The final of the 2017 Wimbledon Championships will be contested on Saturday afternoon between the number 10 seed, Venus Williams and the number 14 seed, Garbiñe Muguruza after both players won straight set semi-finals on Thursday. Williams and Muguruza have both competed in a Wimbledon final before – Muguruza made it this far in 2015,…
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.…
This post features three snap previews for 4th round matches from the top half of the women’s draw including Caroline Wozniacki vs. CoCo Vandeweghe, Svetlana Kuznetsova vs. Agnieszka Radwanska and Magdalena Rybarikova vs. Petra Martic. For a full match preview of Angelique Kerber vs. Garbiñe Muguruza, click HERE. Previews for the 4th round matches from the…
This post features two snap previews for second round action at day four of the 2017 Wimbledon Championships including a tricky match for one of the favourites, Karolina Pliskova against Magdalena Rybarikova. For recaps of all the action from the top half of the women’s draw on Tuesday, check out Set Points #1 for the first…
The final two quarter-finals featuring the likes of Victoria Azarenka, Karolina Pliskova, Daria Kasatkina and Magdalena Rybarikova will be contested on Thursday at the BNP Paribas Open. For a round-up of fourth round action in the bottom half of the women’s draw, click HERE. 1. Karolina Pliskova v Daria Kasatkina (IW, QF) In her first Premier…
Monday’s schedule has a mixture of qualifying and first round matches as the 2015 Generali Ladies Linz kicks into full swing. The first two matches on the Centre Court are both qualifying matches; Johanna Konta goes up against Klara Koukalova, while Kaia Kanepi plays Aleksandra Krunic. Linz had a really impressive qualifying draw and i’ll…
This is the first of four preview posts focusing on first round women’s matches at the US Open which will all be played on Monday and Tuesday. As always, don’t be shy in sharing your opinion! For further coverage of the tournament, check out the Moo’s Tennis Blog Facebook and Twitter pages… please like and…
Four days down and we are left with the top 32 in each draw. There were upsets in the women’s draw on day 4, but nothing that really shook the boat. The big result came in the men’s draw with the final match of the day. I’m focusing mainly on the women but how could…
Three cheers for Magdalena! In one of the most curious tennis stats, Magdalena Rybarikova had never won a main draw match at Wimbledon in seven previous attempts. It’s a surprising stat because Rybarikova’s game is perfect for the grass. She has demonstrated this in Birmingham where she was crowned champion in 2009. Rybarikova won her…
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