Day 4 was a strange old day at the Australian Open as there were delays for both heat and rain. The Extreme Heat Policy finally came into action as play was suspended for much of the afternoon resulting in many matches being played until the early hours of Friday morning in Melbourne. There were some…
Yesterday I correctly predicted all three previewed matches. Today’s top three are much tougher to call, but I am hoping to repeat it with a few risky picks. The Australian Open needs a big match to really kick this tournament into gear. Day 3 went without much drama and to be honest, the whole slate of…
The big talking point on day 2 was the weather as temperatures soared to 42 degrees celsius and a number of players had issues, most notably Frank Dancevic, who collapsed on court and Peng Shuai, who valiantly fought on after cramping and vomiting on court. You can read Dancevic’s views HERE. First, my thoughts on day…
Day 1 is done and there were a surprising number of high profile exits in the women’s draw as Petra Kvitova, Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci all fell. Tommy Haas was the only seed to exit in the men’s draw. So much happened and I have missed out on so much whilst sleeping and working! …
It was brought to my attention that the password for joining the TFF Dream Team league I advertised HERE was incorrect in some of my posts. Apologies for this and a big thank you to the reader who noticed the error. To confirm, the password to join the Moo’s Tennis Blog league is aa73d7f026224bd13a5cdc1cb52ec86e. We…
It is my intention over the next year to bring you something a bit different with my conclusions from each week. This review has got slightly lost in the ether as I have been meticulously taking apart the Australian Open draws. It was a pretty monumental week on the WTA tour with two qualifiers coming…
Yesterday I posted my women’s preview for the Australian Open and now it’s time for the men’s. Your thoughts are widely encouraged in the comments section. Do you agree or disagree with my predictions? Whatever way, I’d love to hear from you. Let’s take a look at the men’s draw for the 2014 Australian Open……
It’s Grand Slam time! The women’s draw is out with Serena Williams standing tall at the top of the drawsheet. As ever, the draw has thrown up some interesting first round matches. Here are my thoughts and predictions for the 2014 Australian Open women’s draw. Your opinions are widely encouraged in the comments section and…
Every year I take part in a tennis fantasy game, which is run by the charity, Tennis For Free. Their fantasy game covers the four Grand Slams where you pick a team of 10 ATP and WTA players and score points depending on their progression through the tournament. This year I have decided to set…
Hands up if you had Tsvetana Pironkova to win seven straight matches and make the final in Sydney! The Bulgarian world number 107, Pironkova takes on Angelique Kerber in tomorrow’s Sydney final. In yesterday’s poll, there were a fair few votes for Keys, but 70% of you correctly sided with Kerber. Note – The Australian Open…
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