continue Reading →
Comebacks don't get better than this. Just over 12 months ago Petra Kvitova was stabbed at home in her left hand multiple times by an intruder. There were concerns whether she'd get back to her highest level but after her return to tennis around 9 months ago she hasn't looked back and it's been a... Continue Reading →
After her Fed Cup heroics for France at the weekend winning all three of her matches to edge past Belgium 3-2 you couldn't blame Kristina Mladenovic for taking the sting out of this one to conserve her energy for an upcoming week in Qatar. The French woman was cool, calm and composed throughout the match... Continue Reading →
When you say the name Monica Niculescu you know what you are going to get. That slice shot is one of the unique shots in the game and for the first set and a half Maria Sharapova played what I would describe as a fast, dominate and strong performance against the Romanian and then mid-way... Continue Reading →
Daria Kasatkina is a player who is only 20 years old but has been on the tour for quite some time. However today against American qualifier CiCi Bellis the Russian ran out of ideas. The Russian who has one WTA singles title to her name has wins against Venus, Halep and Kerber before a victory... Continue Reading →
Right from the beginning it felt like a match that the two came out not to lose. Breaks of serve were exchanged and there was a 'tentative' approach from both players who are usually confident with approach but sometimes not so in their conviction. For Pavlyuchenkova it hasn't been a good season so far and... Continue Reading →
At the beginning of the season I wrote about Aga’s need to find something extra to challenge the top players as she is never going to power them off the court but today she ran into a composed, aggressive and determined Caroline Wozniacki in Doha. From the beginning of the match despite the first set... Continue Reading →
Garbine Muguruza was one of the players I said I’d hope would do well in Doha this week and well she is the only one of three mentioned in a previous piece who has made it to the quarter finals. The Spaniard has controlled her matches really well this week in Doha but now faces... Continue Reading →
Battle. That is what Caroline Wozniacki had to do to defeat Ana Konjuh from a set down in round one and battle is what she will have to do again this time to get past Daria Gavrilova. Throughout the second half of 2014 Wozniacki was the second best player on the tour, her performances were... Continue Reading →
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