JOY. I love Venus-Petra matches. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE. On Thursday, Venus Williams and Petra Kvitova will play each other for a place in the quarter-finals of Beijing. The pair have played five times and ALL five matches have gone three sets. I’m sorry about all the capital letters. I’M EXCITED. Venus Williams lost to Caroline…
Beijing’s schedule on Wednesday was ravaged by the weather. The final second round match from the women’s draw featuring Alize Cornet and Lauren Davis was moved to the main stadium under the roof. Seven third round matches will take to the court on Thursday including Svetlana Kuznetsova against Angelique Kerber, which was scheduled for Wednesday.…
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Many thanks to Adam Wells (some of you may recognise Adam as createdsick in the comments section of Moo’s Tennis Blog) for writing this recap of the second round match that took place in Beijing today between Venus Williams and Caroline Garcia. My preview of Wednesday’s matches in Beijing will follow soon. Thanks again, Adam!…
Monday in Beijing saw two notable results: Serena Williams recovered from a 5-0 first set deficit and multiple set points to somehow overcome Silvia Soler-Espinosa in straight sets, 7-5 6-2. Alize Cornet also had another excellent win in this Asian Swing as she defeated Jelena Jankovic in three sets, 7-5 3-6 6-4 in two hours…
Beijing is well underway and first round action will conclude on Monday. In the pick of the matches so far on Sunday, Andrea Petkovic outlasted Monica Niculescu in a gripping contest, 2-6 7-6(8) 6-4 that lasted two hours and 47 minutes (although it felt more like ten hours). Petkovic saved three match points, two of…
I’ve ignored the ATP tournaments over the last couple of weeks and probably will do for some of 250 events as I just don’t have the time to cover them here on Moo’s Tennis Blog. This week’s ATP tournaments, both 500 events, have great draws with nine of the top ten in action. Rafael Nadal…
I always like to get my pre-tournament preview out before the main draw kicks off, but that has resulted in a rather slapdash effort as the main draw for Beijing kicks off on Saturday! I don’t understand why all these tournaments have to overlap and why they couldn’t have a couple of days off between…
No time for a proper preview tonight! ATP Beijing Final Prediction Novak Djokovic Rafael Nadal to beat Novak Djokovic in 3 sets – always interesting when these two play, but Nadal definitely has the upper hand in their matches so it’s Rafa for me. WTA Beijing Final Prediction Serena Williams to beat Jelena Jankovic in…
1. Petra Kvitova v Jelena Jankovic Petra Kvitova Another three setter and another victory for Petra Kvitova, who has now won her last 8 matches and her last 9 three set matches. Kvitova beat Li Na for the best win of them all as she recovered from losing the first set and fought off a…
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