Choosing my top five WTA matches of 2014 was reasonably straightforward, but trying to put them into an order was not! This is my final post in my WTA best matches feature. I’d love to hear your opinion in the comments about what was your favourite match of the year and why. I hope you’ve enjoyed the…
After Switzerland’s victory in the Davis Cup final, it is now officially the off-season… I’m already in off-season mode here at Moo’s Tennis Blog and this is the third part of four counting down my favourite 20 matches on the WTA tour in 2014. If you missed either of the first two parts then you…
A quick heads up to say that I featured on the most recent episode of the Tennis Days Podcast with Dave Gertler. Dave and I talked about the World Tour Finals, Lucie Safarova and tennis on Twitter. If you want to hear me have a go at pronouncing Lucie’s name then you should enjoy this!…
In the countdown of my favourite WTA matches of the year, here comes part two of the festivities. If you missed the first part which featured matches 20 to 16, you can catch up HERE. Anyway, here are matches 15 to 11 with some love for this year’s clay court season… 15. Jelena Jankovic d.…
It’s that time of the year for the annual countdown on Moo’s Tennis Blog of the best womens matches of the year. This is from my point of view so there will be some surprises. I’ve tried my best to watch as many matches, but there will be a few that have slipped through the…
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. The ATP season concluded in rather surreal fashion as Roger Federer was forced to pull out of Sunday’s final at the O2 with a back injury meaning that Novak Djokovic is the World Tour Finals champion for 2014. Rumours were circling after Federer didn’t show for his practice session at 3pm. After another brilliant…
It’s time for the FINAL PREVIEW OF 2014… The final of the 2014 World Tour Finals will be contested between Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer, starting at 6pm UK time on Sunday. It is the final most people predicted a week ago and it is certainly the one I wanted to see. Kei Nishikori and…
The second of the semi-finals on Saturday will feature the winner of group B, Roger Federer up against the runner-up of group A, Stan Wawrinka. This is a high profile semi-final, but this hasn’t been an encouraging tag at the O2 this year with most of the anticipated matches offering quick and one-sided contests. Wawrinka…
Novak Djokovic and Kei Nishikori will kick off semi-finals day on Saturday at the 2014 ATP World Tour Finals as they play each other for fourth time in 2014. As predicted, Djokovic sailed through his round robin group with straight set wins over Marin Cilic (6-1 6-1), Stan Wawrinka (6-3 6-0) and Tomas Berdych (6-2…
Thursday began with Milos Raonic pulling out of the tournament before his scheduled match with Kei Nishikori. This meant that David Ferrer played Nishikori in the afternoon match and HALLELUJAH, we had a three setter and a good match. Roger Federer is through to the semi-finals with Andy Murray needing to beat Federer in straight…
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