Rafael Nadal conquered Roland Garros for the ninth time with a 3-6 7-5 6-2 6-4 over Novak Djokovic in Sunday. It was a final that had its moments, but never quite got going. Now we move very quickly on to the grass… keep up! Last year, I completely sucked at predicting anything correct on the…
THE GRASS COURT SEASON IS HERE. HIP HIP HOORAY! I could not be more excited that June has arrived and tennis is coming to the UK. Moo’s Tennis Blog will be covering EVERYTHING during the next four weeks so please stay tuned! I’ll be at the AEGON International in Eastbourne for three days next week…
I wasn’t able to watch yesterday’s Roland Garros final between Maria Sharapova and Simona Halep live. I saw the highlights of the third set last night and just had to say a few words. Wow. What a match and what a fight from both players. I was gutted for Simona, who I was rooting for…
The final showdown of 2014 Roland Garros is the one that almost everyone expected and personally, the one I wanted to see. The top two players in the world, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic will meet for the third time this year and for the 42nd time in their career. Nadal goes in as the…
In a draw that has been littered with shocks and members of the WTA new generation making their presence known, we are left with a fantastic showpiece featuring the world numbers four and eight, Simona Halep and Maria Sharapova. The Roland Garros final will be a repeat of the Madrid final, which was played four weeks…
Absolutely crackers. That is the only way I can sum up the events that unfolded on Thursday night as Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray beat the darkness to book their places in the semi-finals. At one stage, it looked like Nadal wouldn’t finish and Murray would, but this flipped round rather dramatically. After two closely…
This has been a really engaging Roland Garros, which has featured the welcome emergence of new faces at the business end of a Grand Slam. Ernests Gulbis, love him or hate him, is a character and his tennis this week has been terrific. Gulbis produced his best performance of the week, tournament and year to…
6-2 6-2 was the order of the day for Simona Halep and Andrea Petkovic. Both players won their quarter-final matches by that scoreline to reach their FIRST Grand Slam semi-final. Petkovic’s victory over Sara Errani was the more surprising of the two. Errani is a demon to break down on the clay. My overriding though…
Maria Sharapova and Eugenie Bouchard will contest the first of the 2014 Roland Garros semi-finals on Thursday. It’s a match-up that is likely to thrill Stacy Allaster as the Bouchard bandwagon keeps on moving forward with full force. Sharapova was first to confirm her place in the semi-finals with a 1-6 7-5 6-1 victory over…
The two mens quarter-finals on Tuesday were both wrapped up in straight sets as Novak Djokovic and Ernests Gulbis set up an enticing semi-final for Friday. I was surprised that Gulbis won, but more so in the scoreline, a 6-3 6-2 6-4 cruise past Tomas Berdych. Djokovic was too solid for Milos Raonic as he…
