Ana Ivanovic was the latest seed to fall at this year’s US Open after a surprising 7-5 6-4 loss to Karolina Pliskova. It means that Ivanovic has lost before the third round at the last three Grand Slams. It was disappointing because this was a really good draw for the Serb. Credit though to Pliskova,…
The biggest upset of the week so far saw Peng Shuai defeat the number four seed, Agnieszka Radwanska. It was a superb performance from Peng who maintained her aggression throughout the whole match and served impeccably, not getting broken at all in the second set. In what would turn out to be the final game…
Holy moonball. I felt it was necessary to document what was a pretty solid contender for “worst match of 2014” featuring Lucie Safarova and Saisai Zheng. In the end, Safarova dug in deep to secure an incredibly hard fought victory, 6-3 4-6 6-2 in two hours and 36 minutes of moonball madness. Lucie won the…
The first day of action at the 2014 US Open saw a number of scares, but just one seed fell; Garbine Muguruza lost in straight sets to Mirjana Lucic-Baroni. This was a disappointing result for Garbine after losing at the first hurdle of Wimbledon too. Simona Halep, Venus Williams, Angelique Kerber, Caroline Wozniacki and Andrea…
In the first set of matches on day 2 of the 2014 US Open, Svetlana Kuznetsova became the highest seeded casualty in the women’s draw so far. She was defeated by Marina Erakovic, 3-6 6-2 7-6(3) on court 5. I expected this to be a horrible match when I started watching at the end of…
LEGENDS. Venus Williams and Kimiko Date-Krumm are two of the most well respected players on the WTA tour and the pair fought out a rollercoaster first round match on day one of the 2014 US Open. Venus won 2-6 6-3 6-3 in exactly two hours, fending off a late charge from the 43-year-old Japanese player. …
This promises to be another exciting Grand Slam for the women. Serena Williams leads the way as the favourite, but there are plenty of worthy contenders that could go all the way. I have deliberated over and over again about my finalists… it’s possible I have over thought it 😛 The draw seems nicely balanced…
US Open draws are released this evening at 5pm UK time! The US Open is going to be fascinating with both draws set to be wide open. I felt really flat about last year’s US Open, but I am much more excited about the 2014 edition. I’ve got no idea who I will be picking…
Qualifying for the US Open has already begun and you can keep up to date with the draws HERE. Both singles draws will be out on Thursday. The final Grand Slam previews will be posted on Moo’s Tennis Blog on Friday and Saturday! If you missed it, I wrote a feature post about Lucie Safarova…
I’ve written so many previews for matches in the last few weeks that I thought it was time to branch out and do something different on Moo’s Tennis Blog. Hopefully this will become a new regular feature, but that will probably require the creation of new 30 hour days. There’s never enough time to do…
