WTA Beijing Open- 3rd round

The third round matches took place yesterday and Serena Williams beat Maria Kirilenko in straight sets. But it was a much closer encounter than I expected. 

I think because Serena is a little tired now so we are not seeing the type of efficient tennis she would normally play. She will now goes through to play Caroline Wozniacki in the quarter finals.  

Caroline Wozniacki beat a very poor Sloane Stephens in straight sets. Sloane seemed a little off her game and she is challenging for a top ten ranking.

However the way she played today as probably been a ranking set back. But she is young so hopefully she will learn from this loss.

Both Angelique Kerber and Agnieszka Radwanska won their respective matches. They will each other in tomorrow's night match.

Champions League Round Up 03/10/13

Champion league games took place this week. Arsenal beat Napoli two goals to nil. 

It was very good win for Arsenal and Mesut Ozil scored his first goal. The Arsenal defence played well and it has brought us that step closer to qualifying the second round. 

Chelsea had good night and as they beat Steaua Bucharest four goals to nil. This was much a needed result for Chelsea as  they lost there first game and if they had lost this game it would have made qualification for second round difficult. 

Both Manchester City and Manchester United did not have good nights. Manchester City lost lost three goals to one to Bayern Munich. 

But it is not that bad for them they still have every opportunity to qualify for the second round. 

I have to say I was shocked that Manchester United drew one all to Shakhtar  Donetsk. 

It's kind of result that heaps even more pressure on David Moyes's shoulders. It is still early in the group stages but fans can be inpatient. 

So I think a couple more poor results for Man United and Moyes will be fighting to hold on to his job. 

WTA China Open, Beijing - day one

Round one of China Open started yesterday and Serena Williams beat Elena Vesnina in straight sets. 

It was a pretty tough first round for Serena and the first set was very competitive.

 But after winning the first set Serena was able to take control of the second set and win the second and the match.

Heather Watson lost to Vavara Lepenchko in three sets. Heather won the first set very comfortably then seemed to lose confidence and the match in the second and third set. 

This was a bad loss for Heather and her world ranking will now drop to ninety. Next week she has to defend her Osaka title and if she is unsuccessful then she will drop out of the top 100. 

Laura Robson beat Klara Zakopalova in three sets. It was a real battle in the first and second set but she won the third set comfortably and she now faces Angelique Kerber in the second round.

Premiership round up - 28/09/13

Yesterday's  premiership games where interesting to say least. Tottenham and Chelsea's game ended in a draw. In a game where Fernando Torres was controversially sent off. 

Tottenham being the home team started well and scored but Chelsea managed to get back into the game and draw.

I really don't believe Tottenham are serious title challengers,  as if they where would getting wins when playing at home against teams like Chelsea. 

On the other hand Chelsea may struggle this year now that the "special one" is back. Personally I think that Jose should not have come back especially now Chelsea are Champion League winners. 

Arsenal beat Swansea City two goals to one and a result which also sets new record for the club of away wins

This was a good win for Arsenal and it was the kind of match that we needed to win if we are really serious about challenging for the title. 

Shockingly Man United lost to West Brom by two goals to one. I did not see that result coming at all and again it's kind of result that adds pressure to David Moyes's shoulders.

I do hope that Man United continue to play like this so that when Arsenal meet them in November. We have an even greater chance of beating them, something we have not done in a while. 

Preview of the premiership games

Today in the Premiership Tottenham play Chelsea in the lunch time kick off. This match could go either way but I think Chelsea will get the win. 

Arsenal are away to Swansea City, now will be a tough match and with at least five key players missing it is going to be a challenge. 

But I think Arsenal have started this season with a different more winning mindset hopefully this will be carried on on into today's game.

Man United are at home to West Brom in a match that most people would expect Man United to win comfortably but as I always say anything can happen!

Toray Pan Pacific Open - final

Today was finals day at the Toray Pacific Open and Petra Kivitova beat Angelique Kerber in three topsy turvy sets. 

I thought that the amount of games that Petra played beforehand would go against her.

 This was not a problem for her and she was able to win her eleventh WTA title. 

So maybe if Petra is able to capitalise on this win she may hopefully reach the end of year championships. 

League Cup round up

League cup matches took place this week and Arsenal beat West Bromwich Albion on penalties. 

It was a close encounter with both teams missing a host of chances. Arsene Wenger played a young team, which included the more experienced players like Nicklas Bendtner. 

Overall it was a close match which could have gone either way. So I was very relieved that we managed to get through it and we now face Chelsea in the next round!

Man United beat Liverpool a goal to nil and what surprised me about this game, was that Liverpool put out a near enough a full strength squad but somehow managed to lose. 

Man United's  win will now ease the pressure off David Moyes and they now face Newcastle in the next round.