The damp and dreary first week feels so long ago and Wimbledon 2016 is back on track with the women’s semi-finals all set! Quarter-finals day didn’t quite live up to the lofty heights of 2015 where three of the matches went the distance. This year’s slate of quarter-finals were all decided in straight sets but produced some…
A fascinating semi-final awaits on Thursday in the third all-top ten clash of Wimbledon 2016 between the number four seed, Angelique Kerber and the number eight seed, Venus Williams. With a head-to-head that has produced multiple compelling contests, this has all the ingredients to be an awesome match. Kerber was first into the Wimbledon semi-finals, edging Simona Halep…
The world number one, Serena Williams is into her eight consecutive Slam semi-final and 32nd overall. In stark contrast, her semi-final opponent on Thursday is into her first. A hearty congrats to Elena Vesnina! Vesnina produced a simply stunning display to overwhelm Dominika Cibulkova, 6-2 6-2 out on Court No.1 on Tuesday. Both players had…
Magic Monday is in the books… what a day! There were some cracking women’s matches and a fun finish in the last men’s match of the day with a final set of Vesely-Berdych. For a full round-up of results as they came in, check out my live blog that I was running during the day HERE.…
Both bidding for a first ever Wimbledon semi-final appearance and likely to be feeling the effects of extra-time wins on Monday, Dominika Cibulkova and Elena Vesnina will battle it out second up on No.1 Court on Tuesday. In yet another classic to add to the wonderful Cibulkova-Radwanska rivalry in 2016, the Slovak player extended her winning streak to nine matches…
Serena Williams faces another Russian in Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova as she continues her search for Slam #22 on Tuesday in the Wimbledon quarter-finals. Serena was once again tested as her fourth round opponent, Svetlana Kuznetsova served for the first set at *5-4. Serena had been up an early break but lost her way and the ascendancy with…
In an all top five clash, Angelique Kerber and Simona Halep will open Centre Court proceedings on Tuesday afternoon. Of the four quarter-finals, this is the only one where the seedings have held and the two highest seeds have progressed. Kerber was the first winner of the day on Magic Monday with a reasonably comfortable, 6-3 6-1…
Returning to the Wimbledon quarter-finals for the first time since 2010, Venus Williams will be playing the unseeded, Yaroslava Shvedova. It’s a case of third time lucky for Shvedova who will be competing in her first Wimbledon quarter-final having twice fallen at the fourth round stage. Of the final eight, Shvedova is probably the biggest…
Well hello there, Magic Monday! The craziest day of tennis has finally arrived and hurrah, the weather’s looking set fair. All 16 singles matches across the women’s and men’s draws will be played today. You can keep up-to-date with all the results as they come in with this live post on mootennis.com, which will be continually…
A solid contender for the best WTA match-up of the year, Agnieszka Radwanska and Dominika Cibulkova will meet for the fourth time in 2016 on Monday. If their recent form is anything to go by, this could be a fabulous fourth round match… Radwanska’s last outing on court 3 was a 7-5 6-4 win over…
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