Moo’s Tennis Blog is becoming somewhat of a tribute to Lucie Safarova of late! Many thanks to Kim (@kimdv11) on Twitter for alerting me to another great video of Lucie Safarova and Rob Steckley during a changeover. Regular readers will know i’m a huge fan of their partnership and I was bowled over by a…
In the biggest upset so far in terms of seeding, Garbine Muguruza defeated Jelena Jankovic, 7-6(4) 6-4 in Tokyo on Thursday. Jankovic served for the first set twice and had a mini-break in the tiebreak, but Muguruza competed extremely well to bag the opening set. Jankovic became increasingly frustrated in the second set and after…
I am really enjoying Tokyo so far and the wall-to-wall coverage on TennisTV has been great. I have one more day of holiday so it’s a bonus to have been able to watch a little bit more tennis than usual. The first four second round matches will take place on Wednesday. If you need a…
The third quarter of the women’s draw has seen the two top eight seeds, Agnieszka Radwanska and Angelique Kerber, both go out. However, four solid players remain and personally, i’m a fan of all four so i’ll be happy whoever comes through. Jelena Jankovic will be the favourite, but I could stake a claim also…
Ana Ivanovic was the latest seed to fall at this year’s US Open after a surprising 7-5 6-4 loss to Karolina Pliskova. It means that Ivanovic has lost before the third round at the last three Grand Slams. It was disappointing because this was a really good draw for the Serb. Credit though to Pliskova,…
Holy moonball. I felt it was necessary to document what was a pretty solid contender for “worst match of 2014” featuring Lucie Safarova and Saisai Zheng. In the end, Safarova dug in deep to secure an incredibly hard fought victory, 6-3 4-6 6-2 in two hours and 36 minutes of moonball madness. Lucie won the…
I’ve written so many previews for matches in the last few weeks that I thought it was time to branch out and do something different on Moo’s Tennis Blog. Hopefully this will become a new regular feature, but that will probably require the creation of new 30 hour days. There’s never enough time to do…
Petra Kvitova lost her first match in Cincy to Elina Svitolina, 6-2 7-6(2). I thought Petra played well in Montreal, but this was a disappointing performance. The conditions don’t suit her game, but I expected Petra to come through. Svitolina was solid although her attempts (X2) at trying to serve out the match were painful…
Here’s my final report from Wimbledon with plenty of photos for your viewing pleasure. It was another crazy day full of tennis, full of excitement and full of Pimms. I got really lucky with tickets this year being able to go twice. I hope the ballot gods are on my side again next year! Lucie…
Lucie Safarova and Petra Kvitova will contest a dream all-Czech match-up in the first of the 2014 Wimbledon semi-finals. Of course, for me it’s a dream! Safarova and Kvitova are my two favourite WTA players and I am so delighted to see them both in the last four. For Petra, this isn’t a surprise at…
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