Vika Azarenka returned to the winners arena with a brilliant display in Brisbane. Life was made easier with the withdrawals of Simona Halep and Maria Sharapova but you can only beat the players you come across and Vika did just that. Its a great start to 2016 who now leads the WTA Road to Singapore leaderboard at the very early stages and also earns herself an Australian Open top 16 seeding so will avoid the big guns until at the 4th round. Angelique Kerber will also be happy with her start to 2016 and moves on to WTA Sydney for another title challenge
Sloane Stephens avoided the controversies in Auckland to take the title with some solid aggressive tennis. She defeated Broady, Wozniacki and Goerges in the QFs, SFs and final all in straight sets and will now be very confident ahead of the Australian Open where she has played well before.... Sloane will be seeded top 32 but could be a very tricky 3rd round opponent in Melbourne for one of the top 16 seeds. Good to see a return to form of Julia Goerges also
The 3rd WTA of the week went to Aga Radwanska over in WTA Shenzhen, China. The Pole plays some of her best tennis in Asia and has won titles Tokyo, Tianjin and of course The WTA finals in Singapore in recent months. The great news for Radwanska is that she moves up to WTA top 4 on Monday and pushes Maria Sharapova out of the top 4 seeds for the Australian Open.
Great first week of the new WTA season with LOTS of talking points..... Lets see what week 2 comes up with in preparation for the first Grand Slam of 2016
Sloane Stephens avoided the controversies in Auckland to take the title with some solid aggressive tennis. She defeated Broady, Wozniacki and Goerges in the QFs, SFs and final all in straight sets and will now be very confident ahead of the Australian Open where she has played well before.... Sloane will be seeded top 32 but could be a very tricky 3rd round opponent in Melbourne for one of the top 16 seeds. Good to see a return to form of Julia Goerges also
The 3rd WTA of the week went to Aga Radwanska over in WTA Shenzhen, China. The Pole plays some of her best tennis in Asia and has won titles Tokyo, Tianjin and of course The WTA finals in Singapore in recent months. The great news for Radwanska is that she moves up to WTA top 4 on Monday and pushes Maria Sharapova out of the top 4 seeds for the Australian Open.
Great first week of the new WTA season with LOTS of talking points..... Lets see what week 2 comes up with in preparation for the first Grand Slam of 2016