The first of the Wimbledon semi-finals will be contested between the number 14 seed, Garbiñe Muguruza and the unseeded, Magdalena Rybarikova. While Muguruza is into her second Wimbledon semi-final, Rybarikova has broken new ground and then some having never previously made it past the third round of a Slam! The pair are tied at 2-2…
This post features snap previews for the two women’s quarter-finals scheduled for No.1 Court on Tuesday at Wimbledon – Garbiñe Muguruza vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova up first at 13:00pm, followed by CoCo Vandeweghe vs. Magdalena Rybarikova. For a full match preview of the first match up on Centre Court between Venus Williams and Jelena Ostapenko, click HERE.…
The line-up of fourth round matches for Monday is sensational with one of the highlights being the Wimbledon finalists from the two previous years, Angelique Kerber and Garbiñe Muguruza, going head-to-head. Shockingly, Kerber vs. Muguruza is only good enough for Court No.2 on Manic Monday. Kerber d. Rogers, 4-6 7-6(2) 6-4 (R3) Kerber’s third round…
Blockbuster match-up alert… for the first time since 2015, Garbiñe Muguruza and Caroline Wozniacki will play each other in the fourth round of Miami on Monday. While Wozniacki has advanced through her two matches this week in straight sets, Muguruza has been forced to battle from a set down twice. Muguruza d. Zhang Shuai, 4-6…
A heavy-hitting clash between Garbiñe Muguruza and CoCo Vandeweghe will be on Tuesday’s schedule with a first ever Australian Open semi-final appearance up for grabs for the winner. Vandeweghe scored the biggest win of her career on Sunday evening, comfortably seeing off the world number one, Angelique Kerber, 6-2 6-3. It was a lacklustre display from the German…
Second round action will begin at the Brisbane International on Tuesday with the match of the day adorning the night session as the number four seed, Garbiñe Muguruza will play Daria Kasatkina. The winner will advance to a first ever quarter-final in Brisbane. Muguruza opened her 2017 campaign with a gritty win over Sam Stosur,…
This is the penultimate post 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 and part two with matches 15 to 11 HERE. The third part features tow finals and an underrated gem from Charleston. Read…
We’re on the final straight with the WTA Best of 2016 posts… last but not least is the annual tradition on Moo’s Tennis Blog with the countdown of my favourite WTA matches of the year. This is a personal selection so i’m sure there will be some matches that will raise a few eyebrows! As…
In the first match of the day on Friday, Garbiñe Muguruza won her first match of the tournament meaning that all eight singles players have picked up at least one win this year. Muguruza won 12 of the last 13 games to snap Kuznetsova’s six match winning streak with a 3-6 6-0 6-1 victory in one…
The star of this year’s Singapore so far without a shadow of a doubt has been Svetlana Kuznetsova. While she was the last to qualify and right at the last moment, Sveta is the first player to qualify for Saturday’s semi-finals. With results from tonight on Day 4 of @WTAFinalsSG, @SvetlanaK27 is the first player…
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