Roger Federer came from two sets down and two match points down to defeat Gael Monfils in a fantastic quarter-final, 4-6 3-6 6-4 7-5 6-2. You can see the highlights from the two match points that Federer saved here… Video by Gustavo Lemos This was a huge result for Federer, who had been tipped by…
Kei Nishikori reached his first Grand Slam semi-final. Not surprising. Kei Nishikori won back-to-back five setters. Very surprising. On Wednesday morning, Nishikori came from two sets to one down to defeat Milos Raonic, 4-6 7-6(4) 6-7(6) 7-5 6-4 in four hours and 19 minutes. Nishikori followed that up with another huge win in the quarter-finals…
I’m covering Women’s Tennis Blog for a few days so you can check out my recap of the women’s quarter-final between Ekaterina Makarova and Victoria Azarenka HERE. It was a stunning performance from Makarova, who finally broke into a Grand Slam semi-final for the first time in her career. She will play Serena Williams or…
Gael Monfils recovered from a mini-meltdown at the end of the second set to record another straight sets win, this time over Grigor Dimitrov, 7-5 7-6(6) 7-5. Dimitrov had set points in the second set tiebreak, but faltered on several key points. He then double faulted on match point. It was a disappointing performance from…
Andy Murray enjoyed his first top ten win of 2014 with an excellent display to defeat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in straight sets, 7-5 7-5 6-4. Tsonga had a break in the second and third sets, but folded a tad at the conclusion of all three sets. This sets up a Murray v Djokovic quarter, which promises…
The biggest upset of the men’s tournament saw David Ferrer go out in four sets to Gilles Simon, who played a great match. Every now and then, Simon seems to come alive. He did it against Rafael Nadal in Rome and I remember a great match he played at the US Open against Juan Martin…
It has been a pretty low-key start to the men’s US Open, but some good matches are starting to develop as the third round will conclude on Sunday. The advantage of no major shocks is that there are likely to be more enticing match-ups in the latter stages. Still, I think the draw needs a…
While all kinds of crazy were happening in the women’s draw, the men’s draw has seen very few upsets. There are a few exciting third round matches that were set for Sunday with Grigor Dimitrov to play the in-form, David Goffin and an all-French match-up between Richard Gasquet and Gael Monfils. Here’s a pair of…
In the TFF DreamTeam game, Wild Briar Village is the current leader in the Moo’s Tennis Blog league. This isn’t good news because that’s my brother. HannonShane is in second place followed by Caskett in third place. This will probably have changed if you’re checking the leaderboard now! I’ve had a solid start in the…
I’m finding it hard to get excited about the men’s draw with this ridiculous scheduling at the US Open. Two second round matches will be completed on Wednesday with first round action concluding too. In my opinion, the tournament loses all sense of flow and those players who have to play their first round matches…
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