Monday saw the first day of main draw action at the 2016 Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome… I love this tournament! Three seeds fell, numbers 14, 15 and 16, while the other three in action all won in straight sets. For a preview of the first round match set for Tuesday between Jelena Jankovic and Eugenie Bouchard, click…
Two players who have had their fair share of troubles in the last year, Jelena Jankovic and Eugenie Bouchard, will play each other in a star-studded first round match in Rome on Tuesday. Jankovic’s year grinded to a halt in March when a shoulder/neck injury forced her out of Miami and Charleston. Furthermore, she also had a…
In a repeat of their Indian Wells quarter-final earlier this year, Karolina Pliskova and Daria Kasatkina will resume their head-to-head on the clay courts of Rome. When the pair played in the desert in March, Pliskova produced arguably her best performance of the season so far, hitting a sensational 30 winners to 10 unforced errors…
Both ranked inside the world’s top 30, the opener between Andrea Petkovic and Madison Keys is a brutal draw befitting of the quality of first round matches in Rome. Last week in Madrid, Petkovic faced off in the first round against the Rabat champion, Timea Bacsinszky. While she put up an admirable fight, especially having been in tears in during a medical…
The women’s draw at the Mutua Madrid Open concluded on Saturday with Simona Halep defeating Dominika Cibulkova, 6-2 6-4 in the final to claim her 12th title and a first since Indian Wells. It’s now goodbye to Madrid and a hearty hello to Rome! The Internazionali BNL d’italia main draw begins on Monday with a…
Quarter-Finals day at the Mutua Madrid Open was a much calmer affair after the drama of Wednesday. It also ended at a reasonable hour so i’ve managed to finish Set Points tonight! While just one seed remains, there’s still plenty of intrigue in this semi-final line-up. This will likely be my last post from Madrid…
Hello everyone, my name is Murphy and I’m extremely happy to contribute to Moo’s Tennis Blog with a guest post from the Stuttgart final. I know that a lot of tennis fans do like the WTA tournament in Stuttgart – that’s why I’m trying to write a small guide for those who plan to visit! The…
Ohhh Madrid, you are a mess. It’s been a frenetic week at the Mutua Madrid Open and that escalated further on Wednesday with the two remaining seeds in the top half of the draw both departing, one with a loss and one through injury. This has left a tournament wide open for literally anyone to win this…
In a seed-free top half of the 2016 Mutua Madrid Open women’s draw, Dominika Cibulkova and Sorana Cirstea will battle it out for a lucrative spot in the semi-finals of a Premier Mandatory tournament. Cibulkova has been pushed to three sets in all three of her matches in Madrid this week; it’s been a challenging run…
Day four of the Mutua Madrid Open saw just six WTA matches on the schedule as two players were forced to withdraw before play even got underway. It’s been another wild week on the WTA tour with just five seeds remaining in the draw and only ONE all seeded match-up for Wednesday’s slate of third round…
Moo's Tennis Blog 