Maria Sharapova’s exit to Carla Suarez Navarro was the big surprise on Thursday in Montreal. I was absolutely stunned that CSN was able to close out the match. I was watching Djokovic and then Kvitova so didn’t watch any of the match. It sounded like a mess, but i’m so happy that CSN was able…
Montreal is delivering up some fantastic match-ups this week. I really wish these kind of tournaments were spread out over like ten days. It just feels so rushed and I cannot keep up! I’m focusing on the WTA matches for Thursday as I haven’t had time to do an ATP preview. I have included the Toronto…
Much of the talk on Wednesday was in relation to Eugenie Bouchard’s bizarre 6-0 2-6 6-0 loss to Shelby Rogers. Many of the Genie-haters came out to play after the loss. Where I agree with the exhausting hype, Genie has rightfully earnt it with her showings at the Grand Slams this year. I feel we are…
I only got to watch a little bit of the tennis on Tuesday, but what I did see in the match between Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Venus Williams was good stuff. Venus came through in the end, 6-1 3-6 6-2. The second set was high quality and there were plenty of hard hitting and brutal rallies. …
There are a handful of second round matches in Montreal and Toronto on Tuesday with Eugenie Bouchard, Agnieszka Radwanska, Victoria Azarenka, Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka all in action. First round action will also conclude at both tournaments. On the first day of action, two seeds fell in Montreal; Sabine Lisicki produced one of her…
Within the space of twenty minutes, the Italian duo of Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci both departed the singles competition in Montreal. In the first completed match of the 2014 Rogers Cup, Sabine Lisicki defeated the number 13 seed, Errani, 6-1 7-5. Wins have been hard to come by for Sabine this year, but this…
I’m excited about Montreal. I’m excited about the WTA tour in general. The draw has thrown up some cracking first round matches and is reasonably balanced between the two halves. Note that the top eight seeds all have byes into the second round. There’s so much to discuss so let’s take a look at the…
It is my intention to trial a new feature to Moo’s Tennis Blog, which will be a summary blog for the conclusion of the major tournaments on tour. I will be doing it at select events (notably when I have some free time!) and if it proves popular, I will try to develop it further…
1. Serena Williams v Sorana Cirstea (Toronto, F) Sorana Cirstea This week’s memorable moments have all but exclusively featured Sorana Cirstea, who has played a fantastic week of tennis with wins over Caroline Wozniacki, Jelena Jankovic, Petra Kvitova and Li Na. Her semi-final victory over Li showed nerves of steel as she came back from…
1. Novak Djokovic v Rafael Nadal (Montreal, SF) Novak Djokovic The highlight of Saturday’s line-up will see Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic play each other on the hard courts for the first time since the 2012 Australian Open final. Both players strolled into the semi-finals with straight set wins; Djokovic recovered from a lacklustre quarter-final…
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