By Ros Satar (June 24, 2015) EASTBOURNE, England - Genie Bouchard’s trials and tribulations continued when she looked out of sorts at the hand of Swiss teen Belinda Bencic. The youngest player in the draw went toe-to-toe with Bouchard before … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2015
Eurovision and Food Poisoning – The World According to Andrea Petkovic
By Ros Satar (June 24, 2015) EASTBOURNE, England - People often ask me why I prefer to follow the Women’s Tour. In fact just this week a colleague from Tennis Panorama wanted to know why I had missed Queen’s. I preferred to freeze my socks off in my … [Read more...]
Wimbledon Seeds Announced
(June 24, 2015) The All England Club announced the list of seeds for the Championships, Wimbledon. They are as follows: GENTLEMEN’S SINGLES 1 DJOKOVIC, Novak (SRB) 2 FEDERER, Roger (SUI) 3 MURRAY, Andy (GBR) 4 WAWRINKA, Stan (SUI) 5 NISHIKORI, … [Read more...]
Bouchard Gets First Win of Grass-Court Season at Eastbourne; Cibulkova Returns
View image | gettyimages.com By Ros Satar (June 23, 2015) EASTBOURNE, England - Hot on the heels of Petra Kvitova’s withdrawal, Birmingham champion Angelique Kerber withdrew also citing a viral illness. There was a lot of this going about as … [Read more...]
Baghdatis Takes Down Top Seed Ferrer in Nottingham Opening Round
(June 23, 2015) Marcos Baghdatis knocked out top seed David Ferrer at the Aegon Open Nottingham on Tuesday. Baghdatis said after beating 2013 French Open finalist Ferrer: “The best thing is that I’m feeling good on court. It was his first match on … [Read more...]
Kvitova withdraws from Eastbourne as weather wreaks havoc
By Ros Satar (June 22, 2015) EASTBOURNE, England - Top seed Petra Kvitova opted to protect her Wimbledon defence chances by withdrawing from Eastbourne at Monday’s WTA All Access interviews, despite wanting to play doubles with Caroline … [Read more...]
Notable Quotables from the Queen’s Club Tennis Tournament
By Wendy M. Grossman (June 21, 2015) LONDON, England - Notable quotes from 2015 Queens Club tournament: Nick Kyrgios, asked about buying a scooter: "I don't know, mate. I just bought a scooter because I felt like buying a scooter. I can't tell you … [Read more...]
Andy Murray Wins Fourth Queen’s Club Crown
View image | gettyimages.com (June 21, 2015) Top seed Andy Murray won his fourth title at Queen’s Club on Sunday with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over unseeded Kevin Anderson. This was the Scot’s 36th career ATP World Tour tournament title. He joins John … [Read more...]
Kerber edges Pliskova to win Birmingham Aegon Classic
By Ros Satar (June 21, 2015) BIRMINGHAM, England - Angelique Kerber dug in against WTA Rising Star Karolina Pliskova in a taut three-set 6-7 (5), 6-3, 7-6 (4) final to win her first grass court title, and her third title this year, having won in … [Read more...]
Roger Federer Wins Record-Setting Eighth Halle Crown
View image | gettyimages.com (June 21, 2015) Roger Federer won a record eighth title in Halle, Germany, defeating Italy's Andreas Seppi 7-6 (1), 6-4 on Sunday to Gerry Weber Open tournament. For the Swiss, it was his tenth final at the event. He has … [Read more...]