2017, 2019 & 2020; Pliskova stands alone as a three time Brisbane champion but can she better her last Melbourne run?

Karolina Pliskova is now 27 years old. That US Open final from 2016 does seem a bit of a lifetime ago and to be honest so does her good run at the beginning of last season. The Czech number one began her year with the title in Brisbane and went home in the semi-finals of...

Brisbane & Auckland round-up and a look to Adelaide!

It's been quite the week in Brisbane and Auckland. A lot of talking points on the WTA tour have come over the last week, but who has impressed me? Who has work to do? I will also take a quick look at next weeks inaugural event in Adelaide Brisbane Elina Svitolina Elina Svitolina is one...

The ATP Cup proved a success but brushing aside the women’s event in Brisbane was a poor choice!

The ATP Cup isn’t over yet but for me it has been a success. Despite being just around 6 weeks after the Davis Cup and 7 of the 8 quarter finalists being the same as in Madrid I have felt more of fun feeling to the event. The crowds have come and filled a majority...

Maria Sharapova out of Brisbane but into the Australian Open!

Maria Sharapova went into Brisbane ranked just outside the top 140 in the world. A round one exit to Jennifer Brady who came through qualifying despite being a set up on the American was not the ideal start for the Russian. Sharapova lost 6-3 1-6 6-7 to the 24 year old and really struggled behind...

Caro & Serena underway ✅ Bouchard’s 321 day wait 📅 Collins stuns Svitolina 😯 Stosur records big win 💪🏻

Down at the WTA event in Auckland we got the first glimpse of one of the most anticipated doubles teams down under during the new season. Serena Williams and Caroline Wozniacki kicked off Monday with a big win in their first match as a doubles team. The two have been best friends on and off...

The only woman’s only tournament in Australia has been shelved to outside courts for three days to accommodate ATP Cup

The world number one and local girl Ash Barty will lead the field at the WTA event in Brisbane as will world number two and three Naomi Osaka and Karolina Pliskova but will not be on centre court for sometime. 2020 sees the inaugural ATP Cup come into play across Perth, Brisbane and Sydney before...

The starting block; Qatar 🇶🇦 Brisbane 🇦🇺 Shenzhen 🇨🇳 Auckland 🇳🇿Perth 🇦🇺

ATP Qatar One of the first tournaments of the year get's going before the year is out. ATP Qatar will be the first stop for so many top player who took big headlines in 2018. The headliner is of course World number one Novak Djokovic who will be joined by one other top 10 player...

Week 1 Winners! – Svitolina, Kyrgios & Halep amongst title holders

The season is now underway on the WTA and ATP tours with the first finals of the year now gone seeing title wins for Elina Svitolina and Nick Kyrgios in Brisbane and Simona Halep in Dubai. The week also saw some surprise victories on the tour as Wozniacki was defeated by Georges in Auckland and...

Svitolina puts her name in Melbourne contenders but first she has a job to finish in Brisbane

Elina Svitolina had her best year on the tour last year and has carried on her determined fight to 2018 making her first final in Brisbane with wins against Johanna Konta and Karolina Pliskova in the last couple of rounds to secure another final. Elina's game is all set to become a major winner. Over...

Why cool & calm Karolina is one to watch in Melbourne…

Karolina Pliskova is just finding her feet a bit on the tour. The Czech star made her first Grand Slam final last year at the US Open and now after her title win in Brisbane as ever she looks cool and calm and is a firm contender for the first major of the year! I’ve...