The final of the 2019 Western & Southern Open is all set for Sunday between Madison Keys and Svetlana Kuznetsova. Keys and Kuznetsova have navigated their way through tricky draws, but both managed to win in straight sets on Saturday. This post reviews the two semi-finals and features all the highlights from day 6 of…
Friday was quarter-finals day at the Western & Southern Open in Cincy. Following on from Toronto, the trend of close matches has continued with eight of the last 12 matches in Cincy going the distance. The final four features the number one seed, a resurgent Kuznetsova and two Americans bidding for a first Cincy final.…
We’re rolling through the rounds in Cincy with the last eight all set. It was a day of thrilling three setters with five of the eight matches going the distance. Just the one post today and we will have more photos to share from Omar Boraby at the weekend. Read on for the highlights from…
Wednesday was a busy day at the Western & Southern Open with 14 second round matches on the schedule. This post features a bumper photo gallery from Omar Boraby with shots from Barty-Sharapova, Halep-Alexandrova, Osaka-Sasnovich and and many more! For a round-up of all the tennis action, check out Wednesday’s Set Points post on the…
Wednesday’s Set Points post covers the remaining second round matches at the 2019 Western & Southern Open. It was a busy day of tennis and there were surprisingly few upsets as all eight seeds in action advanced to the third round. Read on for the highlights of the day including match reviews of Halep-Alexandrova, Barty-Sharapova…
Tuesday’s schedule at the Western and Southern Open featured a mix of first round and second round matches. This post contains a gallery of photos from Omar Boraby with Venus Williams, Kiki Bertens, Madison Keys, Garbiñe Muguruza, Daria Kasatkina, Barbora Strycova, Petra Kvitova and Maria Sakkari all included! For a review of Tuesday’s action in…
Tuesday was a wonderfully frenzied day of tennis in Cincinnati with first and second round matches on the schedule. Sadly, Serena Williams was forced to pull out of her evening match with Zarina Diyas. Read on for reviews of two epic matches in the day session and all the highlights from day 2 of main…
I’m delighted to be sharing the work of Omar Boraby again on Moo’s Tennis Blog who was at Monday’s night session in Cincy. This post contains a gallery of photos from Sharapova-Riske and Wozniacki-Yastremska. For a review of Monday’s action in Cincy, a review post is up on the blog here. Stay tuned on Moo’s…
Bye bye Toronto, hello Cincy! It’s a quick turnaround as we move onto the Premier 5 event at the Western & Southern Open. The draw in Cincy has produced some fantastic first round match-ups and main draw action began on Monday with 12 first round matches. This post covers the highlights of WTA action from…
Unfortunately it was a sad end to the 2019 Rogers Cup with just four games played in the final as Serena Williams was forced to retire. It was still a great week of tennis in Canada and has got me out of my post-Wimby slump! Attention quickly turns to Cincinnati with main draw action starting…
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