Schwartzman outlasts Thiem, Nadal wins in 100th career Roland Garros match
THE Roland Garros quarter finals saw two huge battles, with none more so than the five hour long match between Diego Schwartzman and third seed Dominic Thiem. The close battle saw Argentinian Schwartzman reign supreme in a 7-6 5-7 6-7 7-6 6-2 marathon, heading into his maiden Grand Slam semi-final and taking on Rafael Nadal […]
Swiatek and Trevisan mount upset wins in Round of 16
THE Roland Garros Round of 16 started with a bang, with tournament favourite and top seed Simona Halep knocked out in straight sets by 19-year-old Iga Swiatek. Fifth seed Kiki Bertens also went down in just over 90 minutes on court, while Elina Svitolina is now the top seed left in the tournament after racing […]
Halep flies through Round of 32 on tough day for fellow seeds
ROLAND Garros Day 6 saw the Round of 32 begin, with a couple of fully seeded matches coming into fruition as the competition heats up. Simona Halep registered the quickest win of the day against a sloppy Amanda Anisimova in just 54 minutes, while comparatively 20th seed Maria Sakkari had to battle hard against Italian […]
Pliskova sisters downed as Ostapenko returns at full strength
DAY five at the Roland Garros saw the second day of Round of 64 action, with the women’s draw continuing to produce some intriguing results. Three more seeds fell to lower ranked opposition as the draw continues to heat up, with second seed Karolina Pliskova upset in straight sets by a tenacious Jelena Ostapenko, while […]
Schmiedlova upsets Azarenka as Williams withdraws
DAY four of Roland Garros saw some huge results, with the biggest news to come out of the day the withdrawal from Serena Williams, bowing out to Tsvetana Pironkova prior to the match starting, citing an Achilles injury and more than likely now not playing another tournament in 2020. As for other top 10 seed […]
Teenager Tauson wins on Grand Slam debut as Pliskova and Kenin challenged
DAY three of the 2020 Roland Garros saw the remainder of the Round of 128 finish up their matches, with some predictable top seeds in Karolina Pliskova, Sofia Kenin and Aryna Sabalenka making their way through to the second round although the former two had to fight back after strong showings from their opposition. The […]
Intriguing winners list on day one of Roland Garros
A HUGE day one of the 2020 Roland Garros began with a couple of intriguing winners on the list among a plethora of seeds. As expected, top seed Simona Halep dominated her contest to head through to the second round, as did six of her fellow seeds. Halep was clinical in her effort against Spaniard […]
Hibino edges out Ostapenko as seeds control proceedings
A HUGE day of quarter finals action at the 2020 Internationaux de Strasbourg saw a couple of intriguing names head through to the semis, as second and fifth seeds Elina Svitolina and Elena Rybakina continued their good form with respective straight sets victories, while Nao Hibino got the chocolates over a confident Jelena Ostapenko in […]
Bertens retires as Alexandrova outclassed at Internationaux de Strasbourg
THE second day of Round of 16 action at the 2020 Internationaux de Strasbourg saw just the one seed proceed through to the quarter finals, with third seed Kiki Bertens retiring in the latter stage of the third set and seventh seed Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova downed by Czech talent Katerina Siniakova. The one seeded winner […]
Tough day at Strasbourg sees tiebreakers aplenty
DAY three of the Internationaux de Strasbourg saw the beginning of the Round of 16, with the two top seeds of the day in second seed Elina Svitolina and fifth seed Elena Rybakina heading through to the quarter finals. Qualifier Zhang Shuai and Jil Teichmann joined the duo in the next round after respective wins, […]
Top two seeds in Halep and Pliskova to do battle for Rome title
TWO huge battles were the talk of the town at the WTA Tour’s Internazionali BNL d’Italia, fittingly seeing the top two seeds in Simona Halep and Karolina Pliskova proceed into the final. With two seeded battles going ahead, neither player got away with easy wins although Pliskova certainly came away with the quicker victory. Halep […]
Kenin outclassed by relentless Azarenka
A HUGE upset was the story of the day at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia, with third seed Sofia Kenin going down in straight sets to in-form Belarusian Victoria Azarenka. While Azarenka has been in excellent form, making two straight finals in New York – winning one by default – it was not the fact that […]
