The inaugural Year-End-Championships in Singapore will kick off with a blockbuster opening match between the number one seed, Serena Williams and the number seven seed, Ana Ivanovic. This match will begin at 7.30pm local time, which should be 12.30pm in the UK. Both players are coming into this first match after a walkover in their…
This has been one of the most fascinating seasons on the WTA tour for years and it will all come to a glittering crescendo next week in Singapore. Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova, Petra Kvitova, Simona Halep, Eugenie Bouchard, Agnieszka Radwanska, Ana Ivanovic and Caroline Wozniacki will battle it out for the last meaningful piece of…
As Luxembourg finishes on Saturday, the other four draws this week will feature semi-final action. In Moscow, doubles partners Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Lucie Safarova are the only seeds left and could meet in the final. As always, Moo’s Tennis Blog is rooting for Lucie to go all the way! Grigor Dimitrov hit a pair of…
As Barbora Zahlavova Strycova knocked out Mona Barthel in the second of the Luxembourg semi-finals, my hopes of finishing 2014 with a tournament champion were crushed! Mona was my champion this week and she had a good week. However she was comfortably beaten by Zahlavova Strycova, who produced a solid performance to win 6-3 6-2. …
I’m busy this evening so this will be my only preview for the day. Thankfully there is one match already confirmed and it will be one of the highlights for Friday. Singapore is on the horizon and Moo’s Tennis Blog will be previewing the year-end-championships once the draw for the groups have been confirmed. Lucie…
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There is plenty of tennis on Thursday so here’s a selection of thoughts and picks for all five draws. My predictions have been so-so this week, but both my champions in Moscow and Luxembourg are still alive. Last week was good, but I just came up short in predicting a champion… WTA Moscow 2nd Round…
Crazy scoreline, crazy match. Mona Barthel recovered from a set and a break down to defeat the number eight seed in Luxembourg, Monica Niculescu. It was the kind of wackadoodle match you would expect from two players on complete opposite ends of the tennis spectrum. Niculescu completely dominated the first set as Barthel struggled to…
Moscow and Luxembourg are well under way with quite a few typical end-of-season results. Most notably, a visibly upset Andrea Petkovic was knocked out of Luxembourg by Pauline Parmentier in straight sets. In other news, Juan Martin del Potro officially announced he won’t be back until 2015, which was a smart move. Women’s Tennis Blog…
This is the last week of regular WTA tournaments in 2014 and once again, i’m scratching my head wondering where the hell has 2014 gone?! The final two events will be held in Moscow and Luxembourg. Both tournaments have end-of-season vibes with plenty of pull-outs. Moscow has been hit hard with the likes of Caroline…
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