Simona Halep was the first player to officially qualify for the semi-finals of the WTA Championships, whilst the fate of Ana Ivanovic and Serena Williams still hangs in the balance. In the final group game from the round robin stage, Ana Ivanovic needs to defeat Simona Halep in straight sets to advance to the semi-finals. …
I’m writing over at Women’s Tennis Blog for the next four days. I’ve just posted my review of Tuesday, which you can read HERE. Don’t worry, i’ll still be posting my daily previews here at mootennis.com. I’m gutted right now for two reasons… 1) To have missed the first match of today, which saw Wozniacki…
Thanks to Adam Wells for watching and recapping the second of today’s round robin matches in Singapore between Simona Halep and Eugenie Bouchard. Enjoy… This match saw the youngest women in the game’s top 20 making their Tour Finals debut. And to say the occasion got to the younger of the two would be an…
Like the first match between Serena and Ana, the second match from the red group featuring Simona Halep and Eugenie Bouchard has some pretty bold question marks after both players pulled of their most recent tournaments with injuries. Bouchard won her first match in Linz and then pulled out with a left leg injury. In…
This has been one of the most fascinating seasons on the WTA tour for years and it will all come to a glittering crescendo next week in Singapore. Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova, Petra Kvitova, Simona Halep, Eugenie Bouchard, Agnieszka Radwanska, Ana Ivanovic and Caroline Wozniacki will battle it out for the last meaningful piece of…
Beijing’s schedule on Wednesday was ravaged by the weather. The final second round match from the women’s draw featuring Alize Cornet and Lauren Davis was moved to the main stadium under the roof. Seven third round matches will take to the court on Thursday including Svetlana Kuznetsova against Angelique Kerber, which was scheduled for Wednesday.…
The first round in Wuhan wrapped up with Ana Ivanovic, Dominika Cibulkova, Lucie Safarova and Flavia Pennetta all going out. The Tokyo champion, Ivanovic retired at 5-7 5-6 down to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Safarova went out in three sets to Sabine Lisicki, meanwhile Pennetta was knocked out by the soaring, Jarmila Gajdosova. The biggest surprise of…
EMERGENCY POST. The 2014 US Open had been, dare I say, a little dull through the first four days. Suddenly, in the space of about 15 minutes, the women’s draw was given a rather hefty (and welcome) shake as Simona Halep, Angelique Kerber and Venus Williams all lost. It’s a real shame that all these…
The quarter-finals in Cincy promise to be another great day of WTA tennis. However i’m disappointed by the scheduling for two reasons: 1) Ivanovic v Svitolina getting the top court OVER Sharapova v Halep?! 2) three of the WTA matches are late so I doubt I’ll get to watch them here in the UK! This…
Petra Kvitova lost her first match in Cincy to Elina Svitolina, 6-2 7-6(2). I thought Petra played well in Montreal, but this was a disappointing performance. The conditions don’t suit her game, but I expected Petra to come through. Svitolina was solid although her attempts (X2) at trying to serve out the match were painful…
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