Pre-tournament buzz was centered around the potential third round clash between Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova. Despite Belgium’s best efforts, it’s onnnnn. Both players came through their second round matches in straight sets; Sharapova overcame Yanina Wickmayer, 6-1 7-5 and Azarenka defeated Kirsten Flipkens, 6-2 6-4. This really feels like more than just a third…
WOW. Lucie Safarova won her biggest career title as she defeated Victoria Azarenka, 6-4 6-3 in the final of the 2015 Qatar Open. This was a tremendous week of tennis from Lucie as she beat Sam Stosur, Ekaterina Makarova, Andrea Petkovic, Carla Suarez Navarro and Azarenka. I would never have imagined at the start of…
LUCIE’S IN THE FINAL! WOOOOOOOO… And back to planet Earth. Lucie Safarova reached her first WTA final since Quebec City in 2013 with another superb display to defeat Carla Suarez Navarro in the semi-finals, 6-3 6-2. Safarova has been in terrific form this week and picked up right where she left off from in her…
In the second of the semi-finals in Doha, Venus Williams and Victoria Azarenka will play each other for the fifth time on the WTA tour. Vika is still searching for her first win over Venus. In two rematches from Melbourne, both victors in Australia were winners once again in the quarter-finals of Doha. Azarenka defeated…
In the best match of the tournament so far, Victoria Azarenka defeated Elina Svitolina, 6-3 6-7(4) 6-1 in Doha. It was a highly competitive and well fought match packed full of intense rallies. Azarenka started the match well; she was broken serving for the set, but closed it out in the next game. In the…
As another top ten seed in Petra Kvitova departed the tournament, Serena Williams’s chances of prevailing at this year’s Australian Open received another boost. In my opinion, this match-up against Muguruza will be the defining match of her Australian Open. If she wins it, i’d fancy Serena to win the whole caboodle. Poll Results for…
The match of the tournament so far will see the two time Australian Open champion, Victoria Azarenka go up against the number eight seed, Caroline Wozniacki. I can’t quite fathom how this match hasn’t earnt the night session on Rod Laver Arena, but the scheduling has been odd so far this week. To see a…
The Australian Open starts tonight! In case you missed it, my preview for the women’s AO draw is already up and you can check it out HERE. Thanks for all the votes in the poll; After nearly 200 votes, Maria Sharapova currently leads the way with 26% of your votes, followed by Simona Halep (16%),…
After Switzerland’s victory in the Davis Cup final, it is now officially the off-season… I’m already in off-season mode here at Moo’s Tennis Blog and this is the third part of four counting down my favourite 20 matches on the WTA tour in 2014. If you missed either of the first two parts then you…
In the countdown of my favourite WTA matches of the year, here comes part two of the festivities. If you missed the first part which featured matches 20 to 16, you can catch up HERE. Anyway, here are matches 15 to 11 with some love for this year’s clay court season… 15. Jelena Jankovic d.…
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