Petra Kvitova, the BNP Paridbas Katowice Open’s top seed, was first up against Petra Martic of Croatia, ranked at 91, in the night session on Friday which wrapped up the quarter finals of this new destination on the WTA tour calendar. Playing on clay indoors, Kvitova had straight sets wins [...]
The BNP Paribas Katowice Open being played this week in Poland is a new destination on the WTA tour and marks the first of the clay court tournaments in Europe which lead up to the French Open which starts at the end of May. First up on Friday afternoon was [...]
For full draw, please click here: ATP Houston 2013 Draw After a weekend of Davis Cup action, it’s a return to the clay for the men with the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championships in Houston one of two ATP 250 events this week. As expected, the Americans always go well here [...]
For full draw, please click here: WTA Katowice 2013 Draw A brand new International tournament makes its debut on the WTA Tour this week. The Katowice Open, an indoor clay court event, sees the return of women’s tennis to Poland for the first time since the Warsaw Open was [...]
Serena and Venus Williams had to play two matches each on Friday at the Family Circle Cup for the organisers to get the tournament back on track after rain washed out play during the day on Thursday. Venus was first to play her second match, against another American, the 77th [...]
Serbian 9th seed Jelena Jankovic played against the 114th ranked qualifier from Canada, Eugenie Bouchard, in the bottom half of the draw quarter finals. Bouchard had a straight sets win in the first round, took out 16th seed Laura Robson in the second and got the win against Sam Stosur [...]
Is Jelena Jankovic back? That’s the big question that tennis fans seem to be asking themselves over the last month as the former No. 1 appears to be turning the corner in her career that saw her fall out of the top ten and not win a title in over [...]
After rain disrupted play on Thursday, the tournament organisers were playing catch up as the third round matches and the quarters had to be completed on Friday. Venus was first on court when she took on another American, the 12th seeded Varvara Lepchenko, who won two tough three setters to [...]
The Davis Cup quarter finals kick off this weekend with Canada (Milos Raonic, Daniel Nestor, Vasek Pospisil) taking on Italy (Andreas Seppi, Fabio Fognini, Paolo Lorenzi, Daniele Bracciali) and Czech Republic (Lukas Rosol, Jan Hajek, Radek Stepanek, Ivo Minar) facing off against Kazakhstan (Mikhail Kukushkin, Andrey Golubev, Evgeny Korolev, Yuri [...]
For full draw, please click here: WTA Charleston 2013 Draw The first major clay court event of the season gets underway in South Carolina this week, as Charleston once again hosts the Family Circle Cup. Having celebrated its 40th anniversary last year, the Premier tournament is a firm favourite [...]
The Family Circle Cup held in Charleston, South Carolina is one of the longest running WTA events on the calendar. In many ways, this event is a cornerstone tournament for women’s tennis and continues to be one of the most popular stops on tour each year. Played on green clay [...]
The first of the bottom half of the draw quarter finals began with 3RD seeded Maria Sharapova taking on 8th seeded Sara Errani on Stadium Court at the Miami Open on Wednesday afternoon. This match was a marathon battle between the aggressive Russian’s heavy and precise groundies and the Italian’s [...]
The last time Tommy Haas beat the top player in the world, it was 1999 and Haas was just a few years into his then promising pro career. Ranked No. 11 at the time, Haas upset then No. 1 Andre Agassi at the Grand Slam Cup, a lucrative year-end event [...]
There were shocks and surprises at the Miami Open on Sunday when three of the tournament’s highly ranked players were beaten in the fourth round – 6th seed Angelique Kerber, 11th seed Nadia Petrova and 14th seed Maria Kirilenko. The biggest shock of the tournament so far was28th seeded Roumanian [...]
