Another week and another Premier 5 tournament is set to start in Cincinnati on Monday. The draw is even stronger than that of Toronto with the return of Maria Sharapova, Madison Keys and Camila Giorgi. Once again, Serena Williams tops the draw in Mason, Ohio and comes into the tournament having reached the semi-finals in…
The Rogers Cup in Canada is always an exciting tournament as it’s the first big event since Wimbledon where many of the top players are in action for the first time since the grass court season. Serena Williams headlines the draw which is missing Maria Sharapova who pulled out just before the draw ceremony with…
The 2015 US Open series officially kicks off this week at the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford. The break has been good but i’m ready for some more tennis and it’s going to be coming thick and fast over the next couple of weeks with Toronto and Cincy back-to-back. Stanford has a decent draw…
The Citi Open in Washington DC always produces one of the best line-ups for a WTA International event. This year is no different with the top eight seeds all in the top 35. The draw could have been stronger though if it hadn’t been for the late withdrawals of Victoria Azarenka (shoulder), Eugenie Bouchard (abdominal)…
This week’s WTA draws are… interesting. The women are heading to Baku in Azerbaijan and Florianopolis in Brazil, and both draws are somewhat lacking in quality. In particular, the draw for Florianopolis would likely be classed as a weak ITF draw, let alone WTA draw! This will be the last “quiet” week on tour before…
There are two WTA tournaments in the upcoming week with a hard court tournament in Istanbul, Turkey and a clay court tournament in Bad Gastein, Austria. I can never really get on board with this post-Wimbledon two week clay court stretch. The draw for Bad Gastein isn’t bad with Sara Errani and Sam Stosur the…
I’ll be trying my best to get some ATP content out this fortnight on Moo’s Tennis Blog although as always, i’ll be focussing on the women. When making my picks i’m so much more decisive with the men and it’s much more straightforward for the early rounds. Let’s take a look at each quarter of…
I’m so excited for Wimbledon! There’s always this weird feeling when it actually comes around as it’s my favourite two weeks of the year. I’m off work now for the tournament so i’m really going to enjoy it. The draw came out this morning and the order of play for day 1 at the 2015…
The grass court season kicks into full gear next week with the women in Birmingham. This is the best ever line-up for the Aegon Classic with eight of the world’s top 20 in attendance. However, I expected the line-up to be even better and i’m surprised more of the top ten aren’t here. After a…
Like Halle, Queens is upgraded to an ATP 500 event this year and also has a smaller player field than normal with just 32 players. This has resulted in some awesome first round matches, notably STAN WAWRINKA AGAINST NICK KYRGIOS! The line-up of players is much better than previous years and significantly stronger than Halle…
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