Angelique Kerber Is it just me or has Tokyo been pretty great this week? I felt a bit disinterested during and after the US Open and I don’t know if it is because I had a break away from following tennis and it has rejuvenated my interest. This tournament has been missing the big three,…
Tokyo has been pretty fun this year and the semi-final line-up does not disappoint with four players who have all struggled this year, but shone in Japan. 1. Venus Williams v Petra Kvitova Petra Kvitova The resurgence of Venus Williams continued today as she put away Eugenie Bouchard, 6-3 6-7(4) 6-3 in an entertaining contest…
1. Venus Williams v Eugenie Bouchard Eugenie Bouchard The most intriguing of the quarters features two of the giant killers from Tokyo this year as the experience of Venus Williams takes on the youth of Eugenie Bouchard. Venus upset an illness-riddled Victoria Azarenka in the second round and backed it up with a far superior…
Today saw quite an upset as a struggling, Victoria Azarenka was bundled out of the tournament by Venus Williams, who put in a measured performance to go to 3-0 in their head-to-head. I have only had a chance to watch the highlights and boy is it weird watching Azarenka not grunting. I remember she went…
1st round action in Tokyo wrapped up today with a series of spectacular collapses. Madison Keys, who struggled for momentum during the summer hard court season due to a number of injuries, had a really great win over Carla Suarez Navarro as she recovered from a 6-2 5-2 deficit to win 2-6 7-5 6-2. Last…
I am pleased to say that Moo’s Tennis Blog is back from vacation! I had a lovely week exploring Switzerland. It was a largely tennis free week, which I really needed because blogging had been pretty much constant since the beginning of the clay court season. However whilst in Switzerland, I did visit Gstaad where…
Grand Slam action is over for 2013! Here is my concluding post to wrap up this year’s US Open. Enjoy… The Champions: Serena Williams Serena Williams: A 5th US Open title and 17th Grand Slam title marked another superb week for the world number one. Progression through to the final was smooth, but the final…
Novak Djokovic Both singles finals this year will feature the top two players in the world and hopefully, will provide us with entertaining showpieces to conclude a US Open that has lacked headlines and high quality tennis matches. Novak Djokovic‘s first 4 matches were a breeze as he lost just 22 games. The last 2…
Victoria Azarenka Just two women remain and it is the final that most wanted and predicted; world number 1, Serena Williams will take on world number 2, Victoria Azarenka in a rematch of last year’s US Open final where Azarenka served for the title, but was undone by Serena who came away with a 6-2…
I feel like I am constantly beating down on this year’s US Open, but it will go down as one of the most unmemorable slams in recent times. A good ending to the Championships will go some way to changing that but we have had a significant lack of quality matches particularly on the mens…
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