Auckland saw a typical day at a WTA International event with half of the seeds tumbling including an impressive performance by the 16 year old Ana Konjuh, who defeated Roberta Vinci in three sets. None of the second round matches in Auckland look particularly engaging so my preview for tennis on New Year’s Day will…
The first week of the season feels about as manic as trying to follow a Grand Slam, but I am not complaining since I am still on my Christmas break. The only tournament with second round matches tomorrow is the WTA event in Brisbane. On Saturday, I put up some polls in my previews for…
Auckland and Shenzhen are hosting WTA International events in a packed first week. Here are my predictions for both tournaments. WTA Auckland International events on the WTA draw have always been somewhat of a lucky dip when trying to call who will be the champion and Auckland is certainly that with no clear front runner. …
The new season is finally here!!! *does a little jig* It is finally time for my first tournament preview of the 2014 season. In terms of the womens player field, Brisbane is the most relevant of the Australian Open warm-up events with Serena Williams, Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova all in the 32 player draw. …
It is time once again for Moo’s annual predictions for the WTA. 2014 is going to be an extremely interesting year and as you will see from my predictions, I think some of the hot prospects on tour are really going to make significant breakthroughs. There have been a whole host of coaching changes, many…
2013 has been another memorable tennis year and here are some of the funniest and most entertaining moments. 2014 previews start soon! 1. HOW MANY TIMES 2. Another classic meltdown. This was particularly impressive for Troicki to look like the nutcase playing against Ernests Gulbis. 3. Matches between Serena and Jelena are always fun and this moment…
For those who follow Moo’s Tennis Blog regularly, you will know I like to post predictions every week for all the tournaments. In this new feature, I take a look back at my WTA predictions from 2013. Note – This analysis focuses on pre-tournament predictions where I predict how a draw will pan out before…
Determining my favourite WTA match of 2013 was not clear cut this year but in the end, I have gone for the US Open final between Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka. The quality and intensity of the first two sets ranked significantly higher than anything else I watched on the WTA tour in 2013 and made this a worthy…
Perhaps slightly left-field but this quarter-final between Daniela Hantuchova and Francesca Schiavone at Birmingham was one of my favourite matches of the year. At an International event, I don’t think it got a great deal of coverage and if you didn’t watch it, you probably wouldn’t have thought much of it. This was a terrific…
Doha has never been a tournament that particularly captured my imagination and particularly after their three years hosting the WTA year-ending-championships in front of sparse and non-existent crowds. However it really shone this year with the big names all competing and reaching the latter stages. Along with the Serena-Kvitova quarter-final, the final in Doha between…
