The women are heading to Antwerp next week for the BNP Paribas Fortis Diamond Games in Belgium. The tournament originally ran between 2002 and 2009, but this feels like a new tournament to me as I wasn’t following tennis closely then. Kim Clijsters is the tournament director and the venue looks awesome. The line-up is…
WTA action is back next week with two tournaments in Pattaya City (Thailand) and Antwerp (Belgium). The PTT Thailand Open is an International event, which has attracted four of the world’s top 50. It’s one those draws that is veryyyy challenging to try and pick out a winner. For coverage and superb photography, @elissetennis is…
Four of the world’s top ten are in Rotterdam including the Australian Open finalist, Andy Murray. The ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, which is an ATP 500 event, always attracts a solid line-up and this year is no different. February is normally regarded as a pretty quiet tennis month but there were plenty of notable…
Soooo… the Australian Open concluded with Novak Djokovic defeating Andy Murray in four sets, 7-6(5) 6-7(4) 6-3 6-0 to win his fifth Australian Open title. It was an up-and-down match that had it’s moments, particularly the second half of the second set. Some of the criticism labelled at Djokovic was, in my opinion, complete twoddle. …
Here is the first ATP preview of 2015! Work has been busy so far this month and I will drop the ATP coverage when i’m struggling to keep up. I’ll always endeavour to preview the Grand Slams and Masters 1000 events. Moo’s Tennis Blog will be following the tournament with regular posts on a daily…
GRAND SLAM TIME. The Australian Open promises to be a fascinating Slam for the women with a long list of legitimate contenders. Once again, Serena Williams headlines the draw and is the bookmakers favourite… based on the first two weeks of the 2015 season, this looks to be one of the most open Slams for…
So i’m excited about DelPo returning. Win or lose, this guy brightens up the ATP tour and I can’t put into words how pleased I am to see him make a return to the tour. Again, i’m not going to have any time for detailed ATP previews during the week (work is busy!), but predictions…
The second of the WTA events next week is in Hobart. Casey Dellacqua, the world number 29, is the top seed in the draw. The list of seeds isn’t particularly impressive, but it should pave the way for an interesting and open week. Last year’s champion, Garbine Muguruza has opted to play in Sydney. The…
Are you keeping up? Sadly, I don’t have time to write about Maria Sharapova’s 6-7 6-3 6-3 win over Ana Ivanovic in the Brisbane final, but it was a great match. In case you missed it, I have written a recap of the Auckland final between Venus Williams and Caroline Wozniacki HERE. The main…
The third of the WTA tournaments this week is in Shenzhen with both Petra Kvitova and Simona Halep opting to begin their seasons in China. It is worth noting that all three defending champions for the WTA events this week are not back to defend their titles with Li Na winning the inaugural event in…
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