In an all-German affair, Andrea Petkovic and Mona Barthel will meet in the second round of the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford on Wednesday. Petkovic recovered from a slow start in the first round to defeat another German player, Carina Witthoeft, 5-7 6-1 6-3 in one hour and 59 minutes. Petkovic, who hasn’t…
1. Alizé Cornet v Louisa Chirico (Washington, R2) The first result from the 2015 Citi Open yielded a surprising outcome as the 19-year-old, Louisa Chirico scored her first ever WTA main draw with a comprehensive 6-3 6-0 victory over Heather Watson. The Brit’s last match had been on Centre Court at Wimbledon against Serena Williams…
So how is your summer going? Are you having fun? I sure hope you are getting outside and doing something fun! One of my favorite parts of summer is getting the opportunity to exercise outside in the sun. My body and mind just feels great! Being a diehard fitness enthusiast for my whole life I…
The most enticing of the first round matches from the 2015 Bank of the West Classic Premier tournament in Stanford features the number five seed, Angelique Kerber up against Daria Gavrilova. The pair played each other in consecutive weeks in Brisbane and Sydney at the start of the year. Although Kerber won both matches, the…
It’s been a while since a Racket Rally update so here we go… unfortunately they’ve been a bit slack with updating of late and a couple of WTA tournaments have been missed. Hopefully they will be back to normal for the US Open series but there have been less and less updates over the year.…
The 2015 US Open series officially kicks off this week at the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford. The break has been good but i’m ready for some more tennis and it’s going to be coming thick and fast over the next couple of weeks with Toronto and Cincy back-to-back. Stanford has a decent draw…
The Citi Open in Washington DC always produces one of the best line-ups for a WTA International event. This year is no different with the top eight seeds all in the top 35. The draw could have been stronger though if it hadn’t been for the late withdrawals of Victoria Azarenka (shoulder), Eugenie Bouchard (abdominal)…
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…
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