The draw for the 2016 Australian Open was completed on Friday morning in Melbourne with main draw action set to get underway on Monday. For this draw, a cloud of uncertainty looms over many of the world’s top ten including the defending champion, Serena Williams. This post is my preview of the draw looking at the…
Soooo… the Australian Open concluded with Novak Djokovic defeating Andy Murray in four sets, 7-6(5) 6-7(4) 6-3 6-0 to win his fifth Australian Open title. It was an up-and-down match that had it’s moments, particularly the second half of the second set. Some of the criticism labelled at Djokovic was, in my opinion, complete twoddle. …
Take a bow, ladies. Serena Williams defeated Maria Sharapova, 6-3 7-6(5) to win her sixth Australian Open title and 19th Grand Slam overall in what was a fantastic final. The final had plenty of highlights and it was the second set that really brought this match to live. Pre-match, I wasn’t really feeling it. Although…
Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray will contest the Australian Open for the third time in their career when the pair meet on Sunday to wrap up the 2015 Australian Open Championships. Murray was first into the final with a four set victory over Tomas Berdych, 6-7(6) 6-0 6-3 7-5. After a feisty opening set in…
I don’t have a great deal to say other than YAY! Lucie Safarova and Bethanie Mattek-Sands beat Yung-Jan Chan and Jie Zheng, 6-4 7-6(5) in the final of the women’s doubles. Lucie and Beth both saved break points in their last two service games before breaking to seal the opening set, 6-4. The second set was…
The Australian summer of tennis is nearing its conclusion as the top two seeds, Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova will battle it out for the 2015 Australian Open title. It’s been a fun two weeks as always, but i’m looking forward to normal sleep patterns and not dreaming about tennis results (is that just me?…
All my favourite players have long gone from the singles draws, but Lucie is still sticking around in the women’s doubles! Playing with partner, Bethanie Mattek-Sands, the pair have reached the final in their first ever tournament outing together. Beth has won a mixed doubles title before, but for Lucie, this is a first ever…
The quarter-final line-up for both the men and the women looked great on paper, but the last few days have been a little flat. Is it just me who loses interest at the end of tournaments when all my favourite players have all gone out? Generally, I much prefer the early stages of a tournament…
The second of the women’s semi-final will be an all-American affair between Serena Williams and the unseeded breakthrough act at this year’s Australian Open, Madison Keys. In the first of Wednesday’s quarter-finals, Keys fought from a break down in the decider and through a leg injury to beat Venus Williams, 6-3 4-6 6-4. @MooTennisBlog Vee…
The loss of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal from the bottom half of the men’s draw has opened the door for Andy Murray and Tomas Berdych, who will meet each other in the first of the men’s semi-finals which will be played on Thursday night in Melbourne (8.30am in the UK). I was chuffed for…
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