Poles smoking on grass

18th June 2011

Eastbourne and the grass seems to bring out the best in Agnieszka Radwanska, who won there two years ago - her last victory on the WTA. This year the Cracovian reached the quarter-finals by dispatching grand slam winner Francesca Schiavone, the third time she’s beaten her this year, before falling to the higher ranked Czech player Petra Kvitova, a semi-finalist at Wimbledon last year.

Describing Kvitova, Bartosz Gebicz of Przeglad Sportowy explained , “She’s part of the “in or dead” tennis generation. She’s very fast, hard and low-hitting, but also incredibly uneven. Petra can chew up Wozniacki or Clijsters one day, then the next day she’ll hit forehands two metres over the back ...