While the tennis goes on, i’m finding it hard to get properly enthused about Baku and Florianopolis. It’s been a quiet couple of weeks on Moo’s Tennis Blog but i’ll be back with daily posts from Sunday with the start of the US summer hard court season and tournaments in Stanford and Washington. During this lull…
Isn’t summer awesome? Summer is surely a time to enjoy the warm weather, a vacation, going to the beach/pool and just relaxing… Living in Southern California we are spoiled with great weather and many days are in the upper 70’s. I am not complaining…. Summer is a great time to get outside for your exercise.…
This week’s WTA draws are… interesting. The women are heading to Baku in Azerbaijan and Florianopolis in Brazil, and both draws are somewhat lacking in quality. In particular, the draw for Florianopolis would likely be classed as a weak ITF draw, let alone WTA draw! This will be the last “quiet” week on tour before…
Even for WTA International events, Istanbul has been wacky… On the first day of the tournament three seeds fell including the number two seed, Elina Svitolina. The number one and three seeds, Venus Williams and Jelena Jankovic both lost on the Tuesday and by the quarter-finals there was just one seed left in Tsvetana Pironkova.…
1. Alizé Cornet v Kirsten Flipkens (Istanbul, R2) The last time that Alizé Cornet and Kirsten Flipkens played each other they put on a show… or should I say, Alizé put on a show. In a match that featured a 6-0 set, Cornet still needed three hours and 11 minutes to get the win earlier this…
It’s Ryan here. Are you scared of falling and hurting yourself? If you have ever fallen and taken a spill even if it’s small I can relate…. With all the toys around my house I am always scared of falling on a toy or some small object that I can’t see. I am sure if…
There weren’t many people in the stands in Istanbul today and the organisers face an uphill struggle to fill seats for the rest of the week as the top three seeds all fell in first round action at the 2015 TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Cup. It’s such a shame because it’s an awesome stadium and…
1. Camila Giorgi v Dominika Cibulkova (Istanbul, R1) It’s great to see Dominika Cibulkova back on the WTA tour but not so great to see her down at number 56 in the rankings. It will take time for Domi to get back to where she belongs after she was forced to have surgery to address…
There are two WTA tournaments in the upcoming week with a hard court tournament in Istanbul, Turkey and a clay court tournament in Bad Gastein, Austria. I can never really get on board with this post-Wimbledon two week clay court stretch. The draw for Bad Gastein isn’t bad with Sara Errani and Sam Stosur the…
I’m delighted to announce the three winners of the Moo’s Tennis Blog prize giveaway who will all receive a copy of the new tennis book, ‘Game, Set and Match’ thanks to Bloomsbury Publishing. The three lucky winners chosen randomly were all from Twitter and they were… Elisa (@elissetennis), Mitch (@carnesy56) and Bibu-Tennisfan (@Bibu2105). Many thanks to all…
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