Venus Williams opens up Tuesday’s day session in Cincy against Lucie Safarova. I’m really surprised that Venus hasn’t pulled out and even more so that she is scheduled first up! Jo-Wilfried Tsonga follows against Mikhail Youzhny and I could see Jo having a good week; his week in Toronto must have been mentally tiring, but…
In one of the most intriguing first round matches from the WTA draw, Madison Keys defeated Alize Cornet, 6-2 6-4, to progress into the second round of Cincinnati. I was hoping it would be a three set epic, but this was a reasonably straightforward match for Madison. The stats weren’t pretty with a…
I’m delighted to say that Moo’s Tennis Blog will be featuring some photos from Omar Boraby, who is in Cincinnati this week. It will be a nice change-up from all the grass court photos! Like Montreal, Cincy boasts a great draw although there are some sections that could break up with players going deep in…
Agnieszka Radwanska won her first (!) title of the year, beating Venus Williams, 6-4 6-2 to win the Rogers Cup in Montreal. I really didn’t expect Aga to win the title this week. She hadn’t reached a final since Indian Wells and was very disappointing in Stanford last week, losing out in three sets to…
I’m not quite sure what happened yesterday, but I was unable to get into my WordPress account from my home internet and couldn’t get the site to work either. Thankfully, after logging a call with WordPress Support they managed to fix the problem last night. I was out having a non-tennis day yesterday and was…
The first semi-final in Montreal will be an all-Williams affair as Serena and Venus will play each other for just the second time in the last five years. Their last match came in Charleston in 2013 when Serena cruised through their semi-final, 6-1 6-2. I’m pleased it’s Serena-Venus as it looked for sometime like it…
In the first of the WTA quarter-finals in Montreal, Serena Williams defeated Caroline Wozniacki, 4-6 7-5 7-5 in two hours and 41 minutes in what was a throughly entertaining contest. Wozniacki has played some great tennis in her last two tournaments. In fact, her form seemed to turn at Eastbourne in June when she reached…
Maria Sharapova’s exit to Carla Suarez Navarro was the big surprise on Thursday in Montreal. I was absolutely stunned that CSN was able to close out the match. I was watching Djokovic and then Kvitova so didn’t watch any of the match. It sounded like a mess, but i’m so happy that CSN was able…
Montreal is delivering up some fantastic match-ups this week. I really wish these kind of tournaments were spread out over like ten days. It just feels so rushed and I cannot keep up! I’m focusing on the WTA matches for Thursday as I haven’t had time to do an ATP preview. I have included the Toronto…
Much of the talk on Wednesday was in relation to Eugenie Bouchard’s bizarre 6-0 2-6 6-0 loss to Shelby Rogers. Many of the Genie-haters came out to play after the loss. Where I agree with the exhausting hype, Genie has rightfully earnt it with her showings at the Grand Slams this year. I feel we are…
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