From the North of South America on the boarder of Venezuela in the City of Cucuta in Colombia 19 year old Maria Camila Osario Serrano won her first WTA title 600km south of Cucuta in Bogota. It has been quite the week for the teenager at her home tournament. Maria who won the 2019 US... Continue Reading →
ATP & WTA tournament’s left scrambling to re-arrange events following Roland Garros date change
After last years fiasco where Roland Garros selfishly move their event without consulting the other Grand Slams, ITF, ATP or WTA you would have thought they have learnt from their lessons, apparently not. Just a couple of days ago it was rumoured the event would be moved back, France is currently seeing a surge in... Continue Reading →
Miami Open Roundup
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 →
World No.1 and without a doubt, Ash Barty had nothing to prove and deserves her place at the summit of the WTA rankings
It has felt for some time that Ash Barty has had to prove her worth as world number one, but why? The ranking freeze obviously meant that Ash kept hold of her number ranking in a time where points could only be gained and not dropped. Ash herself though did not return when tennis did... Continue Reading →
Attention turns to clay for Serena following a missed trip to Miami
By the time Roland Garros is due to come around it would have been almost 5 months since we have seen Serena Williams on a tennis court. The former world number one was due to travel down from her home in Palm Springs to the Hard Rock Stadium in Florida for the Miami Open but... 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 →
After a strong start the lack of pace and conviction in Kerber’s forehand cross court really showed as Azarenka recovered from a slow start
Saturday afternoon entertainment in Miami gave us an intriguing battle between Angie Kerber and Victoria Azarenka. Despite a good start from the German it was quite comfortable for Vika in the end who extended her winning run to 9-1 over the German so what went wrong? On her day we know Angie can beat anyone,... Continue Reading →
Aslan, Daria, Leylah, Lloyd & Lorenzo
Thousands of miles away but over three continents we saw some exceptional tennis whether it was in St Petersburg, Acapulco, Monterrey or Dubai. We saw first time title winners, resurgent title winners and some surprises before most headed off to Miami. Daria Kasatkina back in winners circle 23 year old Daria Kasatkina from Russia continued... Continue Reading →
Miami Open 2021, who’s in and who’s out?
Usually as we enter in the latter stages of March it is the second instalment of the Sunshine Double but with play temporarily postponed at Indian Wells with hopes of playing later in the year attention turns to Florida, Miami where those who have travelled will like to find their rhythm before heading to play... Continue Reading →