Indian Wells - Day three

Day three at Indian Wells and Aga Radwanska beat Heather Watson in straight sets. 

Whilst I was disappointed to see Heather lose she was up against Aga who is a top five player.

 

Heather was able to break Aga's serve on numerous occasions but was not able to consolidate any of those breaks. 

 

The shock of the day was Lauren Davis beaten Victoria Azarenka in straight sets. Albeit Victoria was not a 100% but a win is win. 

Roberta Vinci beat Madison Keys in straight sets and I would have expected Madison do a little better but I guess she still on a learning curve. 

 

Premiership review 8th/9th March 2014

Some Premiership games took place over the weekend and Manchester United beat West Brom by three goals to nil. 

This was a must win game for David Moyes as he is under a lot pressure due to previous poor results. 

But even though they got a good win, they are still sixth in the league and are five points behind Tottenham who are in fifth. 

Chelsea beat Tottenham by four goals to nil and this was an empahtic win for Chelsea and it confirmed their position at the top. 

Chelsea literally have one hand on the trophy with less than ten matches remaining they just need to keep on winning! 

For Tottenham this was disaster of a match and it was not helped by going down to ten men. They need to regroup as there they are at home to Arsenal in there next premiership game. 

FA Cup - quarter finals - 8th/9th March 2014

The quarter finals of the FA Cup took place over the weekend and Arsenal beat Everton by four goals to one. 

This was a tremendous result for Arsenal and it really made me feel optimistic for the remainder of the season.

Arsenal would have been expecting to play Manchester City in the quarter finals. However Wigan beat Manchester City by two goals to one to make to the semi-finals. 

Manchester City have been playing great football and have already one the League Cup. As this tie was played in Manchester I just did not see how Wigan could beat them. 

Some how they managed to pull off this remarkable victory and they now play Arsenal in the semi finals. 

Premiership review - 1st / 2nd March 2014

The Premiership games took place over the weekend and Stoke City beat Arsenal by one goal to nil. 

 

This was a bad loss for Arsenal and has put them four points behind the league leaders Chelsea and they are two point in front of Manchester City who have two game advantage. 

Arsenal can still win the league but it is going to take a monumental effort and sadly I don't believe Arsenal have the players who can win the league.

Chelsea beat Fulham by three goals to one and this win helped to cement their lead at the top of the league. 

Liverpool beat Southampton by three goals to nil and this win has put them second in the league.

Chelsea are top of the league but it remains very close with just a couple of points between the teams. 

Champions League review - 25th/26th February 2014

In this weeks Champions League Olympiakos beat Manchester United by two goals to nil.

It probably the worse result I have seen for Man United and you do have to wonder if David Moyes will be the manager by the end of season. 

What was most surprising is that Man United lost this game with virtually a full strength team. 

I was not surprised that Robin Van Persie missed an absolute sitter as he did the same thing when he was playing for Arsenal in the Champions League. 

I suspect if David Moyes doesn't win the home leg of this tie. I think the pressure to sack him will be overwhelming. 

 

In another surprise result Chelsea drew one all with Galatasary. In a match that Chelsea expected to win. 

But at least they got an away goal so that should definitely help them in their home leg. 

It is also notable that Chelsea where the only British team to even score a goal. So they probably have a great chance of making it to the quarter finals. 

 

Premiership review - 22nd/ 23rd February 2014

The Premiership returned this weekend and Arsenal who had that dismal result against Bayern Munich in the Champions League, beat Sunderland by four goals to one. 

This was a great result for Arsenal and it was notable that Olivier Giroud who had been dropped to the bench for the previous games scored two of Arsenal four goals. 

Man City also beat Stoke City by a goal to nil and this keeps them third with a game in hand. 

Liverpool beat Swansea by four goals to three and this keeps them within touching distance of the top three. 

Norwich City pulled off a sensational result and beat Tottenham by a goal to nil. However this loss did not affect Tottenham standing in the league and they are still top five. 

Man United beat Crystal Palace by two goals to nil and this was by no means an easy match for Man United, who are still struggling to find some consistency this season. 

The league leaders Chelsea beat Everton by one goal to nil and this helped them to retain their position and Arsenal are second and just one point behind. 

Dubai Open - Day six

Day six and the final of the Dubai Open and Venus Williams beat Alize Cornet in straight sets. 

For Alize this was a horrible result as she had come into this match with very high expectations. 

It suddenly dawned on her in the middle of the first set that her dream was not going to be realised. 

However upon reflection I am sure Alize will realise that she did very well and there is no shame in losing to an inspired Venus Williams. 

For Venus this win would have given some much needed confidence and ranking points. 

It was a real joy to watch Venus strike ball like she used to and I sincerely hope this will be the first of many trophies in 2014.