Daniela Hantuchova kicked off the defence of her Birmingham title with a commanding 6-1 6-4 victory over Belinda Bencic. For a set and a half, Hantuchova delivered a clinic of grass-court tennis. Solid serving, thumping returns, of which she must have hit well into double figures, and consistent aggressive play from the back of the…
Alternative post alert… Mindsponge is an educational web-series on YouTube. The goal of the series is to find the science, history, stories, and reasons behind questions that a lot of people have asked before, but that most people don’t know the answers to. You may be wondering why I am writing about this on a tennis…
The main draws in Birmingham, Queens and Halle all kicked off today. My first round predictions for Birmingham are following a similar trend to 2013. Looking at my full draw predictions, i’ve never seen such a solid cluster of red. There were a number of surprising results; one of the more eye popping was Victoria…
Rafael Nadal conquered Roland Garros for the ninth time with a 3-6 7-5 6-2 6-4 over Novak Djokovic in Sunday. It was a final that had its moments, but never quite got going. Now we move very quickly on to the grass… keep up! Last year, I completely sucked at predicting anything correct on the…
THE GRASS COURT SEASON IS HERE. HIP HIP HOORAY! I could not be more excited that June has arrived and tennis is coming to the UK. Moo’s Tennis Blog will be covering EVERYTHING during the next four weeks so please stay tuned! I’ll be at the AEGON International in Eastbourne for three days next week…
I wasn’t able to watch yesterday’s Roland Garros final between Maria Sharapova and Simona Halep live. I saw the highlights of the third set last night and just had to say a few words. Wow. What a match and what a fight from both players. I was gutted for Simona, who I was rooting for…
The final showdown of 2014 Roland Garros is the one that almost everyone expected and personally, the one I wanted to see. The top two players in the world, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic will meet for the third time this year and for the 42nd time in their career. Nadal goes in as the…
In a draw that has been littered with shocks and members of the WTA new generation making their presence known, we are left with a fantastic showpiece featuring the world numbers four and eight, Simona Halep and Maria Sharapova. The Roland Garros final will be a repeat of the Madrid final, which was played four weeks…
Absolutely crackers. That is the only way I can sum up the events that unfolded on Thursday night as Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray beat the darkness to book their places in the semi-finals. At one stage, it looked like Nadal wouldn’t finish and Murray would, but this flipped round rather dramatically. After two closely…
This has been a really engaging Roland Garros, which has featured the welcome emergence of new faces at the business end of a Grand Slam. Ernests Gulbis, love him or hate him, is a character and his tennis this week has been terrific. Gulbis produced his best performance of the week, tournament and year to…
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