Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer headline the 2014 US Open draw, which is without the defending champion, Rafael Nadal. On the topic of missing players, when I see a men’s draw like this one, I really miss DelPo. Hopefully we should see an appearance from Juan Martin del Potro before the end of the year. …
Moo’s Tennis Blog has been lucky enough to have photos from Cincy this week. Many thanks go to photographer, Omar Boraby for his kindness in providing photos from the W&S Open. You can check out Omar’s official website HERE and follow him on Twitter at @PhotographyOmar. After such a successful week, if there any photographers…
The top half in Cincy has been ravaged with upsets and on Friday, Julien Benneteau upset Stan Wawrinka, 1-6 6-1 6-2. It was a puzzling performance from Stan. I thought (and to be honest, kind of hope) he was struggling with an injury. He seemed to check out in the third set, meanwhile Benneteau played…
For the second consecutive week, Novak Djokovic fell in the third round of a tournament and this time, to Tommy Robredo. TOMMY ROBREDO. The Spaniard has had a brilliant week, winning all his matches in straight sets. Despite these rather surprising losses, I’d still take Djokovic as the favourite to win the US Open. I…
James Ward scored a really great win over Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, 6-2 3-6 6-1. The Brit won two matches in qualifying and moves into the second round where he will play Julien Benneteau. Second round action will be completed in Cincy on Wednesday. 1. Fernando Verdasco v Marin Cilic (ATP Cincy, R2) I had to preview…
This is going to be an exciting week for Moo’s Tennis Blog. More details to follow later! The men’s draw in Cincy actually kicks off on Sunday with two main draw matches, the first of them starting at 9pm UK time. I really don’t understand why they would schedule two matches today, but hey ho. …
I must admit I haven’t watched a great deal of men’s tennis this week. One match I did get to watch was the quarter-final between Kevin Anderson and Grigor Dimitrov. Oh my god. Poor Kevin. In tennis, I never use the word “choke”. I hate the word and I feel some people have begun using…
Allez Jo! The big headline on Thursday surrounded the world number one, Novak Djokovic, who was knocked out of the Rogers Cup by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 6-2 6-2. Although some saw it coming after Djokovic was on court for two hours and 40 minutes against Gael Monfils, this scoreline is just crazy. Novak doesn’t lose matches,…
Fourteen second round matches will take place on a jam-packed day in Toronto. Rain hurt the forecast for the second day running, but all the matches got completed. In one of two second round matches on Tuesday, Stan Wawrinka needed a third set tiebreak to get past Benoit Paire. In first round action, Ivo Karlovic…
There are a handful of second round matches in Montreal and Toronto on Tuesday with Eugenie Bouchard, Agnieszka Radwanska, Victoria Azarenka, Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka all in action. First round action will also conclude at both tournaments. On the first day of action, two seeds fell in Montreal; Sabine Lisicki produced one of her…
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