What a week for Venus Williams, who won her biggest title since 2010 and maintained a terrific 15-match winning streak in Dubai. She beat Alize Cornet in the final, which wrapped up a solid week of tennis at the Dubai Duty Free Championships. For the final poll of WTA Dubai, 69% of Moo’s Tennis Blog…
Today featured another wow moment of 2014 as the world number 26, Alize Cornet upset the world number one, Serena Williams in a stunning 6-4 6-4 victory. Cornet now meets Venus Williams in a surprising unseeded finale to the 2014 edition of the Dubai Duty Free Championships. In yesterday’s poll, 69% correctly went for Venus…
The Dubai semi-finals features a Williams special as both Venus and Serena progressed to the last four. All four quarter-finals were wrapped up in straight sets. In other news, I was scouring through the future entry lists and discovered that Jelena Jankovic and Ana Ivanovic have already committed to the AEGON Classic at Birmingham this…
Wednesday in Dubai saw quite a few surprises. Flavia Pennetta’s 6-4 6-1 victory over Agnieszka Radwanska was the biggest upset of the day. Venus sailed past Ana Ivanovic losing just three games and then Sara Errani lost to Sorana Cirstea in three sets. In Dubai’s late night match, another shock was served up as Carla…
In the two hotly anticipated matches in Dubai on Tuesday, neither disappointed. Caroline Wozniacki produced a fine turnaround to get past Sabine Lisicki, 2-6 6-3 6-3. In the other match, a third set tiebreak was needed to separate Angelique Kerber and Ana Ivanovic as Kerber suffered another really tough loss, her fourth loss this year…
I went 5 out of 5 for Dubai predictions on day 1 as another busy week of tournaments kicked off. In Dubai, Venus Williams hit 10 aces in a comprehensive victory over Elena Vesnina, 6-3 6-2. Venus won the tournament in 2009 and 2010 and is now unbeaten in 11 matches in Dubai. She has…
This year’s Dubai draw is an absolute cracker with seven of the world’s top ten competing in an all round high quality field. There are some excellent qualifiers to still be added to the list. Therefore, it makes predicting how this tournament will unfold a very tough task. Enjoy the preview, but don’t hold out…
Tomas Berdych had his chances in the first set, but just could not make them count as he was beaten by Novak Djokovic in the Dubai final, 7-5 6-3. Berdych broke in the fifth game with a fantastic passing winning, but was pegged back to 4-4 with a wasteful error at the net. Berdych chalked…
Novak Djokovic A successful set of semi-final predictions for Dubai today. Lets take a look at the final… Novak Djokovic v Tomas Berdych Tomas Berdych took out Roger Federer today with a stunning 3-6 7-6(8) 6-4 semi-final victory over Roger Federer, saving three match points in the second set tiebreak. It was a big win…
Novak Djokovic 1. Novak Djokovic v Juan Martin Del Potro (Dubai, SF) The Dubai quarter-finals were as anticipated, all very predictable with four straight set wins for the top four seeds. The semi-finals should at least see some more competitive contests and the first of those will see Juan Martin Del Potro take on a…
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