The penultimate week of regulation WTA tournaments will start tomorrow with three International events in Linz, Tianjin and Hong Kong. All three tournaments have respectable line-ups with many players still seeking to confirm a place at the WTA Finals in Singapore. Linz is headlined by the returning, Lucie Safarova (yay!) and Caroline Wozniacki, Hong Kong…
Linz has seen plenty of upsets this week with just one seed, Karolina Pliskova contesting the quarter-finals on Friday. Here are the thoughts of Adam Wells, who watched the second match of the day in Linz featuring Camila Giorgi and Marina Erakovic. Camila Giorgi continued her fine form this week as she looks to capitalise on a…
The draws in both Osaka and Tianjin have seen few upsets so far, therefore meaning my finalists in both tournaments are still alive! However, Linz has been as unpredictable as they come with just two seeds remaining after completion of the first round and some second round matches. On Wednesday, Dominika Cibulkova and Sabine Lisicki…
To make up for my lack of a preview for Shanghai (and hilarious predictions!), here’s some bumper previews for the three WTA tournaments this year. We’re on the final stretch now! The WTA tour has just four weeks left (that’s if you want to include the Tournament of Champions event in Sofia which I normally…
Angelique Kerber Linz closed out with a tremendous final as Angelique Kerber beat Ana Ivanovic, 6-4 7-6(6) to claim her first title of the year and just third of her career to add to Paris and Copenhagen from last year. I watched the second set and I do not know if I can pin down…
1. Novak Djokovic v Juan Martin del Potro (Shanghai, F) Novak Djokovic Two weeks and two hard court losses for Rafael Nadal, who went down to a magnificent performance from Juan Martin del Potro. The gentle giant crafted out a huge win to book his place at the O2 and take out the world number…
Wow… this has been a great week of predictions for Moo so far! Let’s hope it continues… 1. Juan Martin del Potro v Rafael Nadal (Shanghai, SF) Juan Martin del Potro One more win will see Juan Martin del Potro officially qualify for the World Tour Finals in London, but to achieve that feat in…
I had probably my best prediction of the year today as Florian Mayer beat David Ferrer in straight sets as I successfully called last night. Hopefully the success can continue with all four of my predicted Shanghai semi-finalists still in the tournament. I just watched Sloane Stephens come through an entertaining affair with Andrea Petkovic. …
1. Roger Federer v Gael Monfils (Shanghai, R3) Roger Federer Thursday’s line-up in Shanghai is pretty epic and the top match will see Roger Federer take on Gael Monfils. Federer has stolen the show on Twitter in the past few days, but he was solid enough on the tennis court in defeating Andreas Seppi, 6-4…
Three tournaments this week to keep an eye on and all British hope has been erased already in Osaka as both Laura Robson and Heather Watson went out early. I really hope both can turn it around in 2014, particularly Watson, who needs wins fast as she will fall out of the top 100 and…
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