Premiership review - 29th/30th March 2014

In the weekend premiership games Manchester United beat Aston Villa by four goals to one. This was a huge win for Man United after getting beaten three goal nil by Manchester City. 

David Moyes was under a lot of  and more Man United fans where openly expressing their dissatisfaction with him. 

So the win against Aston Villa was very much needed and relieved a little bit of the pressure from David Moyes.

The shock result of the weekend was Crystal Palace beating Chelsea by a goal to nil. Chelsea had been leading the premiership and where widely expected to win this match. 

So the loss to Crystal Palace hit Chelsea chances of winning and gave even more hope to their rivals. 

 

Elsewhere Arsenal drew one all to Manchester City and this was not a bad result for Arsenal. 

The win for either team would have really enhanced her chances of winning the premiership. However Manchester City still have a real chance of winning the premiership. 

Arsenal can still win it but reastically  they are playing for a top four finish and are hoping to win the FA Cup. 

Liverpool beat Tottenham by four goals to nil and they are now the league leaders. This was a very good win for Liverpool and if they can win the remaining six games then they will be champions. 

Miami Open - WTA Final

In the final of the Miami Open and Serena Williams beat Li Na in straight sets. The first set was very competitive and at one point Serena was  2 - 5 down. But was able to pull it back and win the set and the match. 

This is the seventh time Serena has won this title and to be fair she was not playing what I would call her best tennis. 

However Serena's serve remained consistent and it never let her down and her serve holding up was key to her retaining her title. 

Li Na had a good tournament and I suspect if had been facing a player other than Serena the she probably would have won the title.

Right now Serena is making and breaking records and it is certainly makes it more interesting for me and I am sure it serves as additional motivation for Serena.  

Miami Open - Day nine and ten

Day nine at the Miami Open and Dominika Cibulkova beat Agnieszka Radwanska in three sets. This was a good result for Dominika and it moves her ranking to inside the top ten. 

For Aga this was a tough match and I think it will be a struggle to beat players like Dominika that go for winners and have few unforced errors. 

Ni La beat Caroline Wozniacki in straight sets and Caroline has had a very good tournament and with some good wins and she did better than I expected. 

Day ten and in the first semi final Serena Williams beat Maria Sharapova in straight sets. Maria has not beaten Serena in ten years so it would have been more of a surprise if Maria had won. 

In the second semi - final Ni La beat Dominika Cibulkova in three sets and this was an excellent win for Ni La and this would be her first Miami Open final. 

Premiership review - 25th/26th March 2014

In the mid week premiership games Arsenal drew two all with Swansea City. Arsenal had a bad start and then scored two goals in quick sucession. 

By the ninetieth minute I thought that Arsenal secured three points but then lo and behold Arsenal's Matthieu Flamini went and scored an own goal.

That own goal really summed are weak performance. But Swansea fought tooth and nail to get something out of this match. Whilst Arsenal sat back and did not really push for that. 

But if things are bad for Arsenal they are even worse Manchester United. David Moyes is really under pressure after losing three nil to Manchester City. 

Man United fans are not used to being in this position. So I think David Moyes Champions League game against Bayern Munich will determine whether or not he has a future at the club.  

Liverpool beat Sunderland by two goals to one. This win has put them a point behind Chelsea and gives them a real opportunity to win the league. 

Miami Open - Day eight

Day eight at the Miami Open and Maria Sharapova beat Petra Kivitova in straight sets. 

This was a very good win for Maria and the first set was very competitive. But Maria was able to win the second set very comfortably and win the match. 

Serena Williams beat Angelique Kerber in straight sets. Serena was incredibly dominant and did not really give Angelique any opportunity to get into the match. 

The key to Serena 's dominance was her serve and she served at least eight aces and many serves she hit Angelique was unable to return it. 

Serena now plays Maria in the semi-finals and Maria has not beaten Serena for ten years so it should be a good match. 

Miami Open - Day seven

Day seven at the Miami Open and Maria Sharapova beat Kirsten Flipkens in three sets. 

This match should have been a little more comfortable for Maria than it was. It was only in the third set that Maria began to look a little more convincing and won the set and the match.

Dominika Cibulkova beat Venus Williams in three sets. Dominika has had a great start to 2014 and was a finalist at the Australian Open. Therefore she was the favourite to win the tie going into this match. 

Venus made a real match of it and fought tooth and nail for every point and in the end she was probably beaten by her own unforced errors. 

Serena Williams had a much more comfortable match and she beat Coco Vandeweghe in straight sets. 

The first set was competitive but in the second set Serena was able to get into grove and win the set and the match. 

Agnieszka Radwanska beat Elina Svitolina in three sets and in this match Aga struggled. Both the first and second set where very close.

 

 It was only in the third set that Aga was able to pull away and win the set and the match. 

Miami Open - Day six

TDay six at the Miami Open and Venus Williams beat Casey Dellacqua in three sets. 

This was a very good win for Venus and commentators have appointed out this was the kind of match that Venus would have lost this time last year.

 So Venus has made vast improvement this year and I  am hoping that she will be back in the top twenty. 

Caroline Wozniacki hammered Sloane Stephens in three sets. This was very bad result for Sloane and surprising that as I was expecting her to do a lot better. 

Agnieszka Radwanska beat Elena Vesnins in straight sets. This was a good win for Aga and hopefully she has put her previous injury problems behind her.