On a rain-affected, yes, rain-affected day in Dubai, Ana Ivanovic scored her first top 10 win since last year’s French Open by ousting the number one seed and defending champion, Simona Halep, 7-6(2) 6-2. Ivanovic saved a set point in a super intense opening set that was eventually decided on the tiebreak. There were some great…
The Dubai Duty Free Championships had begun with a string of one-sided results and bakery products. The first of Tuesday’s night matches finally produced a three setter and with that, the best match of the tournament; Jelena Jankovic won just her third match of the year so far, coming from a set and a break down to defeat…
One-sided scorelines have been a feature of the 2016 Dubai Duty Free Championships so far. All six first round matches on Monday were decided in straight sets and the first two matches on Tuesday’s Centre Court schedule went that way too; Another breadstick-bagel result was in the books as Ana Ivanovic stormed past Daria Gavrilova, 6-1 6-0…
Hey everybody, I’m Jake and I’ll be “guest blogging” about this year’s Delray Beach Open. This is the first of two posts about the event, as I’ll also be covering Sunday’s finals. The Delray Beach Open has to be one of the homiest stops on the ATP World Tour. With just seven hard courts (three…
In a pre-tournament interview, Julia Goerges remarked that she had “a good feeling” heading into the 2016 Dubai Duty Free Championships… the German player was pretty darn accurate as she produced a wonderful display in the first round to defeat the number eight seed, Svetlana Kuznetsova, 6-0 6-1 in 55 minutes. There have been a…
This post previews two of the first round matches from the Dubai Duty Free Championships main draw set to be played on Tuesday including Ana Ivanovic v Daria Gavrilova and Belinda Bencic v Jelena Jankovic. In case you missed it, you can read a preview of the full main draw for the 2016 Dubai Duty Free…
There are two WTA tournaments next week in Dubai and Rio… Moo’s Tennis Blog will be focussing on the Dubai Duty Free Championships where four of the world’s top ten are in attendance. Dubai has been hit with a string of withdrawals; the tournament announced pre-draw that Australian Open finalists, Serena Williams and Angelique Kerber,…
Missed out on the tennis this last week? Match Points is here to bring you up to speed with all the happenings from St. Petersburg and Kaohsiung, other WTA news and the occasional snippet of ATP tennis that caught my eye. I’ll also be using this weekly feature to keep you updated with Racket Rally and Tennis Draw…
Belinda Bencic confirmed her place in the world’s top ten when the new rankings come out on Monday after defeating fellow 18-year-old, Daria Kasatkina in the semi-finals of St. Petersburg, 6-4 6-3. I’ve said it so many times this year already but Bencic’s ability to tough out wins is pretty extraordinary… it’s the mark of…
All in for this one… a battle of the 18-year-olds will be the second of Saturday’s semi-finals in St. Petersburg. While just two months separate Belinda Bencic and Daria Kasatkina in age, 52 places separate the pair in the rankings. Bencic has had the far greater exposure on the WTA tour but Kasatkina is beginning…
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