Match Reports
Elyse Tse was the last of the New Zealand-born players in action in Brisbane, facing Australia’s top-ranked junior in Renee Alame. The latter held comfortably to start before...
With both New Zealand players in the Brisbane qualifying draw being seeded higher than their opponents, I was hoping for a good show as the second round got underway. Monique...
Sixth seeds Erin Routliffe and Asia Muhammad got the worst possible draw for their first match in Doha, up against the greatest doubles pair in recent history in Barbora...
Top British junior Hannah Klugman may be eight years younger than Valentina Ivanov, but she’s still ranked nearly 300 places higher than the New Zealander and was a worthy...
Imagine that you’re playing against a left-handed version of Erin Routliffe, with the same height but not quite the same skillset, and you’ll be able to sympathise with Elyse Tse...
The way that players can bump into someone halfway around the world (or, at least, across a continent) was demonstrated in Sheffield when Valentina Ivanov played Vittoria...
With a New Zealander on each side of the net in their first round doubles match in Brisbane, we were guaranteed a quarter-finalist. The only question was: who would it be? Yuan...
Despite her singles ranking being inside the world’s top 30, Sofia Kenin is not known as a great server, so it was a bit of a surprise that she aced Erin Routliffe to start their...
Lizette Cabrera served first when she played Monique Barry in the first round of singles in Brisbane, and started the highlights reel with a beautiful backhand winner on the way...
The official ITF live streaming at the indoor tournament in Sheffield started a round earlier than I expected, so that Valentina Ivanov’s second round qualifying match against...
Monique Barry had a bye through to the second round of qualifying at the ITF tournament in Brisbane, where she faced Cara Korhonen. The latter is a blonde photographic model in...
Elyse Tse would have been very unhappy with herself after starting and finishing the opening game of her first round qualifying match in Brisbane against Ciara Harding with...
