The remainder of the first round matches in Dubai will be played on Monday along with the first of the second round matches, which will see 17-year-old, Belinda Bencic go up against the number eight seed, Venus Williams. Bencic won her first WTA main draw match of the year with a straight sets win over…
BOOM. An all-American quarter-final between Venus Williams and Madison Keys will be served up in Melbourne and I am excited. This will be Keys’s first ever Grand Slam quarter-final, while Venus is here for the first time since 2010. Venus snapped a four match losing streak to upset Agnieszka Radwanska in three sets, 6-3 2-6…
There were no surprises overnight on Sunday with Maria Sharapova, Eugenie Bouchard and Ekaterina Makarova all progressing to the quarter-finals. Sharapova v Bouchard should be great. The women’s matches for day 8 are pretty awesome, but i’m gutted all the matches are either early or late so I won’t get to watch any of the…
Simona Halep, Eugenie Bouchard and Ekaterina Makarova all won their matches in straight sets to book their places in the second week of the Australian Open. In the only seeded upset so far today, Yanina Wickmayer defeated Sara Errani in three sets. It’s great to see Yanina playing well again, who has won all her…
I was searching everywhere for the final speeches from yesterday’s Auckland final between Caroline Wozniacki and Venus Williams. Thanks to MrPieritoTennis on YouTube, who has included them in his highlights. When you get a underwhelming final, the trophy ceremony is sometimes the best part. The Caro-Venus final was actually pretty good, but the final speeches…
I was tempted to stay up for the Auckland final last night, but sleep ruled in the end so I avoided checking the live scores and watched using the catch-up service on TennisTV. If you watch a lot of tennis, i’d definitely recommend TennisTV… it’s been my saviour for the last year. It was a…
For the second year in a row, the two highest profile players in the Auckland draw have come through to reach the final. Venus Williams has made back-to-back finals in Auckland; last year she lost to Ana Ivanovic, 6-2 5-7 6-4, but this time round, she will take on the world number eight, Caroline Wozniacki.…
There were some intriguing results on the ATP tour today. Roger Federer was a set and a break down to the world number 153, John Millman in Brisbane before coming back to win in three sets. These close matches are normally a good thing and i’m sure it will help Federer tighten up his game. …
Choosing my top five WTA matches of 2014 was reasonably straightforward, but trying to put them into an order was not! This is my final post in my WTA best matches feature. I’d love to hear your opinion in the comments about what was your favourite match of the year and why. I hope you’ve enjoyed the…
After Switzerland’s victory in the Davis Cup final, it is now officially the off-season… I’m already in off-season mode here at Moo’s Tennis Blog and this is the third part of four counting down my favourite 20 matches on the WTA tour in 2014. If you missed either of the first two parts then you…
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