After Switzerland’s victory in the Davis Cup final, it is now officially the off-season… I’m already in off-season mode here at Moo’s Tennis Blog and this is the third part of four counting down my favourite 20 matches on the WTA tour in 2014. If you missed either of the first two parts then you…
It’s that time of the year for the annual countdown on Moo’s Tennis Blog of the best womens matches of the year. This is from my point of view so there will be some surprises. I’ve tried my best to watch as many matches, but there will be a few that have slipped through the…
In a blockbuster match-up that saw both players standing perilously close to the edge of an early exit in Singapore, it was Petra Kvitova who boosted her chances of progressing to the semi-finals with a superb 6-3 6-2 victory over Maria Sharapova. After a poor performance in her first match against Agnieszka Radwanska, Petra started…
The white group was turned on its head after Tuesday’s match so much so, that Maria Sharapova and Petra Kvitova will be battling for the survival when they play each other on Thursday. To be honest, I expected them to be playing each other in the second set of matches, but not having both lost…
In the second match of the day on Tuesday, Petra Kvitova and Agnieszka Radwanska will play each other for the first time in 2014. Their last match was also at the WTA Championships in 2013 where Kvitova won in two sets, 6-4 6-4. Since winning her second Grand Slam title at Wimbledon with a simply…
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…
The final Premier Mandatory event of the year concluded in Beijing as Maria Sharapova edged Petra Kvitova, 6-4 2-6 6-3 in the final. It took a while to get going, but the third set was a very enjoyable watch. It had a fabulous intensity to it with Sharapova her usual committed self, but Kvitova was…
The final of the 2014 China Open will be contested on Sunday morning (NB 9am UK time) between Petra Kvitova and Maria Sharapova. Kvitova was first into the final with a 6-3 5-7 6-2 victory over Sam Stosur. At the start of the third set, this result did not look likely. Going into the third…
Quarter-finals day in Beijing was hit with another walkover as unsurprisingly, Serena Williams was forced to pull out of Beijing before her quarter-final match with Sam Stosur was set to begin. Courtney Nguyen tweeted last night that Serena had not held a press match conference to treat swelling of her knee. Fingers crossed that Serena…
The Beijing quarter-finals are all set and in one case, we already know a semi-finalist. Ana Ivanovic has advanced to the last four after Simona Halep pulled out of the tournament. There were some unhappy Petkovic fans on Twitter as the German player had pushed Halep to a third set tiebreak earlier today before losing. …
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