The French Open champion, Garbiñe Muguruza faces a potentially testing opener as she takes on the world number 68, Camila Giorgi in the first round of Wimbledon on Monday. Muguruza will not only being playing her first Slam since her triumph in Paris but she’s also defending finals points after glorious run at Wimbledon in 2015 where she…
Friday nights of Slam draws are my favourites… give me a draw to plough through and i’m happy! For profiles of the top 16 seeds at Wimbledon including recent form, previous Wimbledon performances, fun facts and general thoughts, check out my first preview for the women’s tournament HERE. This post focuses entirely on the draw, going…
It’s time for Wimbledon… woohoo! This is always my favourite Slam and i’m off work until the 7th of July so currently floating on air. This will be the first of many, many posts to come over the next two weeks so stay tuned to Moo’s Tennis Blog and tell your friends! There will also be more…
The most prestigious tennis tournament of the year will begin on Monday. The draw was released today at 10am and there are quite a few interesting 1st round and potential 2nd round match-ups! Two of the semi-final spots will be very wide open as Federer has struggled with injury this year and Wawrinka has never…
The time has come around again for one of the best annual tennis experiences, Wimbledon, the oldest tennis tournament in the whole world. Wimbledon is one of the hardest tennis tournaments for getting tickets and if you didn’t secure your place with the ballot or the idea for queuing up for hours doesn’t sound attractive,…
Wednesday began with some drizzle, which pushed back the start of play by about an hour and a half. This was my last day at the Aegon International in Eastbourne so unfortunately I had to leave halfway through the afternoon just as Petra-Jo was starting. I’ve had a super time and being media for the first…
And onto part two of the mega extravaganza of trying to recap Tuesday in Eastbourne… Part one is here! After a brief time to get some photos out, I headed back to the action to watch the first set of Karolina Pliskova against Daria Gavrilova, which was enjoyable despite the one-sided scoreline. I forgot how much…
Tuesday was a crazy day of tennis! First and second round singles matches were on the schedule, as well as doubles so naturally, trying to keep up with everything was impossible. I tried my best to cover all the outside courts (didn’t go on Centre once haha) as best I could and hereeee I am!…
Since the rain was beating down hard for much of the morning and afternoon, I took advantage of the opportunity to attend some the press conferences held as part of the All-Access Hour. It’s the first time i’ve ever been media so it was a new experience for me. Here are some of the highlights……
Monday was wet… very wet! I arrived to the grounds of Devonshire Park to very heavy rain and it never really abated throughout the morning. The grounds were beginning to get waterlogged and I walked past the umpire, Mariana Alves shouting oh my god at the developing puddles! Eventually play did get underway, but the outside…
