In the second match of the day on Tuesday, Petra Kvitova and Agnieszka Radwanska will play each other for the first time in 2014. Their last match was also at the WTA Championships in 2013 where Kvitova won in two sets, 6-4 6-4. Since winning her second Grand Slam title at Wimbledon with a simply…
The first match of the day on Tuesday beginning at 7.30pm local time (12.30pm UK time) will feature the number two seed, Maria Sharapova up against the number eight seed, Caroline Wozniacki. This is one of the more inviting matches from the white group. In their last match-up, Sharapova and Wozniacki played arguably the best…
The Race to London continues to heat up with two spaces up for grabs after Stan Wawrinka and Marin Cilic were officially confirmed as qualifiers last week. Andy Murray, David Ferrer, Milos Raonic and Grigor Dimitrov are all still in the hunt and unsurprisingly, all four are playing next week. I’ll be concentrating on Singapore,…
Like the first match between Serena and Ana, the second match from the red group featuring Simona Halep and Eugenie Bouchard has some pretty bold question marks after both players pulled of their most recent tournaments with injuries. Bouchard won her first match in Linz and then pulled out with a left leg injury. In…
The inaugural Year-End-Championships in Singapore will kick off with a blockbuster opening match between the number one seed, Serena Williams and the number seven seed, Ana Ivanovic. This match will begin at 7.30pm local time, which should be 12.30pm in the UK. Both players are coming into this first match after a walkover in their…
This has been one of the most fascinating seasons on the WTA tour for years and it will all come to a glittering crescendo next week in Singapore. Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova, Petra Kvitova, Simona Halep, Eugenie Bouchard, Agnieszka Radwanska, Ana Ivanovic and Caroline Wozniacki will battle it out for the last meaningful piece of…
As Luxembourg finishes on Saturday, the other four draws this week will feature semi-final action. In Moscow, doubles partners Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Lucie Safarova are the only seeds left and could meet in the final. As always, Moo’s Tennis Blog is rooting for Lucie to go all the way! Grigor Dimitrov hit a pair of…
As Barbora Zahlavova Strycova knocked out Mona Barthel in the second of the Luxembourg semi-finals, my hopes of finishing 2014 with a tournament champion were crushed! Mona was my champion this week and she had a good week. However she was comfortably beaten by Zahlavova Strycova, who produced a solid performance to win 6-3 6-2. …
I’m busy this evening so this will be my only preview for the day. Thankfully there is one match already confirmed and it will be one of the highlights for Friday. Singapore is on the horizon and Moo’s Tennis Blog will be previewing the year-end-championships once the draw for the groups have been confirmed. Lucie…
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