I had my preview all written for Wednesday as I thought I had guessed the schedule for Tokyo correctly… wrong! The highlight of the tournament so far will see Victoria Azarenka take on Ana Ivanovic, which is not before 9am in the UK. There are two other tournaments this week in Guangzhou and Seoul. After…
Serena Williams won her fifth title of the year with a 6-4 6-1 victory over Ana Ivanovic in the final of Cincinnati. Somewhat surprisingly, this is Serena’s first ever Cincy title. The match started promisingly in terms of being a contest with Ivanovic racing out into an early lead; however serving at *4-5 in…
Sooooo Maria v Ana was uneventful…….. hahahaha! It seems I missed out on the craziest WTA match of the year! Right after writing this preview, i’m going to watch some highlights of that third set. Ana Ivanovic defeated Maria Sharapova, 6-2 5-7 7-5 for a monstrously huge win. Ivanovic led 6-2 4-0 before Sharapova came…
A random thank you to everyone who has been following the blog this week. The poll for yesterday’s quarter-final between Maria Sharapova and Simona Halep was the most popular poll ever on Moo’s Tennis Blog with 68% going for Halep to win. It sounded like another great contest between the pair and it has firmly…
I’m delighted to be able to share some photos this week from Omar Boraby, a photographer who is working at the tournament in Cincinnati this week. Many thanks to Omar for contributing some photos to Moo’s Tennis Blog. It’s very exciting (for me at least!) because this is the first ever time we’ve had professional…
Li Na announced today that she will be skipping Montreal, Cincy AND the US Open due to a knee injury. Li missed Stuttgart earlier this year because a problem with a knee and wrote on her Facebook page that she needed to take some time off to rest the knee and make sure it heels. …
Petra Kvitova and Venus Williams produced the best womens match of the tournament as Petra came from a set down to beat Venus, 5-7 7-6(2) 7-5 in a magnificent contest. You can read my full recap of the match HERE. The line-up of third round matches from the top half of the womens draw is…
Victoria Azarenka was the highest seeded casualty on Wednesday as she was knocked out of the tournament by Bojana Jovanovski, 6-3 3-6 7-5. It was a fantastic match featuring plenty of brutal rallies. There wasn’t much variety, but the hitting was so good from both players. Azarenka hit 19 more winners than Jovanovski, but the…
Sunday’s Aegon Classic final will be contested between Ana Ivanovic and Barbora Zahlavova Strycova. Birmingham always features many surprises with the WTA players making their first steps onto the grass, so it may be regarded as a surprise in itself that the number one seed, Ivanovic has reached the final. It seems to be a…
There is a possibility that there could be a final in Birmingham between Zhang Shuai and Barbora Zahlavova Strycova. For a premier event, this would be pretty staggering. Queens has also seen a number of notable upsets and the number two seed, Tomas Berdych joined the list of casualties from the ATP 250 event. Berdych…
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