On Friday, I was on No.1 Court with my mum. She got lucky in the public ballot and very kindly decided to take me! It was nice to show her around as she hadn’t been for ten years and so much has changed at Wimbledon since then. I knew we were going to be in…
The BNP Paribas Masters in Bercy, Paris kicked off on Monday with Dominic Thiem, Jack Sock and Sam Querrey among the first round winners. On Tuesday, four second round matches will take place. Moo’s Tennis Blog will be covering the tournament this week and should have previews for most of the week. We are on…
James Ward scored a really great win over Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, 6-2 3-6 6-1. The Brit won two matches in qualifying and moves into the second round where he will play Julien Benneteau. Second round action will be completed in Cincy on Wednesday. 1. Fernando Verdasco v Marin Cilic (ATP Cincy, R2) I had to preview…
Fernando Verdasco v Jerzy Janowicz (Hamburg, R3) Fernando Verdasco A showdown between two in-form players will be the one to watch in Hamburg as Fernando Verdasco takes on Jerzy Janowicz. Verdasco pushed Andy Murray all the way in the quarter-finals of Wimbledon and he built on that with a final appearance in Bastad last week. …
1. Novak Djokovic v Tomas Berdych Novak Djokovic The final two matches to grace a frantic and frenetic Magic Monday finished at almost exactly the same time as Novak Djokovic and Tomas Berdych confirmed their places in a quarter-final clash. Djokovic has looked fantastic through his first four matches and overcame a few obstacles including…
Andy Murray made a fine start to his clay court season with a 6-0 6-3 thumping of Viktor Troicki. Murray recorded his fifth straight victory over Troicki, who has had an uninspiring year so far. Murray will play the winner of Julien Benneteau and Jurgen Melzer in the third round. Juan Monaco, who was coming…
Fernando Verdasco The match of the day on the men’s side was no doubt the second match on the Rod Laver Arena as Bernard Tomic produced a stirring comeback to beat Fernando Verdasco, 4-6 6-7 6-4 6-2 7-5. Tomic looked visibly stunned that had he managed to beat the colourful looking Verdasco and later described…
I was lucky enough to get two tickets in the ballot for the tennis at Queens. The tickets were for Court 1 for the Round of 16 matches, and although at first I was slightly disappointed not to have got tickets for centre court, I realised we would still get some great matches because of…
Rafael Nadal continued his impressive form with a straight set victory over Fernando Verdasco, 7-5 6-3 6-4. Nadal made a slow start to the match and was broken for the first time in the championships at 1-1; however Nadal recovered and punished Verdasco for a poor service game at 4-3 and powered his way through…
The 4th round came to a close on Tuesday with both Fernando Verdasco and Stan Wawrinka winning epic battles to reach the QF’s. Fernando Verdasco produced a stirring comeback to defeat compatriot David Ferrer, 5-7 6-7 6-3 6-3 7-6 coming from 2 sets down. Verdasco was also a break down in the final set and…
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