1. Sam Stosur v Jamie Hampton Sam Stosur The match top on my viewing priority and that ticks the box for all court tennis will be the second rounder between Sam Stosur and Jamie Hampton. Stosur had a solid first round win over a struggling, Svetlana Kuznetsova, 6-1 7-5. There was a lot of effort…
There were quite a few upsets in the mens draw last night as Nicolas Almagro (l. to Dimitrov), Jerzy Janowicz (l. to Blake) and Fabio Fognini (l. to Stepanek) all went out in the first round. Of course the big news and the most uplifting story of the day was Alisa Kleybanova claiming her first…
It is my intention to trial a new feature to Moo’s Tennis Blog, which will be a summary blog for the conclusion of the major tournaments on tour. I will be doing it at select events (notably when I have some free time!) and if it proves popular, I will try to develop it further…
Preparations for the US Open, which begins in just two weeks (TWO WEEKS!) are well underway and a stellar womens field will be in Cincinnati including the return of Maria Sharapova and Wimbledon finalist, Sabine Lisicki. Let’s take a look at the draw… FIRST QUARTER – S.Williams (1) v M.Bartoli (8) Serena Williams Serena Williams…
Roger Federer is back… let’s take a look at the draw. FIRST QUARTER – N.Djokovic (1) v R.Gasquet (8) Novak Djokovic Novak Djokovic heads into Cincy with probably, not a great deal of confidence having suffered another loss to Rafael Nadal in Montreal. His first match of the week will be against either Juan Monaco…
1. Serena Williams v Sorana Cirstea (Toronto, F) Sorana Cirstea This week’s memorable moments have all but exclusively featured Sorana Cirstea, who has played a fantastic week of tennis with wins over Caroline Wozniacki, Jelena Jankovic, Petra Kvitova and Li Na. Her semi-final victory over Li showed nerves of steel as she came back from…
1. Novak Djokovic v Rafael Nadal (Montreal, SF) Novak Djokovic The highlight of Saturday’s line-up will see Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic play each other on the hard courts for the first time since the 2012 Australian Open final. Both players strolled into the semi-finals with straight set wins; Djokovic recovered from a lacklustre quarter-final…
1. Agnieszka Radwanska v Sara Errani (Toronto, QF) Sara Errani This week has been a real struggle, but Sara Errani and her non-existent second serve have somehow managed to reach yet another quarter-final in what has been another brilliant year for the Italian. Errani has suffered major wobbles in both her matches this week; today…
1. Agnieszka Radwanska v Sloane Stephens (Toronto, R3) Sloane Stephens There are quite a few potential third round matches I would put ahead of this match but it is the best of the ones confirmed for Thursday so far. Sloane Stephens has continued her good form in 2013 anywhere but the US with two solid…
1. Caroline Wozniacki v Sorana Cirstea (Toronto, R2) Caroline Wozniacki Aside from a run to the final at Indian Wells, 2013 has been largely forgettable for Caroline Wozniacki. This will be her first match since Wimbledon where she slipped and suffered an injury on Black Wednesday, but kept fighting, before falling to to Petra Cetkovska…
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