WTA Tennis 2014

Ladies and gentlemen I am soo glad to say that tennis is back!

Already it has already been a great start to the year. In the WTA Brisbane International quarter finals Serena Williams beat Dominika Cibulkova in straights. 

Serena will now play Maria Sharapova and Maria beat Kaia Kanepi in three sets to make  it to the semi finals. 

It has been ten years since Maria beat Serena and for Maria it has been ten painful years. 

Maria has now started discussing Serena's private life in public so I am sure Maria must now be feeling very confident out beating Serena.

Elsewhere Auckland International Venus Williams beat Garbine Muguruza Blanco in a straight sets quarter finals win. 

This was another fantastic win for Venus who now plays a fellow American Jamie  Hampton for place in the final.

This should be a very good match which could either way but I am guessing that Venus will win in three tight sets 

WTA tennis review of 2013

So much happened in the tennis world in 2013, some good some not so good. 

The main highlight  for me was watching Serena Williams clinically win the French Open. 

One of the lows was the decline of Britain's Heather Watson who has gone from a pontential top twenty player to outside of the top one hundred. 

A player I think did very well in 2013 was Canada's Eugenie Bouchard. She had a strong end to 2013 and has lot potential to do well in 2014.

Predictions 2014 

I expect Serena to win at couple more grand slams and surpass both Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert. 

I think this year the teengers are going to have a real influence on the grandslams. Therefore I am expecting Sloane Stephens, Eugenie Bouchard or Jamie Hampton to do well this year.

Premiership review 29th December 2013

Some more premiership football was played yesterday and Arsenal beat Newcastle by one goal to nil. 

This was a significant victory as Newcastle have been a top five side this season. So for Arsenal to beat them at St James's Park is pretty good. 

This win also meant that Arsenal are now top of the league before the New Years Day fixtures. 

Elsewhere Chelsea beat Liverpool by two goals to one. This was Liverpool second loss in four days. 

 However all Liverpool need to do is to get two or three wins and they back in contention.

Premiership Boxing Day matches

Some big matches took place on Boxing Day and Arsenal beat West Ham by three goals to one. 

This was a big match for Arsenal because if they had lost this match. It would have affected the team morale. 

Theo Walcott had an outstanding match and I really hope he is able to carry this kind of form into 2014. 

Elsewhere Man City beat the leaders Liverpool by two goals to one. Man City player, Fernandinho looks like he has a real talent. 

But whilst they will be scoring lots of goals they will also be conceding a lot of goals as there defence is a bit shaky.

Liverpool played will and Luis Suarez played very well to the point that it made Liverpool look like a one man team. 

Man United and Chelsea also won their games. Tottenham who are now managed by Tim Sherwood drew their match.

 But I suspect it will take time for Tim Sherwood to develop his own managerial  style. But sadly these days premiership managers don't get that time.

 A few bad results and managers are under pressure. Hopefully Tottenham board and  fans will be a little patient. 

So Arsenal are back to being at the top of the league until these weekend fixtures are complete. 

Arsenal v Chelsea review 23rd December

Arsenal's game with Chelsea ended in a nil nil scoreline. Arsenal where pretty poor in this match, hence why they only had one shot on target. 

For some strange reason Arsene Wenger decided against using subs for this match. It was obvious that some of the players where tired and needed to be subbed. 

Chelsea also employed a rather unusual strategy for them. Chelsea where defensive and only hit Arsenal on the  counter attack. 

Both Chelsea and Arsenal's strikers had poor night neither Oliver Giroud or Fernando Torres looked like scoring.

The result meant that Liverpool are top of the league on goal difference from a Arsenal for Christmas. 

Premiership games review 21st and 22nd December 2013

The Christmas premiership games will be taking place in just a few days. But before that some games where played over the weekend. 

Manchester United beat West Ham United by three goals to one. However this win did not improve their league position and they remain in eighth. 

Tottenham beat Southampton by three goals to two. By all accounts it was a topsy turvy match with little between the two teams. The match winner was the ex Arsenal man Emmanuel Adebayor. 

Liverpool had great weekend beat Cardiff City by three goals to one. The in-form Luis Suarez scored two goals and this means Liverpool are now top of league. 

Liverpool have been a sensation this season. Whilst the top teams are distracted with Europe, Liverpool can just concentrate all their energies on winning the premiership. 

So Liverpool have it all to play for and with Suarez scoring goals practically every match they will be tough to beat now they are top of the league. 

Premiership review 15th December

In the premiership on Sunday, Liverpool beat Tottenham by five goals to nil. This was a very embarrassing result for Tottenham, especially as Tottenham was the home team. 

Their manager Andreas Villas Boas (AVB) was sacked yesterday. Which I think was a little harsh, as Tottenham where top eight and had qualified for the knock out stages of the UEFA Cup.

However Tottenham fans where getting impatient as AVB had spent over a hundred million pounds on new players and yet the fans had seen little improvement.

However it remains to be seen now whether the team will now improve now that AVB has been sacked. 

Elsewhere Manchester United beat Aston  Villa by three goals to nil. This was a match that Man United could not  afford to loose. This win moved Man United one place up the league to eighth. 

This means Arsenal are still top of the league by two points and have another very big match against Chelsea next Monday.