This post previews two first round matches on Wednesday’s schedule from the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix main draw in Stuttgart including Lucie Safarova v Karolina Pliskova and Andrea Petkovic v Kristina Mladenovic. In case you missed it, you can read a preview of the full main draw on mootennis.com HERE and highlights from day 1 at the tournament HERE. 1. Lucie Safarova (8)…
The second semi-final on Friday at the BNP Paribas Open will feature the world number 13, Victoria Azarenka up against the world number 18, Karolina Pliskova. If their last match, a three hour-13 minute epic in Brisbane, is anything to go by then this could be a sensational semi-final… Pliskova produced her best performance in a…
The final two quarter-finals featuring the likes of Victoria Azarenka, Karolina Pliskova, Daria Kasatkina and Magdalena Rybarikova will be contested on Thursday at the BNP Paribas Open. For a round-up of fourth round action in the bottom half of the women’s draw, click HERE. 1. Karolina Pliskova v Daria Kasatkina (IW, QF) In her first Premier…
This post covers two all-seeded third round matches at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells for Monday; Ana Ivanovic against Karolina Pliskova and Roberta Vinci playing Elina Svitolina. For a round-up of all the action from the women’s bottom half on Saturday, click HERE. 1. Ana Ivanovic v Karolina Pliskova (IW, R3) Ana Ivanovic will…
Tennis, why can’t you slow down? Dubai is barely in the books (Match Points coming soon!) and yet Doha is already on our doorstep with main draw action starting on SUNDAY. At least on this occasion, all the qualifiers have been placed so we know the entire draw. This post covers two first round matches…
In a repeat third round match from last year’s Australian Open, Karolina Pliskova will once again be attempting to reach the second week of a Grand Slam for the first time when she plays Ekaterina Makarova. Pliskova has reached the third round of a Grand Slam twice but is yet to make that elusive breakthrough…
Here’s part three of the countdown of my favourite WTA matches in 2015. There’s probably a few surprises in this part including a match from the very first week of the 2015 season which nearly slipped through the net! In case you missed it, part one can be found HERE and part two can be found…
The 2015 WTA season has come to an end and as is tradition on Moo’s Tennis Blog, it’s time to count down my favourite matches of the year. In 2014, the fourth round match between Maria Sharapova and Angelique Kerber at Wimbledon was my number one pick. It’s worth noting that these are my personal…
1. Dominika Cibulkova v Jelena Jankovic (Beijing, R1) The final match on the National Tennis Stadium in Beijing on Sunday will feature an all unseeded clash between Dominika Cibulkova and Jelena Jankovic. JJ leads the head-to-head, 3-1 although the pair haven’t played since 2009 when Jankovic won 6-1 6-1 on the clay courts of Stuttgart.…
Wuhan continued to produce some wacky results with the top two seeds remaining in the draw prior to Wednesday both on their way to Beijing after losing their third round matches. The result of the week so far saw Johanna Konta keep on winning, recovering from the abyss of a 1-5 third set deficit to…
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