Thursday will be a thoroughly packed day of tennis as the rain once again wreaked havoc with the schedule in Queens. Birmingham did pretty well to avoid major disruptions and remains on track with their draw. Let’s take a look at the top matches for Thursday. Please accept my apologies for yesterday’s predictions, Moo had…
Rain wiped out half of the schedule at Queens today, but that didn’t stop us seeing the match of the tournament so far as Juan Martin del Potro edged out an inspired Xavier Malisse, 7-6(5) 1-6 7-5. After losing the first set on the tiebreak, Malisse won 8 out of 9 games to lead by…
Tsvetana Pironkova The grass court season got underway today in Birmingham and there were some interesting results as last year’s champion, Melanie Oudin fell to Ajla Tomljanovic in the first competitive match to grace the new Ann Jones Centre Court. In other results, the grass lovers came out to play as Tsvetana Pironkova snapped a…
The WTA 2013 grass court season kicks off tomorrow in Birmingham. The draw does lack the big name with no top 20 players from this weeks rankings. Kirsten Flipkens is the top seed following the withdrawals of Marion Bartoli and Roberta Vinci, but there are a host of the hot prospects and grass court GOATS…
There are two ATP tournaments next week to kick off the 2013 grass court season. Queens has always reigned supreme, but over the last couple of years the draw has looked much thinner and Halle certainly has grabbed the better line-up for 2013 even with Rafael Nadal pulling out. Let’s take a look at the…
Rafael Nadal Roland Garros wrapped up with a rather uneventful final that saw Rafael Nadal win his eighth title in Paris with a 6-3 6-2 6-3 over David Ferrer. There were some good points here and there, but there was never a doubt that Nadal would be the winner. The biggest talking point from the…
Serena Williams I thought having watched Serena Williams completely dismantle Sara Errani in well under an hour on Thursday that Saturday’s final may have been another quick one. Serena did come out on top over Maria Sharapova with a 6-4 6-4 victory in 1 hour and 46 minute, but this was a high quality and…
David Ferrer Friday was a bad day for Moo and his predictions, but it was a great day for tennis as Rafael Nadal prevailed over Novak Djokovic in a fantastic five set semi-final, 6-4 3-6 6-1 6-7(3) 9-7 in 4 hours and 38 minutes. I was only able to watch the first set and bits…
Maria Sharapova The top two seeds, Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova will contest the 2013 Roland Garros final. Serena was in utterly devastating form as she completely tore past Sara Errani in one of the most one-sided matches of the whole year. Serena won 6-0 6-1 in just 46 minutes and hit a staggering 40…
1. Novak Djokovic v Rafael Nadal Novak Djokovic In a semi-final more fitting of a final occasion, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic will go head-to-head in a mouthwatering semi-final. Both players came through their quarter-finals in straight sets; Nadal had a walk in the park against Stanislas Wawrinka, 6-2 6-3 6-1. Djokovic had a slightly…
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