In the TFF DreamTeam game, Wild Briar Village is the current leader in the Moo’s Tennis Blog league. This isn’t good news because that’s my brother. HannonShane is in second place followed by Caskett in third place. This will probably have changed if you’re checking the leaderboard now! I’ve had a solid start in the…
This has been a really engaging Roland Garros, which has featured the welcome emergence of new faces at the business end of a Grand Slam. Ernests Gulbis, love him or hate him, is a character and his tennis this week has been terrific. Gulbis produced his best performance of the week, tournament and year to…
We are getting to the business end of the 2014 French Open and I am already starting to think about the grass court season starting NEXT WEEK! On day 9, Rafael Nadal cruised past Dusan Lajovic for the loss of just four games to set up a quarter-final showdown with David Ferrer, a rematch of…
In a compelling and, at times, perplexing 4th round match, Ernests Gulbis stunned Roger Federer in five sets to progress into just his second Grand Slam quarter-final. Gulbis was surprisingly solid in the deciding set, needing just the one break of serve to win, 6-7(5) 7-6(3) 6-2 4-6 6-3 in three hours and 42 minutes. …
Day 7 finished in dramatic fashion as Andy Murray and Philipp Kohlschreiber were halted for bad light tied at 7-7 in the deciding set of their third round clash. The last couple of games were fantastic entertainment. Credit to Kohlschreiber, who I expected to fold. On three occasions he held with scoreboard pressure. Murray was…
For British tennis fans, it is worth noting you can buy pre-sale tickets for the World Tour Finals at the O2. Also, tickets for the AEGON International at Eastbourne go on sale on Friday the 14th of March from 9am. If you’re a tennis buff and have never been to Eastbourne, I would highly recommend…
The bottom half of the men’s draw was cut up into mulch on Sunday. Juan Martin del Potro withdrew due to the wrist injury and then Tomas Berdych, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Gilles Simon were all knocked out of the tournament. Berdych’s loss to Roberta Bautista-Agut was particularly surprising based on his excellent start to the…
Doha has seen a surprising number of upsets this week with Tomas Berdych, Andy Murray, David Ferrer and Fernando Verdasco all being knocked out in the first two rounds. The quarter-finals has a distinctively German feel to it with four German players left in the tournament. Rafael Nadal v Ernests Gulbis (ATP Doha, QF) The…
1. Agnieszka Radwanska v Sloane Stephens (Toronto, R3) Sloane Stephens There are quite a few potential third round matches I would put ahead of this match but it is the best of the ones confirmed for Thursday so far. Sloane Stephens has continued her good form in 2013 anywhere but the US with two solid…
Firstly a big thumbs up to Laura Robson today who produced a fantastic performance to stun Maria Kirilenko, 6-3 6-4. I did not see that one coming particularly as Robson’s form of late has not been great, but she played a stunning match and has an opening in her section of the draw. Let’s now…
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