Men’s quarter-finals are on Wednesday and they will have to do something special to live up to the women’s quarters which were great! In case you missed it, i’ve just started the first ever Moo’s Tennis Blog prize giveaway! I’m giving away three copies of the Game, Set and Match tennis book thanks to Bloomsbury…
The BNP Paribas Masters in Bercy, Paris kicked off on Monday with Dominic Thiem, Jack Sock and Sam Querrey among the first round winners. On Tuesday, four second round matches will take place. Moo’s Tennis Blog will be covering the tournament this week and should have previews for most of the week. We are on…
Roger Federer defeated Novak Djokovic in straight sets to set up a surprise final with Gilles Simon in Shanghai. Federer produced a marvellous performance to beat Djokovic, 6-4 6-4. Right from the start, Federer was ultra-aggressive; he only won 9/19 net points in the first set, but he was in control of the majority of…
Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic will meet in the semi-finals of Shanghai on Saturday (starting at 1pm UK time) for the fifth time this year and the 36th time in their career. A win for Djokovic would see him level the H2H at 18 all. Djokovic was first of the pair into the last four…
In the biggest match of the day on Thursday, David Ferrer came from a set down to defeat Andy Murray, 2-6 6-1 6-2. It was a surprising result with only 22% in the pre-match poll going for Ferrer. It was a huge match for the Race to London, which gives Ferrer a boost after two…
Alexander Zverev continued his fantastic recent form as he won his second ATP main draw match in Hamburg with a stunning 7-5 7-5 victory over the number five seed, Mikhail Youzhny. The 17-year-old will play Santiago Giraldo in the third round. It’s very refreshing to see new blood coming through on the ATP tour and…
Yesterday I correctly predicted all three previewed matches. Today’s top three are much tougher to call, but I am hoping to repeat it with a few risky picks. The Australian Open needs a big match to really kick this tournament into gear. Day 3 went without much drama and to be honest, the whole slate of…
David Ferrer v Jurgen Melzer Gilles Simon The second quarter has been entirely plain sailing for David Ferrer who reached the quarter-finals with a straight sets win over Kei Nishikori, 6-4 6-2. Ferrer’s projected opponent in the quarter-finals was supposed to be Juan Martin del Potro, but following his exit in round two to Tobias…
Gilles Simon As was to be expected, the Paris draw has been completely decimated as the top eight have their minds focused on the World Tour Finals, which start on Monday. I predicted the upsets, but the wrong ones! Lets take a look at the surprise semi-finals… Gilles Simon v Jerzy Janowicz Jerzy Janowicz has…
Gilles Simon Gilles Simon, who had lost his last four encounter to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, turned the table on his fellow compatriot with a solid 7-5 6-4 victory. Simon took advantage of some wayward hitting from Tsonga and the slow conditions to reach the semi-finals. I was impressed with Simon today who played a very good…
