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I love crazy girls and yesterday marked a momentous day in my tennis life - nay - my entire life in general, as it was the first time I could see a match involving the volatile Yulia Putintseva. As a follower of junior tennis, the 17-year-old Russian has been on my radar for a while. My excitement began to build with her steady climb up the rankings and reached fever pitch when she broke through … [Read more...]
Perhaps a sin for a women’s tennis fan, I’ve never been the biggest supporter of the Williams sisters, and at Miami this week, two things reminded me why that’s the case. Firstly, it was hearing Venus declare the Olympics as her motivation in beating Aleksandra Wozniak when match point down. Sounds rather harsh on the surface but it immediately re-ignited the thought that the WTA Tour … [Read more...]
The figures say over 300,000 people visit the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami every year, making it one of the most populated tournaments on the tour. But perhaps the reason it’s so busy is because you have to be there to fully see the spectacle. All this week, as well as a fortnight ago at Indian Wells, I read tennis fans asking for TV coverage of the early rounds. It would be more acceptable (but … [Read more...]
The fourth round runs of Christina McHale and Jamie Hampton at Indian Wells this week shouldn’t be seen as a surprise. American players are renowned for being able to make home advantage just that - an advantage. McHale first made her name when she defeated Caroline Wozniacki, world number one at the time, in Cincinnati last year while compatriot Sloane Stephens also entered the fray by making … [Read more...]
Following this year’s epic six-hour Australian Open final between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, the view that this era of men’s tennis is the greatest of all time continues to grow in strength. Djokovic’s mammoth win over 10-time Grand Slam winner Nadal brought the Serb’s own tally up to five and it looks only a matter of time before he joins his Spanish counterpart and 16-time major … [Read more...]
Victoria Azarenka’s unbeaten start to the year has fluttered the hearts of many tennis fans from Minsk to Scottsdale but it’s also given historians a lift as they pull their record books out to see how it compares in the grand scale of women’s tennis. Novak Djokovic proved as an historian’s best friend this time last year with his own winning streak; the 'Serbinator' eventually went 43-0 … [Read more...]
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