There weren’t many people in the stands in Istanbul today and the organisers face an uphill struggle to fill seats for the rest of the week as the top three seeds all fell in first round action at the 2015 TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Cup. It’s such a shame because it’s an awesome stadium and…
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…
Wimbledon is done and dusted for another year with the world number ones, Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic both being crowned champions. I hope you’ve enjoyed the coverage of the 2015 grass court season here on Moo’s Tennis Blog. Thanks for all your support and comments, it really means a lot to me. I’ve worked…
Serena Williams won her 21st Grand Slam title and claimed the Serena Slam for the second time in her career, beating Garbine Muguruza, 6-4 6-4 in the 2015 Wimbledon final. It was a topsy-turvy final which had some wonderful moments. It had started in nervous fashion for Serena who threw in three double faults in…
Out of the four possible line-ups for the 2015 Wimbledon women’s final, there was only one that intrigued me… we gotttttt it! On Saturday, the world number one, Serena Williams will take on the world number 20 and first time Grand Slam finalist, Garbine Muguruza. By virtue of her performances this week, Muguruza will crack…
While the first of the 2015 Wimbledon semi-finals was expected, the second one, which will feature Agnieszka Radwanska and Garbine Muguruza is more unexpected. Radwanska has had a poor year by her standards; before the grass court season started, her best results were a quarter-final appearance in Doha and a semi-final showing in Katowice. The…
The two highest seeds in the top half of the women’s draw have progressed to the Wimbledon semi-finals which will be played on Thursday. Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova were both pushed hard in their quarters, needing three sets to prevail. In the first quarter-final of the day, Sharapova overcame a spirited effort from CoCo…
Equipped with a dreamy draw, Madison Keys has snapped up her berth in the final eight of Wimbledon. Last year, she won Eastbourne but then an injury forced to retire from a delayed third round match against Yaroslava Shvedova. This year she lost early in Eastbourne, trounced in fact by Belinda Bencic, 6-2 6-2. She…
Perhaps it’s just me but this is my FAVOURITE of the women’s quarter-finals. Garbine Muguruza and Timea Bacsinszky have reached back-to-back quarter-finals at Roland Garros and Wimbledon which is an awesome effort from both. Even more noteworthy is that Muguruza and Bacsinszky had never previously made it past the second round at Wimbledon. Both Garbine…
For the first time since 2011, Maria Sharapova is into the last eight at Wimbledon. A longer break since Roland Garros and a neat draw have helped Maria progress through her first four rounds without the loss of any sets. Sharapova was tested in her fourth round match against Zarina Diyas but ultimately prevailed, 6-4…
