In the first match of the 2016 WTA Finals in Singapore, Simona Halep and Madison Keys will resume their rivalry with a fourth match in as many months. Halep has gone 3-0 in 2016 but can Keys start her Singapore experience with a booming win? Halep has qualified for her third consecutive WTA Finals after…
The draw for the WTA Finals in Singapore was conducted on Friday and the groups are set in place. The first of many previews this week on Moo’s Tennis Blog will be up tonight! #WTAFinals Groups Red- @AngeliqueKerber, @Cibulkova, @Simona_Halep, @Madison_KeysWhite- @GarbiMuguruza, @KaPliskova, @ARadwanska, Seed 8 pic.twitter.com/BINSO4QqxR — WTA (@WTA) October 21, 2016 First thoughts…
Svetlana Kuznetsova kept her hopes of qualifying for the WTA Finals in Singapore alive with a hard fought, 7-5 6-7(2) 6-2 win over Timea Babos in two hours and 32 minutes. Kuznetsova took a little meander as she was broken to love when serving for the match at 7-5 *5-4, but recovered in the decider…
The eighth and final spot for the WTA Finals in Singapore will go to either Svetlana Kuznetsova or Johanna Konta. Carla Suárez Navarro was eliminated from the race after she was forced to withdraw down 4-6 0-3 to Daria Gavrilova in her second round match in Moscow. Kuznetsova needs to reach the final and she…
Starting with Moscow… the most dramatic match of the day saw the 18-year-old, Anna Blinkova save five match points and come from 2-5 down in the third set to defeat, Anastasija Sevastova, 4-6 6-1 7-6(10). Not only was it the best win of Blinkova’s career so far but it was also her first ever WTA main draw win.…
The WTA hipster match of the day on Wednesday will be in Luxembourg when Monica Niculescu and Francesca Schiavone meet in the second round. Niculescu won 10 of the last 12 games to defeat Kirsten Flipkens in a all-slicing first round battle, 6-4 6-2. This was a seriously fun match and there were some wonderfully…
In the first main draw match of the VTB Kremlin Cup in Moscow, the number nine seed, Timea Babos beat Irina-Camelia Begu for the first time on tour with a 6-2 6-7(2) 7-5 win in two hours and 27 minutes. Andd in the second main draw match, the one I had been looking forward to…
Dominika Cibulkova won her third WTA title of 2016 in Linz and with that, is the seventh player to officially qualify for the WTA Finals in Singapore. Cibulkova had to work exceptionally hard to fend off a spirited challenge from Victorija Golubic in the final, saving four set points in the second set to seal…
Dominika Cibulkova is a semi-final win away from overtaking Johanna Konta into the lucrative eighth place in the Race to Singapore. In her quarter-final match on Friday against the defending champion, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Cibulkova wobbled serving out both sets but her level was generally high, prevailing 7-6(3) 6-4. Cibulkova was 5-1 up in the first…
It was a good day for the seeds in Linz as they went four out of four, all reaching the quarter-finals with straight set wins. The words Garbiñe Muguruza and unconvincing have been paired up quite a few times in the last month but not today… Muguruza produced an excellent display of attacking tennis to overwhelm Monica…
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