In the first of the evening matches on Tuesday, last year’s finalist and the number five seed, Ana Ivanovic was bundled out of the tournament by Caroline Garcia. The Frenchwoman saved three set points in a wacky and untidy opening set before prevailing in straight sets, 7-6(6) 6-4. It’s hard to make sense of what…
1. Caroline Garcia v Sabine Lisicki (IW, R4) It’s good to see Sabine Lisicki winning matches again; she did the Roberta Vinci and Sara Errani double for the second time in under a year. In the second round, Lisicki couldn’t get the job done in straight sets against Vinci, despite serving for the match in…
The first two WTA matches of the day saw upsets as Agnieszka Radwanska and Lucie Safarova both lost in straight sets. Radwanska was beaten by Heather Watson in her biggest career win to date. I have to raise my hands and say I didn’t see that coming in the slightest. Credit to Heather for holding…
I’m enjoying this quieter week and being able to preview players who don’t often get a look in on Moo’s Tennis Blog. I’ve missed the boat to write previews for Wednesday’s matches in Monterrey and none of the matches for Thursday in Kuala Lumpur look particularly inviting… therefore, i’ve decided to get ahead of the…
1. Agnieszka Radwanska v Caroline Garcia (Dubai, R2) Agnieszka Radwanska will be looking for revenge when she goes up against Caroline Garcia in the first match of the day in Dubai on Tuesday. The pair played in Wuhan at the back end of 2014 where Garcia prevailed in a fabulous encounter, 3-6 7-6(4) 7-6(7). Their…
There have been no upsets overnight in Melbourne for the women; one seed did fall in Casey Dellacqua, but she always faced an uphill struggle against Madison Keys. Dellacqua started great, but Keys found her game to fly through the final two sets. Petra Kvitova had another solid win against Mona Barthel, who put up…
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%),…
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!…
Most of the results in Wuhan on Wednesday were predictable, but there was one that stood out like a sore thumb… Timea Bacsinszky d. Maria Sharapova, 7-6(3) 7-5. Bacsinszky has been in great form over the last couple of weeks, but I don’t think anyone expected this. A straight sets win over Sharapova is a…
Main draw action kicked off in Wuhan on Sunday with a surprisingly solid crowd on hand for what was an eventful opening day on the Centre Court. In the first match of the day, the Chinese wildcard, Xu Shilin was forced to retire due to heat exhaustion at 0-5 down in the third set tiebreak…
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