In the only all seeded third round match-up from the second quarter, the number 13 seed, Ekaterina Makarova will take on the number 17 seed, Elina Svitolina. Makarova has completely floated under the radar this fortnight after a leg injury halted her summer hard court season; the Russian player was forced to pull out of…
Sitting pretty on a 14 match winning streak, Johanna Konta hasn’t lost a match since Wimbledon. After an excellent grass court season where her last three losses came against Maria Sharapova (Wimbledon), Belinda Bencic (Eastbourne) and Karolina Pliskova (Birmingham), Konta has gone on a superb run of form that has seen her crack the world’s…
HELMETS AT THE READY… In a first career match-up, the number 24 seed, Sabine Lisicki faces Camila Giorgi in the second round of the 2015 US Open. Both players have had up-and-down kind of years which will come as no surprise based on their game styles. Lisicki looked rejuvenated in Indian Wells and Miami where…
After a rocky first day at the 2015 US Open, just three seeds remain in the second quarter of the women’s draw. One of those seeds is Elina Svitolina, who is currently topping the poll in who readers of Moo’s Tennis Blog think will come through this depleted quarter. Svitolina faces a deceptively tricky second…
In one of two all-American second round clashes from the top quarter, Bethanie Mattek-Sands and CoCo Vandeweghe will battle it out in a sure-to-be compelling clash with the winner on course to play Serena Williams in the third round. Vandeweghe upset Sloane Stephens in the first round with a solid 6-4 6-3 display. It wasn’t…
I love exercises that will help the entire body… I’m talking about exercises that when you do them you feel relief right away! There aren’t that many exercises that make people feel that way, but today I am going to show you one of my ALL-TIME favorites. As I mentioned last week our bodies are meant to…
In a highly compelling first round match, Andrea Petkovic came from a set down and then a break down in the decider to edge Caroline Garcia, 3-6 6-4 7-5. It was one of those matches where you wish it didn’t have to happen in the first round. I was in and out for the first…
There have been crazy scorelines aplenty on day 2 of the 2015 US Open. In one match, Olga Govortsova defeated Irina-Camelia Begu in a classic WTA scoreline, 6-1 0-6 7-6(3). Another wacky one, which I got to watch some of, saw Mona Barthel beat Tsvetana Pironkova, recovering from 5-7 2-5 down to somehowwww win, 5-7…
After Maria Sharapova pulled out of the tournament, it left a pretty gaping hole in the top half of the draw. First round action on day one has chucked the second quarter (and parts of the first too) into a blender as seed after seed departed. The first to go was Ana Ivanovic, who was…
It was always going to be a tough opener for the number seven seed, Ana Ivanovic. While her section had opened up with the loss of Maria Sharapova through injury, her first round match against Dominika Cibulkova always looked like a dicey opener. After a very bright start, akin to her gorgeous red dress, and…
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