Jeepers, what a day! After a long, long Wednesday in Dubai, the draw has been left with no seeds remaining. Simona Halep and Carla Suárez Navarro were the first two out on Wednesday with Ana Ivanovic defeating Halep (full recap HERE) and Suárez Navarro failing to capitalise on a set and a break lead, eventually going down in three…
Naomi Osaka is enjoying a wonderful start to 2016. The 18-year-old Japanese player, who is no longer restricted in the number of tournaments she can play, has already won ten matches this year; Osaka won two qualifying matches in Brisbane, three in Hobart to qualify for the main draw, and then saved match points in her…
An all-top 20 match-up opens up proceedings at the Apia International in Sydney on Monday with the world number 10, Angelique Kerber going up against the world number 19, Elina Svitolina. Kerber arrives in Sydney having reached the final of the Brisbane International with wins over Camila Giorgi, Madison Brengle, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Carla Suárez…
Beijing draw carnage… the top two seeds, Simona Halep and Petra Kvitova, are both out of the final Premier Mandatory event of the season. Kvitova lost for the first ever time to Sara Errani in straight sets, 7-5 6-4. Kvitova was characteristically error-strewn and went 4 for 17 on break point conversions. Errani played a…
I forgot how difficult the Asian Swing is to follow when i’m working… play starts at 4am when i’m sound asleep. I could get up to watch some tennis but sleeeeeep. Then i’m at work while everything is going on. I’ve managed to find nuggets of time in the morning and during my lunch hour…
The first fourth round match of the 2015 US Open is all set as we now know that Ekaterina Makarova will play Kristina Mladenovic on Sunday with a spot in the quarter-finals up for grabs. Makarova defeated Elina Svitolina, 6-3 7-5 in a decent match of quality hitting. The match had a very strange ending;…
In the only all seeded third round match-up from the second quarter, the number 13 seed, Ekaterina Makarova will take on the number 17 seed, Elina Svitolina. Makarova has completely floated under the radar this fortnight after a leg injury halted her summer hard court season; the Russian player was forced to pull out of…
After a rocky first day at the 2015 US Open, just three seeds remain in the second quarter of the women’s draw. One of those seeds is Elina Svitolina, who is currently topping the poll in who readers of Moo’s Tennis Blog think will come through this depleted quarter. Svitolina faces a deceptively tricky second…
Did someone speed up time or something because I can’t believe that the US Open is only a week away. The final tournament before the women head to Flushing Meadows is the Connecticut Open in New Haven. There have been string of withdrawals with the likes of Garbiñe Muguruza, Sloane Stephens, Belinda Bencic and Ekaterina…
Ohh bugger. Elina Svitolina booked her place in the semi-finals of Cincy with a 6-4 2-6 6-0 victory against Lucie Safarova. The last time that Svitolina beat Safarova at Indian Wells I was too bummed to write anything but here goes. This was a rough watch for Lucie fans but I have to admit I…
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