Dubai – 12:00 Hantuchova v Peng: Hantuchova leads the head to head 2-0 with both matches being on hard courts. Hantuchova really struggled against Hercog yesterday losing the opening set. She needed a 3rd set tie break to secure the win. Peng beat Bartoli in straight sets. She has been unspectacular so far this year. Hantuchova [...]
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Tuesday’s matches, 21st Feb
Dubai – 13:30 Halep v Pavlyuchenkova: Pavlyuchenkova isn’t in the best physical shape she’s ever been in. That extra weight in the Dubai sun isn’t going to be pretty. I think she will struggle with her serve in the wind too. Not much to be positive about her chances here. Halep has come through qualifying [...]
Monday’s matches, 20th Feb
Some tricky matches today. I wouldn’t be surprised if we have an underdog day. Open 13 -14:30 Ljubicic v Serra: Ljubicic is in an awful run of form. Losses to Huta Galung and Berrer in his last 2 matches won’t help his confidence. Serra is now ranked 133 and is ticking along nicely on [...]
Sunday’s matches, 19th February
ABN Amro World Tennis Tournment Final Federer v Del Potro: Head to heads are 8-2 in Federer’s favour. He has won both their recent matches (last 2 years) in straight sets, both on hard courts. Fed’s price opened at around 1.60 but moved out 10 ticks pretty quickly and has remained around 1.70 since (other [...]
Friday’s matches, 17th Feb
Brazil Open 14:00 Almagro v Berlocq: 1st seed takes on 5th seed. They have played just once before which was in May last year. That was also on clay and a very tight match went Almagro’s way in 3 sets. Berlocq is extremely consistent on clay and is able to win Challenger events almost at [...]
Chatroom will be moving
In the next day or so the chatroom that is currently accessed from the blog will move to the TST members homepage. I want to spend time helping those who have joined the service rather than people who just turn up for what they can get for free without contributing anything. There are a limited [...]
Thursday’s matches, 16th Feb
Brazil Open 14:00 Starace v Berlocq: Starace leads the head to heads 8-0! In Fact Berlocq has only taken 1 set in those 8 matches. Berlocq’s game has improved a great deal since their last match in 2010. In cont5rast Starace is sliding lower from around 45 12 months ago to his current 76. Both [...]
One of those days
Today just keeps getting better and better. As if its not enough that I have to deal with ignorant knobs who think that they can have a go and think I won’t say anything back and people who haven’t the first idea what they are talking about criticising how I deal with it, I got [...]
Wednesday’s matches, 15th February
Doha 12:30 Benesova v Halep: Benesova has made a great start to 2012. She made the quarter finals in Brisbane and the 4th round of the Oz Open losing to eventual champion Azarenka. In the first round here she made a slow start but came back strongly to win in 3 sets. Halep started 2012 [...]
