Stepping up to serve for the match at 6-3 *5-4 against Daria Gavrilova, you couldn’t blame Lucie Safarova for feeling the nerves. Just two weeks ago, Lucie had been in an almost identical position, up 6-4 *5-4 in their second round clash in Toronto. Lucie came within two points of the match but was unable…
The first match of the day in New Haven was complete in just over an hour as Roberta Vinci won the last 12 games of the match to beat a lost-looking, Eugenie Bouchard, 6-1 6-0. Bouchard has endured some really bruising losses this year but this one was unfortunately at the top of the tree.…
Did someone speed up time or something because I can’t believe that the US Open is only a week away. The final tournament before the women head to Flushing Meadows is the Connecticut Open in New Haven. There have been string of withdrawals with the likes of Garbiñe Muguruza, Sloane Stephens, Belinda Bencic and Ekaterina…
US Open draws are released this evening at 5pm UK time! The US Open is going to be fascinating with both draws set to be wide open. I felt really flat about last year’s US Open, but I am much more excited about the 2014 edition. I’ve got no idea who I will be picking…
Qualifying for the US Open has already begun and you can keep up to date with the draws HERE. Both singles draws will be out on Thursday. The final Grand Slam previews will be posted on Moo’s Tennis Blog on Friday and Saturday! If you missed it, I wrote a feature post about Lucie Safarova…
I say this all the time but… time is flying by. The US Open starts in just one week. This New Haven preview is coming out early as main draw action kicks off on Sunday, starting at 5pm UK time. In the lone WTA tournament next week, New Haven offers a last chance saloon for…
Sara Errani and Angelique Kerber both headed into New Haven looking for match wins before the US and both suffered their worse losses of the summer hard court season so far. As to be expected, New Haven’s line-up could likely throw up a surprise winner. 1. Ekaterina Makarova v Simona Halep Ekaterina Makarova Sara Errani…
US Open qualifying is underway and the draws will be out on Thursday evening (5pm UK time). I am not really that interested in New Haven or Winston-Salem, but there are some good potential match-ups for the women. Let’s take a look at the best of the 2nd rounders… 1. Sabine Lisicki v Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova…
Apologies for the two day hiatus, but some things are more important than tennis. This is the final week of preparations before the US Open, which begins next week. I don’t know if it is just me, but this summer hard court season has flown by much faster than usual. Caroline Wozniacki Sara Errani headlines…
Caroline Wozniacki and Petra Kvitova booked their places in the semi-finals of New Haven yesterday with striaght-set wins. Wozniacki picked up a worrying knee injury during her match with Dominika Cibulkova but benefitted from a complete capitulation from the Slovak to win 6-2 6-1. Kvitova beat fellow Czech Lucie Safarova, 6-3 6-3 to win the…
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