1. ATP Doha, Day 4: QFs *The top 2 seeds at the Qatar Open Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, both reached the SFs, but in rather different circumstances. Mr Serbian Ironman Djokovic eased to opening set 6-3 against Leonardo Mayer, before the Argentinian capitulated badly whilst serving for the set at 5-4. Novak then punished…
Garbine Muguruza finished with a 100% record in the White Group, winning a 3 set thriller over Petra Kvitova. Playing in her debut at the WTA Finals, Muguruza has impressed everyone with her raw power and youthful energy. The Spanish powerhouse was playing Kvitova for the very first time in her fledgling career, with Garbine eventually…
Day 4 of the WTA Finals saw Fed-Cup teammates Petra Kvitova and Lucie Safarova battle it out, with the 2011 champion Kvitova claiming victory. Both players had lost their opening matches and needed to win this match, in order to stay alive for the SFs. In the end it was Petra’s better experience at the…
Garbine Muguruza and Angelique Kerber kicked off their Singapore campaigns on day 2 of the WTA Finals, as the White Group made their bow. Wimbledon finalist Muguruza showed her growing stature and in-form game, with a straight sets victory over Roland Garros runner-up Lucie Safarova. Whilst in the other White group clash, it was the…
1. Race to Singapore over: 2015 WTA Finals field complete: Qualifiers- Halep, Muguruza, Sharapova, Kvitova, Radwanska, Kerber, Pennetta and Safarova. Alternates- 1st- Bacszinsky (withdrew due to knee injury suffered in Luxembourg) 1st alternate: Venus Williams. 2nd alternate: Carla Suarez- Navarro. Venus and Suarez-Navarro however have qualified for the inaugural WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai from…
Roger Federer was sent tumbling out of the Shanghai Masters, thanks to a brilliant 3 set victory by Albert Ramos-Vinalos. The Spanish qualifier played out of this world tennis to stun the defending champion, in what was Federer’s first outing since losing to Novak Djokovic at the US Open Final. The Swiss Maestro struggled in his…
Andy Murray managed to come through a potentially tricky first round match with Nick Kyrgios, silencing the Australian in 4 sets. The brash young Aussie has been in the headlines recently for all the wrong reasons, with his ill-fated comments about Stan Wawrinka and his girlfriend Donna Vekic, causing major controversy. He was unable however to…
1. Kvitova wins the battle of the all-Czech Final over Lucie Safarova and defend New Haven Crown. Draw. 2. Anderson claims first title in 3 years in Winston-Salem, with victory over rising French star: Pierre-Hugues Herbert. Draw. 3. US OPEN Draw is out! MS: possible QFs- Djokovic v Nadal. Murray v Wawrinka. WS: possible QFs-…
Serena Williams captured her milestone 20th Grand Slam title, after battling past debutant Lucie Safarova in 3 sets. The World No1 and Queen of Tennis was seemingly cruising to a routine victory, when she easily won the first set and led 4-1, 40-15 in the 2nd set. But Safarova mounted an astonishing comeback, to eventually win…
There was joy for Lucie Safarova, as she beat former champ Ana Ivanovic, to reach her maiden Grand Slam Final. The Czech 28 year old was appearing in only her 2nd Major SF, after Wimbledon last year. Ivanovic on the other hand was playing her first GS SemiFinal, since winning Roland Garros, 7 years ago. But…
All Things Tennis- from Hamza Shakeel 