A random thank you to everyone who has been following the blog this week. The poll for yesterday’s quarter-final between Maria Sharapova and Simona Halep was the most popular poll ever on Moo’s Tennis Blog with 68% going for Halep to win. It sounded like another great contest between the pair and it has firmly…
The top half in Cincy has been ravaged with upsets and on Friday, Julien Benneteau upset Stan Wawrinka, 1-6 6-1 6-2. It was a puzzling performance from Stan. I thought (and to be honest, kind of hope) he was struggling with an injury. He seemed to check out in the third set, meanwhile Benneteau played…
The quarter-finals in Cincy promise to be another great day of WTA tennis. However i’m disappointed by the scheduling for two reasons: 1) Ivanovic v Svitolina getting the top court OVER Sharapova v Halep?! 2) three of the WTA matches are late so I doubt I’ll get to watch them here in the UK! This…
For the second consecutive week, Novak Djokovic fell in the third round of a tournament and this time, to Tommy Robredo. TOMMY ROBREDO. The Spaniard has had a brilliant week, winning all his matches in straight sets. Despite these rather surprising losses, I’d still take Djokovic as the favourite to win the US Open. I…
I’m delighted to be able to share some photos this week from Omar Boraby, a photographer who is working at the tournament in Cincinnati this week. Many thanks to Omar for contributing some photos to Moo’s Tennis Blog. It’s very exciting (for me at least!) because this is the first ever time we’ve had professional…
Petra Kvitova lost her first match in Cincy to Elina Svitolina, 6-2 7-6(2). I thought Petra played well in Montreal, but this was a disappointing performance. The conditions don’t suit her game, but I expected Petra to come through. Svitolina was solid although her attempts (X2) at trying to serve out the match were painful…
Sara Errani defeated Yanina Wickmayer, 7-5 3-6 7-6(2) in a fantastic first round match on Grandstand court lasting two hours and 44 minutes. I was expecting it to be a complete mess, but it was a great match and for the right reasons! There was plenty of drama too as Errani absolutely lost the plot…
James Ward scored a really great win over Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, 6-2 3-6 6-1. The Brit won two matches in qualifying and moves into the second round where he will play Julien Benneteau. Second round action will be completed in Cincy on Wednesday. 1. Fernando Verdasco v Marin Cilic (ATP Cincy, R2) I had to preview…
Venus Williams opens up Tuesday’s day session in Cincy against Lucie Safarova. I’m really surprised that Venus hasn’t pulled out and even more so that she is scheduled first up! Jo-Wilfried Tsonga follows against Mikhail Youzhny and I could see Jo having a good week; his week in Toronto must have been mentally tiring, but…
In one of the most intriguing first round matches from the WTA draw, Madison Keys defeated Alize Cornet, 6-2 6-4, to progress into the second round of Cincinnati. I was hoping it would be a three set epic, but this was a reasonably straightforward match for Madison. The stats weren’t pretty with a…
