In one of just two all-seeded match-ups from the top half of the draw, the number 11 seed, Elina Svitolina will play the number 24 seed, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the third round of the 2017 Australian Open. Svitolina and Pavlyuchenkova have both yet to drop a set this week in Melbourne. Svitolina defeated the qualifier,…
Serena Williams faces another Russian in Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova as she continues her search for Slam #22 on Tuesday in the Wimbledon quarter-finals. Serena was once again tested as her fourth round opponent, Svetlana Kuznetsova served for the first set at *5-4. Serena had been up an early break but lost her way and the ascendancy with…
Magic Monday at Wimbledon will see all 16 singles matches played across both the women’s and men’s draws. Finally, the tournament is back on track after play on Middle Sunday took place for the first time since 2004. For previews of V.Williams v Suárez Navarro click HERE, Radwanska v Cibulkova click HERE and Halep v…
WTA action on Tuesday at the Mutua Madrid Open will feature the remaining eight second round singles matches. This post covers two previews from the top quarter of the draw including Dominika Cibulkova v Caroline Garcia and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova v Camila Giorgi. In a quarter that has lost all of its seeds, the four players in question all have a…
The St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy has produced a solid slate of quarter-finals which will all take place on Friday. First up will be the number two seed, Roberta Vinci against one of four unseeded players in the last eight, Timea Babos. This will be Babos’s first Premier quarter-final and she’s enjoying a decent year so far.…
It’s been a rather wacky start to the 2016 tennis season. Tuesday was a miserable day for the WTA with Simona Halep and Maria Sharapova both pulling out of Brisbane, and Serena Williams and Petra Kvitova retiring from their matches at the Hopman Cup and Shenzhen respectively. However, Wednesday presented some classic WTA drama… Broady…
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Alizé Cornet both beat higher ranked opposition on day 1 of the Brisbane International to set up a second round tie for Tuesday, second up on show court 1. Pavs delivered the best performance on Sunday, overwhelming the number five seed, Timea Bacsinszky, 6-2 6-1. Peak Pavs was definitely in the house…
This post previews six of the first round matches from the 2016 Brisbane International main draw including Sunday’s matches featuring Timea Bacsinszky v Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Alizé Cornet v Kristina Mladenovic. In case you missed it, you can read a (newly revamped!) preview of the full main draw on mootennis.com HERE. 1. Maria Sharapova (3) v Ekaterina Makarova A…
The 2015 WTA season has come to an end and as is tradition on Moo’s Tennis Blog, it’s time to count down my favourite matches of the year. In 2014, the fourth round match between Maria Sharapova and Angelique Kerber at Wimbledon was my number one pick. It’s worth noting that these are my personal…
The Road to Singapore looks clearer now after Wednesday’s action in Moscow which saw two more places snapped up. Angelique Kerber and Flavia Pennetta have both been confirmed by the WTA as successfully qualifying for the WTA Finals. After Karolina Pliskova lost in straight sets to Anastasija Sevastova, this now means that the last place…
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