The first days of the Miami Open provide a great atmosphere to watch the stars of the WTA relax and practice before the chaos ensues later in the week. That said, Day 2 of the Miami Open offered a chance to see the completion of the qualifying competition and beginning of the first round for…
Take a bow, Elena Vesnina… Coming through the qualifying draw in Charleston, the 29-year-old is into her first WTA final since 2013 after defeating Sara Errani, 6-4 4-6 6-2. In a thoroughly engaging semi-final, Vesnina produced a sensational third set display, aggressive and precise, and hitting 17 winners to 14 unforced errors. While she admitted in her post-match…
It was a wild week on the WTA tour at the Dubai Duty Free Championships which was littered with upsets as all eight seeds departed before the quarter-finals and without winning a match. Upsets always add an injection of excitement, but the loss of seeds this week was rather unnerving. The final promised drama but…
It has been a wild week at the 2016 Dubai Duty Free Championships; all eight seeds failed to win a match, a feat that had never occurred at a Premier event and hadn’t happened on the WTA tour since Bastad in 2014. After all the upsets we are left with a final to be contested…
The first of the unlikely semi-finals at the Dubai Duty Free Championships will feature the world number 21, Elina Svitolina up against the world number 22, Sara Errani. Svitolina had won just one match this year on the WTA tour heading into Dubai but has tripled that figure with another Premier semi-final appearance. Svitolina backed up…
All eight second round matches are on Tuesday’s order of play at the Apia International in Sydney. This includes the first outing in 2016 for Simona Halep who plays at not before 6pm local time against Caroline Garcia (see preview HERE). This post covers Jelena Jankovic v Sara Errani (1st up on Show Court 1)…
This post previews six of the first round matches from the 2016 Brisbane International main draw including Sunday’s matches featuring Timea Bacsinszky v Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Alizé Cornet v Kristina Mladenovic. In case you missed it, you can read a (newly revamped!) preview of the full main draw on mootennis.com HERE. 1. Maria Sharapova (3) v Ekaterina Makarova A…
The 2015 WTA season has come to an end and as is tradition on Moo’s Tennis Blog, it’s time to count down my favourite matches of the year. In 2014, the fourth round match between Maria Sharapova and Angelique Kerber at Wimbledon was my number one pick. It’s worth noting that these are my personal…
The Huajin Securities WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai got underway on Tuesday with Venus Williams, Jelena Jankovic and Elina Svitolina all scoring wins. Despite being a bit on the fence with this tournament, the early signs are favourable; it’s a great stadium and it was pretty well attended (well, better than I expected!). The fans…
There are a couple of players i’ve really warmed to during this year but none more so than Timea Bacsinszky. Her personality, her story and most importantly, the way she plays tennis have all drawn me in like a moth to a flame. It’s been a tough few months for Timea as she has struggled for match…
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