Moo’s Tennis Blog has been lucky enough to have photos from Cincy this week. Many thanks go to photographer, Omar Boraby for his kindness in providing photos from the W&S Open. You can check out Omar’s official website HERE and follow him on Twitter at @PhotographyOmar. After such a successful week, if there any photographers…
Serena Williams won her fifth title of the year with a 6-4 6-1 victory over Ana Ivanovic in the final of Cincinnati. Somewhat surprisingly, this is Serena’s first ever Cincy title. The match started promisingly in terms of being a contest with Ivanovic racing out into an early lead; however serving at *4-5 in…
I say this all the time but… time is flying by. The US Open starts in just one week. This New Haven preview is coming out early as main draw action kicks off on Sunday, starting at 5pm UK time. In the lone WTA tournament next week, New Haven offers a last chance saloon for…
Sooooo Maria v Ana was uneventful…….. hahahaha! It seems I missed out on the craziest WTA match of the year! Right after writing this preview, i’m going to watch some highlights of that third set. Ana Ivanovic defeated Maria Sharapova, 6-2 5-7 7-5 for a monstrously huge win. Ivanovic led 6-2 4-0 before Sharapova came…
A random thank you to everyone who has been following the blog this week. The poll for yesterday’s quarter-final between Maria Sharapova and Simona Halep was the most popular poll ever on Moo’s Tennis Blog with 68% going for Halep to win. It sounded like another great contest between the pair and it has firmly…
The quarter-finals in Cincy promise to be another great day of WTA tennis. However i’m disappointed by the scheduling for two reasons: 1) Ivanovic v Svitolina getting the top court OVER Sharapova v Halep?! 2) three of the WTA matches are late so I doubt I’ll get to watch them here in the UK! This…
I’m delighted to be able to share some photos this week from Omar Boraby, a photographer who is working at the tournament in Cincinnati this week. Many thanks to Omar for contributing some photos to Moo’s Tennis Blog. It’s very exciting (for me at least!) because this is the first ever time we’ve had professional…
Petra Kvitova lost her first match in Cincy to Elina Svitolina, 6-2 7-6(2). I thought Petra played well in Montreal, but this was a disappointing performance. The conditions don’t suit her game, but I expected Petra to come through. Svitolina was solid although her attempts (X2) at trying to serve out the match were painful…
Sara Errani defeated Yanina Wickmayer, 7-5 3-6 7-6(2) in a fantastic first round match on Grandstand court lasting two hours and 44 minutes. I was expecting it to be a complete mess, but it was a great match and for the right reasons! There was plenty of drama too as Errani absolutely lost the plot…
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…
