It is my intention to trial a new feature to Moo’s Tennis Blog, which will be a summary blog for the conclusion of the major tournaments on tour. I will be doing it at select events (notably when I have some free time!) and if it proves popular, I will try to develop it further…
1. Serena Williams v Sorana Cirstea (Toronto, F) Sorana Cirstea This week’s memorable moments have all but exclusively featured Sorana Cirstea, who has played a fantastic week of tennis with wins over Caroline Wozniacki, Jelena Jankovic, Petra Kvitova and Li Na. Her semi-final victory over Li showed nerves of steel as she came back from…
1. Novak Djokovic v Rafael Nadal (Montreal, SF) Novak Djokovic The highlight of Saturday’s line-up will see Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic play each other on the hard courts for the first time since the 2012 Australian Open final. Both players strolled into the semi-finals with straight set wins; Djokovic recovered from a lacklustre quarter-final…
1. Agnieszka Radwanska v Sara Errani (Toronto, QF) Sara Errani This week has been a real struggle, but Sara Errani and her non-existent second serve have somehow managed to reach yet another quarter-final in what has been another brilliant year for the Italian. Errani has suffered major wobbles in both her matches this week; today…
1. Agnieszka Radwanska v Sloane Stephens (Toronto, R3) Sloane Stephens There are quite a few potential third round matches I would put ahead of this match but it is the best of the ones confirmed for Thursday so far. Sloane Stephens has continued her good form in 2013 anywhere but the US with two solid…
1. Caroline Wozniacki v Sorana Cirstea (Toronto, R2) Caroline Wozniacki Aside from a run to the final at Indian Wells, 2013 has been largely forgettable for Caroline Wozniacki. This will be her first match since Wimbledon where she slipped and suffered an injury on Black Wednesday, but kept fighting, before falling to to Petra Cetkovska…
The women are in Toronto this week with Maria Sharapova the one noteworthy withdrawal. Let’s take a look at this week’s draw. *Now updated with qualifiers and Victoria Azarenka’s withdrawal* FIRST PROJECTED QUARTER – S.Williams (1) v M.Bartoli (7) Marion Bartoli Serena Williams heads up this week’s draw and will play for the first time…
Sharapova is out of Montreal I may have had the worst day in my prediction history as I correctly predicted just one out of ten of the womens matches yesterday! Yesterday saw a few surprises but none more so than Sesil Karatantcheva‘s 6-0 6-0 demolition of Sorana Cirstea! It is also worth noting that Maria…
I don’t think anyone could have predicted the Quarter final line-up for Toronto this week in what has been a week of upsets. The biggest shock of the day saw the qualifier, Galina Voskoboeva take out Maria Sharapova in 2 sets, 6-3 7-5. Sharapova was way below par during the match; however do not take…
I have to admit that so far, the WTA tournament in Toronto has been somewhat of an anticlimax so far. Firstly, Venus Williams pulled out with a viral illness and then we were prevented a potential blockbuster third round encounter between Serena Williams and Kim Clijsters when Kim was forced to retire in her second…
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