Match Point from Rome

Iga Świątek defends her title in Rome Another wonderful week, a week of winning and dominating performances from Iga Swiatek who won her fifth consecutive title and 28th consecutive match having not lost since February. Iga saw off Ruse, Azarenka, Andreescu, Sabalenka and Jabeur without dropping a set in a tournament she has dominated at...

Iga Swiatek extends her unbeaten run to 28 matches after defending her Rome title!

Beating Iga Świątek is the challenge on the tour, it is one in recent months that has come without rewards as the 20 year old heads to Paris in a weeks' time on a continuous run of 28 wins and 5 titles won in a row beginning in Qatar back in February. At the moment...

Match Point from Madrid

Ons Jabeur wins her first WTA 1000 title It has been quite the week for Ons Jabeur, the Tunisian has become the first African/Arab woman to win a WTA 1000 event following her three set win over Jessica Pegula at the Madrid Open. Ons plays tennis with precision and an array of beautiful shots which...

First Round Battles in Rome

Roberto Bautista Agut vs Alex de Minaur It is going to be a good battle between two of tennis' toughest baseline players. I do think this could be a big opportunity for Alex to get a win and hopefully some momentum going, he impressed me in Barcelona recently but good runs are few and far...

Next stop Rome, why Emma’s debut on clay has been nothing but positive as she continues to adapt to the tour

Sometimes it is too easy and lazy to look at negatives but following Emma Raducanu's time at the BJKing Cup, Stuttgart and Madrid I think she should head to Rome in a week or so's time with a lot to be happy about. Prior to the event there has been talk about her coaching situation...

Simona Halep secures her 30th in Madrid in straight sets against Coco Gauff despite trailing 1-4 in the second set

Simona Halep has safely orchestrated into the quarter finals to face the highest seed remaining Ons Jabeur without a set dropped following another impressive straight sets win. Halep's 6-4 6-4 win over Coco Gauff was her 30th at the Madrid Open for the two time champion and is now 7-1 against players who have been...

Guadalaraja was supposed to be the catalyst for 2022, now Garbiñe Muguruza leaves Madrid still searching for her best tennis and at risk of falling out of the top ten

For Garbiñe Muguruza the Madrid Open is a home tournament but it has never been one which she has felt at home at, a 3-6 0-6 loss to Anhelina Kalinina on Sunday ended her tournament where she has won 6 times in 8 appearances and having never made it past the first round. The loss...

Emma Raducanu drops 7 points in 6 service games in dominating performance against Marta Kostyuk

As performances go it was another knock out from Emma Raducanu at the Madrid Open. The British number one is new to clay, you would not have thought it the way she has played on the surface these last couple of weeks and especially in Madrid. Having trailed 2-5 to Martincova in the first round...

Masterclass at the Magica, Simona Halep takes out the top seed Paula Badosa in a dominating 6-3 6-1 win

The brief this year is to build up that ranking and to find her best tennis, the season has been positive and a 6-3 6-1 win over World No.2 Paula Badosa in Madrid has certainly signalled improvement and laid down a marker. As performances go it was one of my favourites from Simona Halep, that...

Madrid Preview – Paula Badosa vs Simona Halep

12 months ago this event was a fairytale for Paula Badosa where as the season for Simona Halep was a bit of a nightmare with injuries halting her season and dropping out of the top ten. This season both players have been in fine form, Paula returns as the World No.2 and Simona Halep has...