The first day of Slams are always hectic but Tuesday was slightly stunted by the rain which arrived at 4.30pm and wiped out play on the outside courts. With Wednesday’s forecast also looking dodgy, suddenly a backlog of matches looks likely. Hopefully the weather will abate to at least get all the first round matches…
Wednesday will see second round action begin at Wimbledon although the weather forecast is not looking too good! This post covers two women’s matches from the third quarter of the draw including Simona Halep v Francesca Schiavone and Mona Barthel v Kiki Bertens. For a round-up of day 1 action on the outside courts including…
On Monday I was lucky enough to get a court 3 ticket via Ticketmaster. Therefore, Monday’s Set Points (coming a little late as I needed to sleep!) is a photo round-up of my day. While I had Court 3 tickets, I actually spent it all on the outside courts. Note the regular round-ups will kick in today…
In one of the busiest sections of the women’s draw, Eastbourne semi-finalists, Johanna Konta and Monica Puig will meet in a tough first round match to be played at Wimbledon on Tuesday. Konta’s rise up the ranking has been nothing short of extraordinary. This time last year, Konta was ranked at #126 in the world. One…
This post previews two first round matches from the top half of the women’s draw that will be played on Tuesday including Belinda Bencic v Tsvetana Pironkova and Elena Vesnina v Tamira Paszek. For a preview of Wozniacki-Kuznetsova, click here. I’ll be at Wimbledon today on court 3 so will try my best to get…
It’s hard to remember such a long list of notable unseeded players in a women’s Slam draw. One of those players is Caroline Wozniacki who has dropped in the rankings following poor form and injury as she was sidelined for the entire clay court season after going over on her ankle back in April. Wozniacki spoke…
This post previews two first round matches from the bottom half of the women’s draw including Lucie Safarova v Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Daria Kasatkina v Victoria Duval, which will both be played on Monday. For a first round preview of Garbiñe Muguruza v Camila Giorgi, click here. Wimbledon gets underway on Monday and i’ll be blogging…
The French Open champion, Garbiñe Muguruza faces a potentially testing opener as she takes on the world number 68, Camila Giorgi in the first round of Wimbledon on Monday. Muguruza will not only being playing her first Slam since her triumph in Paris but she’s also defending finals points after glorious run at Wimbledon in 2015 where she…
Friday nights of Slam draws are my favourites… give me a draw to plough through and i’m happy! For profiles of the top 16 seeds at Wimbledon including recent form, previous Wimbledon performances, fun facts and general thoughts, check out my first preview for the women’s tournament HERE. This post focuses entirely on the draw, going…
It’s time for Wimbledon… woohoo! This is always my favourite Slam and i’m off work until the 7th of July so currently floating on air. This will be the first of many, many posts to come over the next two weeks so stay tuned to Moo’s Tennis Blog and tell your friends! There will also be more…
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