2014 was the first year that I bought TennisTV and was able to appreciate the tennis in Auckland. Attracting excellent crowds all week and a diverse line-up of players, this is one of my favourite International events on the WTA calendar. Last year’s final between Venus Williams and Ana Ivanovic was very entertaining and ranked…
Firstly, Happy New Year to all readers of Moo’s Tennis Blog! The off-season is officially over and we are ready to rumble for the new season. The first week is always crazy and frantic with six tournaments and the Hopman Cup. Of the three WTA events taking place next week, Brisbane has once again attracted…
The final tournament of the 2014 season will soon be upon us! The draw for the round robin groups at the ATP World Tour Finals were announced earlier this afternoon, but play won’t kick off until Sunday. The tennis season may be coming to an end, but stay tuned to Moo’s Tennis Blog for a…
The final regular ATP tournament of the year takes place in Paris next week. The draw has already seen Rafael Nadal and Marin Cilic both pull out. There were rumours about Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer, but both are in the draw. Two years ago, the Paris draw turned into a hilarious mess. In 2013,…
The Race to London continues to heat up with two spaces up for grabs after Stan Wawrinka and Marin Cilic were officially confirmed as qualifiers last week. Andy Murray, David Ferrer, Milos Raonic and Grigor Dimitrov are all still in the hunt and unsurprisingly, all four are playing next week. I’ll be concentrating on Singapore,…
This is the last week of regular WTA tournaments in 2014 and once again, i’m scratching my head wondering where the hell has 2014 gone?! The final two events will be held in Moscow and Luxembourg. Both tournaments have end-of-season vibes with plenty of pull-outs. Moscow has been hit hard with the likes of Caroline…
To make up for my lack of a preview for Shanghai (and hilarious predictions!), here’s some bumper previews for the three WTA tournaments this year. We’re on the final stretch now! The WTA tour has just four weeks left (that’s if you want to include the Tournament of Champions event in Sofia which I normally…
Shanghai starts on Sunday. Urgh. I’m flagging. I don’t have time to do a full preview before main draw action begins so here’s my predictions for the draw with a few surprises (Gilles Simon). The Race to London is really hotting up and there are five players jostling for two spots so there is plenty…
I’ve ignored the ATP tournaments over the last couple of weeks and probably will do for some of 250 events as I just don’t have the time to cover them here on Moo’s Tennis Blog. This week’s ATP tournaments, both 500 events, have great draws with nine of the top ten in action. Rafael Nadal…
I always like to get my pre-tournament preview out before the main draw kicks off, but that has resulted in a rather slapdash effort as the main draw for Beijing kicks off on Saturday! I don’t understand why all these tournaments have to overlap and why they couldn’t have a couple of days off between…
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