The clay court season is taking shape with the third Premier Mandatory tournament of the 2016 WTA season upon us, the Mutua Madrid Open. Note that main draw action kicks off on SATURDAY! Madrid always produces a brutal draw because none of the seeds have byes in the first round… as always, this has produced some tasty…
The European clay court swing begins next week with the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart. This tournament is regularly voted by the players as their favourite Premier event and it’s always a superb week of WTA tennis – top draw names, high quality first round match-ups, packed crowds and an awesome atmosphere… tough to beat…
Yay for Charleston! Along with Stuttgart and Eastbourne, Charleston is one of my favourite stops on the WTA calendar. It’s shame that it now runs side-to-side with Miami but there’s still a decent line-up including the likes of Angelique Kerber, Belinda Bencic, Venus Williams and Lucie Safarova. Charleston has also been renamed from the Family Circle Cup…
The dust has barely settled from an eventful ten days in Indian Wells but just like London buses, the second Premier Mandatory tournament of the year is set to get underway in Miami. In case you missed it, you can read my final Match Points post from the BNP Paribas Open HERE. Finals day at Indian Wells…
Indian Wells has been somewhat overshadowed by the news on Monday evening that Maria Sharapova has failed a drugs test. I’m still stunned by the situation… of the many, many rumours and suggestions flying around Twitter, that was one I didn’t see. I like the fact that Maria has come out and taken responsibility for the mistakes…
The WTA tour moves from Dubai to Doha next week for the Qatar Open. As the two tournaments swap tier each year, Doha is a Premier 5 tournament with plenty of ranking points up for grabs. Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova have both withdrawn from the tournament, but it’s still packed with seven of the world’s top ten. I’m excited, as…
There are two WTA tournaments next week in Dubai and Rio… Moo’s Tennis Blog will be focussing on the Dubai Duty Free Championships where four of the world’s top ten are in attendance. Dubai has been hit with a string of withdrawals; the tournament announced pre-draw that Australian Open finalists, Serena Williams and Angelique Kerber,…
The WTA tour kicks back into action next week with two new events in St. Petersburg, Russia and Kaohsiung, Taiwan. This week, Moo’s Tennis Blog will be focusing on the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy where seven of the world’s top 30 are in attendance. This is a Premier event which has replaced Antwerp in the calendar. Let’s…
The draw for the 2016 Australian Open was completed on Friday morning in Melbourne with main draw action set to get underway on Monday. For this draw, a cloud of uncertainty looms over many of the world’s top ten including the defending champion, Serena Williams. This post is my preview of the draw looking at the…
This week represents the final opportunity for players to get match practice before the Australian Open with nine of the world’s top 15 choosing to play the Apia International in Sydney. Once again, it’s one of those draws that has produced many first round matches that… you cannot believe are first round matches. I’m fully…
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