Fed Cup Great Britain v Latvia 5th February 2014

The first day of the Fed Cup and Heather Watson beat Jelena Ostapenko in straight sets. 

This was a good but expected win for Heather as she has a higher ranking than Jelena. 

Johanna Konta beat Diana Marcinkevica in three sets. It was an enthralling match and at one point Johanna was several match points down but managed to come back and win. 

In the doubles match Diana Marcinkevica  and Jelena Ostapenko then beat Heather Watson and Jocelyn Rae in a close three set match. 

I had not heard of Jocelyn Rae before this Fed Cup so it looked like a strange pairing to me. But I was pleased that both Heather and Johanna got wins. This meant that GB won the tie 2 1.  

Fed Cup Great Britain v Romania 7th February 2014

Second round Robin match and Heather Watson beat Sorana Ciresta in three sets. This was a very good win for Heather as Sorana is a top thirty player. 

Simona Halep then beat Johanna Konta in straight sets. This would have been a very tough match for Johanna as Simona is a top ten player. 

Then in the doubles match Irina-Camela Begu and Monica Niculescu beat Jocelyn Rae and Heather Watson in straight sets. 

This was always going to be a tough tie to win. But it was good that Heather got that win against a top player like Sorana. 

Premiership review - 9th February 2014

In today's premiership games Tottenham beat Everton by one goal to nil. This was was a good win for Tottenham as they come closer to securing that European place. 

Manchester United drew two all with Fulham and this was a surprise result. Man United where playing at home so I thought that they where going to win comfortably. 

But Fulham got an early goal and held on to this lead for almost an one hour. That's when Man United came back into the game and they thought they had won the match and then Fulham got the ninety minute equaliser.

This was a bad draw for Manchester United with their title aspirations all but gone they are now fighting for a European place. 

This fight is probably proving more difficult than they imagined and to be fair they have not been in this position before. 

However United are a formidable team and I am sure they will get one of those European  spots. 

Premiership review - 8th February 2014

In yesterday's premiership games Liverpool beat Arsenal by five goals to one. This was definitely a surprise result but Liverpool came ready for battle. 

Whilst Arsenal started very slowly and before they knew it they where three nil down. 

For Arsenal this was a bad loss and it comes in a month where they have some very tough games. 

For Liverpool it was an unbelievably good win and the first time they have beaten Arsenal by that margin for fifty years.

Elsewhere Chelsea beat Newcastle by three goals to nil, I was surprised by this result as I thought Newcastle where going to get something out of this match. 

Manchester City and Norwich City was goalless this was a surprise result as Manchester City have been scoring lots of goals. 

This means that Chelsea are now top of the league but Arsenal are one point behind. 

Fed Cup - GB v Hungary 8th February 2014

In the second round Robin match Heather Watson beat Jani Reka-Luca in straight sets. This was a quite a routine win for Heather as Jani was ranked four hundred places below her. 

Timea Babos beat Johanna Konta in three sets and at one point in the Johanna had several match points but could not take them and end then lost the third set. 

Timea Babos and Jani Reka-Luca then beat Jocelyn Rae and Tara More in three sets. So Hungary won the tie two matches to one. 

It was a tough match for GB but I couldn't help but wonder if Judy Murray picked the strongest line up.  But on the positives Heather Watson got a good win. 

Premiership review - 2nd & 3rd February 2014

In the premiership on Sunday Liverpool drew one all with West Bromwich Albion. This was a surprise result for me as Liverpool have been getting good wins of late. 

So I thought a win at West Brom would have cemented there top four credentials.

Arsenal beat Crystal Palace by two goals to nil. It was a fairly routine win but Alex Oxlade Chamberlain and Carzola both played exceptionally well to create and score goals which helped to secure the win.

Yesterday Chelsea beat Manchester City by one goal to nil. It was a very good win for Chelsea who attacked and defended very well. Although Man City had a few chances they where unable to convert them.

 

This means that Arsenal stay top of the league but they have some very tough matches coming up.   

Davis Cup - USA v Great Britain - Day Three

Day three of the Davis Cup and Andy Murray beat Sam Querrey in four sets to win the tie. 

Sam Querrey played reasonable well but after winning the second the set on the tie break he was unable to build on it. 

Andy started off quite slowly and it wasn't till the third set that I thought he was going to win the match. 

This win broke two notable record it was first time that Great Britain had beaten USA since 1935. 

It was also first time that Great Britain have made it to the quarter finals since 1986. 

So hopefully this win against the USA team will  encourage the team to do even better in the quarter finals.