Here is part two of my trip to Eastbourne. If you missed part one featuring Rally4Bally and smiling Aga, you can read it HERE. There were some fantastic WTA matches on Monday and I was really chuffed to see some of them live. The weather was pretty grey and cold, but it was dry and there was…
This is the first of three reports from my trip to Eastbourne this year. The Aegon International is a great event for tennis fans to attend and as per tradition with Moo’s Tennis Blog, I thought it would be nice to share my experiences and photos. I went on the Sunday for the Rally4Bally, which was…
2014 Roland Garros is officially underway! Agnieszka Radwanska was the first winner of this year’s tournament as she defeated the world number 34, Zhang Shuai, 6-3 6-0. On paper, it looked like a tough match as Zhang has been in good form of late having made the quarter-finals of Rome. It was a competitive start…
Rome has continued the general trend of tennis in 2014 with shocks across the board in the both the WTA and ATP draws. Ana Ivanovic scored a magnificent straight sets win over Maria Sharapova, meanwhile Stanislas Wawrinka was bundled out in three sets by Tommy Haas. Tomas Berdych also lost and Rafael Nadal survived another…
Four top ten players remain in Madrid after a so-so line-up of quarter-finals. It was disappointing to see Serena Williams pull out of her quarter-final although I was pleased to see Kvitova move into the last four. Originally, it seemed that Serena had pulled out of Rome too, but those reports appeared to be false.…
Stuttgart continues to offer up some brilliant WTA matches. The first match on Thursday’s night schedule saw Carla Suarez Navarro produce her best win of 2014, defeating Angelique Kerber in straight sets. Competing in the Fed Cup in Australia last weekend has unsurprisingly, taken its toll on some of the home players this week. The…
In the first of the womens quarter-finals, it was Maria Sharapova who edged out a tight first set with Petra Kvitova before rolling through the second to post a 7-5 6-1 victory. I thought this match could have been a hot mess, but it was reasonable through the first ten games before Sharapova kicked it…
Flavia Pennetta defeated Agnieszka Radwanska, 6-2 6-1 in the final of the 2014 BNP Paribas Open in 73 minutes. Here are some of my thoughts on the final and the key talking points from the two weeks in the desert. The Final: Pennetta d. Radwanska, 6-2 6-1 Urgh. It’s always horrible when one player is…
My predictions had shaped up quite nicely this week as my two finalists were both still in contention going into the final. Both Li Na and Simona Halep had beaten their semi-final opponents before this year, but of course it was Agnieszka Radwanska and Flavia Pennetta who prevailed! It’s a surprising final, but one that holds…
Women’s semi-finals action at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells highlights Friday’s night schedule. Three of the four women’s quarter-finals were pushed to three sets but the offerings on Thursday were not pretty. As Indian Wells simmers to a conclusion, the attention will swiftly turn to Miami where the main draw of the second…
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