Clay court tournaments in Gstaad and Bucharest concluded on Sunday with home players both winning! Simona Halep was not a surprise champ in Bucharest as the number one seed and only top 20 player competing. However, Viktorija Golubic was an unexpected winner in the inaugural tournament in Gstaad, which miraculously finished on time in glorious sunshine following…
There is one more week of tournaments before things really kick into gear for the US Open Series and the road to Flushing Meadows. The series actually begins next week in Atlanta where John Isner and Kevin Anderson are the top seeds. These draws are always difficult to pick out a winner but it adds…
I am pleased to say that Moo’s Tennis Blog is back from vacation! I had a lovely week exploring Switzerland. It was a largely tennis free week, which I really needed because blogging had been pretty much constant since the beginning of the clay court season. However whilst in Switzerland, I did visit Gstaad where…
This week has felt pretty dead on the tennis tour and I am yet to sit down and watch any live tennis since Wimbledon. I believe there is a stream for Stanford online, but I find it hard to enjoy watching tennis when you can barely see the ball. The big news today was Roger…
1. Agnieszka Radwanska v Francesca Schiavone (Stanford, R2) Francesca Schiavone Stanford has just three singles matches today and I feeling a little flat with tennis proceedings this week. The match of the day (whilst I am fast asleep) will see 2013 Wimbledon semi-finalist, Agnieszka Radwanska take on Francesca Schiavone. This will be Aga’s first match…
1. Sam Stosur v Olga Govortsova (Stanford, R2) Sam Stosur The 1st round will conclude on Tuesday in Stanford along with the first second round match in the night session, which will see Sam Stosur makes her first appearance since Wimbledon against Olga Govortsova. The Belarusian defeated a heavily slumping Julia Goerges, 7-6(2) 6-2 in…
Here goes a quick round-up of the draws for next week’s ATP tournaments in Gstaad (Switzerland), Umag (Croatia) and Atlanta (USA). ATP Gstaad Roger Federer The best draw of the week comes from Gstaad where the top two Swiss players, Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka headline their home event. Federer had a tough week in…
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