For my first time at Roland Garros, I wanted to do a recap of my day for Moo’s Tennis Blog. I was pretty excited to discover this place that I had never had the chance to discover before, although i live only 20 minutes away from the grounds. It was really easy to get tickets…
The first seed in action in Paris fell as Gilles Simon lost in a tight three setter against Fernando Verdasco. Wednesday features an impressive live-up with six singles matches across two courts. The line-up for the World Tour Finals will be finalised this week with all the contenders in action on Wednesday. I’ll be at…
Andy Murray enjoyed his first top ten win of 2014 with an excellent display to defeat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in straight sets, 7-5 7-5 6-4. Tsonga had a break in the second and third sets, but folded a tad at the conclusion of all three sets. This sets up a Murray v Djokovic quarter, which promises…
In the TFF DreamTeam game, Wild Briar Village is the current leader in the Moo’s Tennis Blog league. This isn’t good news because that’s my brother. HannonShane is in second place followed by Caskett in third place. This will probably have changed if you’re checking the leaderboard now! I’ve had a solid start in the…
Hamburg is the only tournament on Tuesday that features second round matches. Dominic Thiem, Dustin Brown and Benoit Paire were among the winners on the first day of action in Germany. Brown defeated Pablo Carreno Busta, 7-6(5) 6-3 after losing to the Spaniard in straight sets in Bastad last week. I love watching Dustin play. …
Another day of shocks saw the world number one, Serena Williams ousted by Garbine Muguruza, 6-2 6-2. By all accounts, Muguruza played a sensational match and Serena just had no answers. This was another really STUNNING loss. It has completely opened up the womens draw with the top two seeds both out. Flavia Pennetta, Alize…
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…
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