In case you missed it, i’ve just started the first ever Moo’s Tennis Blog prize giveaway for my readers! I’m giving away three copies of the Game, Set and Match tennis book thanks to Bloomsbury Books UK. All you have to do to enter is to share my Twitter or Facebook posts advertising the competition.…
A small handful of Wimbledon tickets are realised at 9am before each day on Ticketmaster and I got really lucky and managed to get a court 3 ticket for Monday. Here are my photos and recaps from the matches I watched on court 3 on day 1 of the 2015 Wimbledon Championships. Marin Cilic d.…
Thursday began with Milos Raonic pulling out of the tournament before his scheduled match with Kei Nishikori. This meant that David Ferrer played Nishikori in the afternoon match and HALLELUJAH, we had a three setter and a good match. Roger Federer is through to the semi-finals with Andy Murray needing to beat Federer in straight…
On Monday, group A produced four breakstick sets and two matches lasting less than one hour. It is very rare to see such one-sided matches on the ATP tour, particularly at a tournament of this calibre. Here are recaps from Monday and previews looking ahead to the second set of matches from group A on…
Monday’s night match features world number one, Novak Djokovic up against the US Open champion, Marin Cilic. Djokovic was in stunning form in Paris. He looked focused and motivated on court despite the recent birth of his first child and won the title without dropping a set. It’s been another impressive year for Djokovic, the…
I’ve been focusing on the WTA tour the past few weeks, but how could I ignore the sensational line-up of quarter-final matches in the ATP draw in Beijing? I saw a few highlights of Rafael Nadal’s first match since Wimbledon against Richard Gasquet in the first round of Beijing. There was one rally in that…
The final Grand Slam concluded on Monay night with Marin Cilic winning his first Grand Slam title with a 6-3 6-3 6-3 victory over Kei Nishikori. I went to bed after two sets, but mentally prepared myself for the result… it’s still completely weird. Cilic played magnificent tennis through his last three matches and is…
The final Grand Slam of 2014 for the men will be contested between Kei Nishikori and Marin Cilic. SERIOUSLY. This will be the first Grand Slam final since the 2005 Australian Open not to feature one of Federer, Nadal, Djokovic or Murray. It’s also the first Grand Slam final since the 2002 French Open…
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…
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…
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