Jelena Jankovic Birmingham has always been affected by the weather but none more so than this year as play was practically wiped out on Thursday and Friday resulting in the final quarter-final and semi-finals being played today. Jelena Jankovic beat Misaki Doi in the quarter-finals and then edged past Zheng Jie, 6-7 7-5 6-1 in…
Incredible scenes saw David Nalbandian defaulted from the Queens Final, which handed the title to Marin Cilic. As Nalbandian led 7-6 3-4, he kicked an advertising board and drew blood from a linesman. The Queens crowd were furious during the post-match presentation as they booed the tournament director, but it should have been Nalbandian they…
Yesterday I visited the AEGON Classic in Birmingham for quarter-finals action at the WTA International event. As you may have noticed there was not much play due to the weather, but it was still an interesting day as it was the first time I had ever been to this event. The Edgbaston Priory Club is…
Grigor Dimitrov I am going to Birmingham tomorrow to watch the tennis so only have time to post my quick predictions for tomorrow’s action! WTA Bimingham Quarter-Finals: Jelena Jankovic to beat Misaki Doi/Stephanie Foretz-Gacon in 3 sets Zheng Jie to beat Roberta Vinci in 2 tight sets Ekaterina Makarova to beat Su-Wei Hsieh in 2…
The top three at Birmingham on Thursday Heather Watson 1. Roberta Vinci (4) v Heather Watson Roberta Vinci has avoided the exodus of the seeds so far as she came through her opener when Virginie Razzano retired in their second round match after losing the first set. She takes on the only British player left…
The top three at Queens on Thursday Kevin Anderson 1. Kevin Anderson (9) v Feliciano Lopez (5) The two highest seeds left in the top section of the draw will square off in the most intriguing third round match. Kevin Anderson has had two tough matches so far this week as he came from a…
The number 10 seed, Cirstea After a day of solid rain resulted in no play at Birmingham and Queens on Monday, things finally got underway today with the majority of round one matches completed. In Birmingham, three out of the four seeds in action were beaten. Most surprisingly, the young Brit Tara Moore destroyed Iveta…
Rafael Nadal The French Open finally wrapped up this afternoon with Rafael Nadal claiming a 6-4 6-3 2-6 7-5 victory over Novak Djokovic. One of them was to make history as a result of winning the title and it was Nadal who passed Bjorn Borg‘s six titles at Roland Garros in a rain delayed final. …
Francesca Schiavone The womens grass court season kicks off this week with the International event in Birmingham. I have tickets for Friday’s quarter-final play although the weather forecast is already looking horrendous so I have my fingers and toes crossed I get some play! There have been a number of withdrawals from the competition including…
Andy Murray This is the most exciting stage of the season as we have barely wrapped up on the clay (in fact we haven’t yet with the mens final carrying over into Monday with Nadal leading by two sets to one over Djokovic) and we are bulldozing our way into the short, but sweet grass…
Moo's Tennis Blog 