Quarter-finals day in Beijing was hit with another walkover as unsurprisingly, Serena Williams was forced to pull out of Beijing before her quarter-final match with Sam Stosur was set to begin. Courtney Nguyen tweeted last night that Serena had not held a press match conference to treat swelling of her knee. Fingers crossed that Serena…
Qualifying for the US Open has already begun and you can keep up to date with the draws HERE. Both singles draws will be out on Thursday. The final Grand Slam previews will be posted on Moo’s Tennis Blog on Friday and Saturday! If you missed it, I wrote a feature post about Lucie Safarova…
It was confirmed today that Victoria Azarenka has taken a wildcard into next week’s Aegon International in Eastbourne. The seaside venue has attracted another great line-up with five of the world’s top ten. Agnieszka Radwanska, Petra Kvitova, Jelena Jankovic and Angelique Kerber are also set to play and there are still two wildcards up for…
On the WTA side, my predictions have been reasonable this week. By all accounts, Serena Williams came out and performed well, beating Andrea Petkovic in straight sets, 6-2 6-2. Sloane Stephens was the only seed to fall, on Wednesday, losing to Varvara Lepchenko, 6-2 6-2. Remarkably, Lepchenko has lost just 5 games in 2 matches. …
It’s been touching to see so many tennis players, both past and present, pay their respect to Elena Baltacha. You can keep donating to Rally4Bally HERE. The money is being donated 50:50 to the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity and Elena’s tennis academy. I’m sure you will agree, both very worthy causes. The amount raised has…
Day 4 was a strange old day at the Australian Open as there were delays for both heat and rain. The Extreme Heat Policy finally came into action as play was suspended for much of the afternoon resulting in many matches being played until the early hours of Friday morning in Melbourne. There were some…
What a sensational second half to the year for Simona Halep, who defeated Sam Stosur to win the Moscow title, 7-6(1) 6-2. Heading into Rome this year she had an unspectacular 9-9 W-L record. However since that event, which saw her beat Svetlana Kuznetsova, Agnieszka Radwanska, Roberta Vinci and Jelena Jankovic, she has gone on…
1. Sam Stosur v Simona Halep (Moscow, F) Sam Stosur Moscow will close with a fascinating finale between Sam Stosur and Simona Halep. Stosur has hit her best form of the year and produced another clinical display in the semi-finals to take out home favourite, Svetlana Kuznetsova in straight sets. Halep was even better as…
1. Novak Djokovic v Juan Martin del Potro (Shanghai, F) Novak Djokovic Two weeks and two hard court losses for Rafael Nadal, who went down to a magnificent performance from Juan Martin del Potro. The gentle giant crafted out a huge win to book his place at the O2 and take out the world number…
1. Sam Stosur v Jamie Hampton Sam Stosur The match top on my viewing priority and that ticks the box for all court tennis will be the second rounder between Sam Stosur and Jamie Hampton. Stosur had a solid first round win over a struggling, Svetlana Kuznetsova, 6-1 7-5. There was a lot of effort…
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