It’s hard to remember such a long list of notable unseeded players in a women’s Slam draw. One of those players is Caroline Wozniacki who has dropped in the rankings following poor form and injury as she was sidelined for the entire clay court season after going over on her ankle back in April. Wozniacki spoke…
For my first time at Roland Garros, I wanted to do a recap of my day for Moo’s Tennis Blog. I was pretty excited to discover this place that I had never had the chance to discover before, although i live only 20 minutes away from the grounds. It was really easy to get tickets…
Third round action will take place on Thursday at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome. There wasn’t one match that really stood out but they all interest me so I thought i’d go all out and do a sweep of mini-previews for all eight third round matches… this includes Kuznetsova v Gavrilova, Suárez Navarro v…
After their semi-final in Prague didn’t go ahead, the draw gods have got their wish… two of the WTA’s most accomplished clay courters, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Sam Stosur, will play third up on court 1 on Wednesday’s schedule of second round matches in Rome. Kuznetsova got off to a winning start in Rome, defeating Caroline…
The 2016 Miami Open final will be contested on Saturday between the number 13 and 16 seeds, Victoria Azarenka and Svetlana Kuznetsova. Ten years on since winning the title, Kuznetsova is back into the Miami final. It’s never a major surprise when Kuznetsova puts it all together because of the talent she possesses… you just never know…
In an unlikely yet intriguing semi-final, Timea Bacsinszky will take on Svetlana Kuznetsova on Thursday for a place in the final of the 2016 Miami Open. Bacsinszky has come good in Miami after losing five of her first six matches in 2016. There were positive signs in Doha and Indian Wells where Bacsinszky won back-to-back…
For the second straight year, Serena Williams and Svetlana Kuznetsova will meet in the fourth round of the Miami Open on Sunday. The number 15 seed, Kuznetsova edged out Caroline Garcia in third round action on Saturday, 4-6 6-2 7-6(6). Garcia had begun in glorious form, winning 94% of first serve points in the first set…
In a pre-tournament interview, Julia Goerges remarked that she had “a good feeling” heading into the 2016 Dubai Duty Free Championships… the German player was pretty darn accurate as she produced a wonderful display in the first round to defeat the number eight seed, Svetlana Kuznetsova, 6-0 6-1 in 55 minutes. There have been a…
1. Flavia Pennetta v Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Beijing, R1) The 2015 US Open champion, Flavia Pennetta (still can’t get over this) returned to action in Beijing where she has won her first two matches. In the first round, Pennetta overcame a game effort from the Chinese wildcard, Xinyun Han, 7-5 4-6 6-4. Pennetta also needed three…
After Maria Sharapova pulled out of the tournament, it left a pretty gaping hole in the top half of the draw. First round action on day one has chucked the second quarter (and parts of the first too) into a blender as seed after seed departed. The first to go was Ana Ivanovic, who was…
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