Kristina Mladenovic will face Timea Bacsinszky for a place in the semi-finals of the 2017 French Open on Tuesday. Mladenovic d. Muguruza, 6-1 3-6 6-3 (R4) In a feisty encounter, Mladenovic, buoyed by the Suzanne Lenglen crowd, knocked out the defending champion. The Frenchwoman made a forceful start to the match with Muguruza starting slowly…
The final of the 2017 Mutua Madrid Open will be contested between the number three seed, Simona Halep and the number 14 seed, Kristina Mladenovic at not before 7pm local time on Saturday. While Halep will play a record third Madrid final, Mladenovic is into a first ever Premier Mandatory final. Halep d. Sevastova, 6-2…
Thursday will be quarter-finals day at the 2017 Mutua Madrid Open with just three seeds remaining in what has been another wild week on the WTA tour. This post features two snap previews for quarter-final matches including Svetlana Kuznetsova vs. Eugenie Bouchard and Kristina Mladenovic vs. Sorana Cirstea. A Set Points post to round up Wednesday’s action…
The number 13 seed, Caroline Wozniacki will play the number 28 seed, Kristina Mladenovic on Thursday for a place in the semi-finals of the 2017 BNP Paribas Open. Both players have yet to drop a set this week in the desert. Mladenovic d. Davis, 6-3 6-3 Mladenovic was never once behind in a routine fourth…
This is the second of four parts in the countdown of my favourite WTA matches from the 2016 season. In case you missed it, you can read part one with matches 20 to 16 HERE. The second part features matches from the Slams, WTA Finals and Fed Cup including the first ever inclusion of a…
The US women went 2-2 in the first round of singles as Madison Keys was the only American to advance to the second round on the first day of Olympics action in Rio. In the second round she faces a tricky test against Kristina Mladenovic. Both competing in their first Olympics, Keys and Mladenovic scored straight…
This post previews the best of the second round matches set for Thursday at Roland Garros including Bouchard-Bacsinszky, V.Williams v Chirico, Petkovic v Putintseva and Mladenovic v Babos. A final Set Points will come later tonight to wrap up day 4 action at the French Open. 1. Timea Bacsinszky (8) v Eugenie Bouchard In a battle…
Hello everyone, my name is Murphy and I’m extremely happy to contribute to Moo’s Tennis Blog with a guest post from the Stuttgart final. I know that a lot of tennis fans do like the WTA tournament in Stuttgart – that’s why I’m trying to write a small guide for those who plan to visit! The…
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)…
Third round action kicks off on Friday at the 2016 Australian Open with the top half of the women’s draw. Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova, Agnieszka Radwanska and Belinda Bencic are all on the schedule; a preview of Serena’s match against Daria Kasatkina can be read HERE. This post covers two fascinating matches featuring four players…
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