The order of play in Acapulco is beginning awfully late at 4pm local time every day, which means that it all takes place while I am asleep. All the first round matches wrapped up yesterday and the entire slate of second round matches will play on Wednesday. Credit to the schedulers for not relegating the…
The big news in Dubai on Tuesday was Juan Martin del Potro retiring in his first round match to Somdev Devvarman with the wrist injury that has bothered him for much of 2014. I am really gutted for the big guy because this does not sound good. I can see another really lengthy spell on…
Along with the men’s event in Dubai there is a joint event in Acapulco, a WTA event in Florianopolis and an ATP event in Sao Paulo. There are big changes to the event held in Acapulco, which has now been converted from clay to bright blue hard court. The men’s draw features Andy Murray and…
Five of the world’s top ten players are in Dubai for the ATP event next week. Apart from the highlights of Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Juan Martin del Potro in attendance, the overall quality of the draw is actually quite weak. Noteworthy for British tennis fans is that James Ward has received a wildcard…
What a week for Venus Williams, who won her biggest title since 2010 and maintained a terrific 15-match winning streak in Dubai. She beat Alize Cornet in the final, which wrapped up a solid week of tennis at the Dubai Duty Free Championships. For the final poll of WTA Dubai, 69% of Moo’s Tennis Blog…
Today featured another wow moment of 2014 as the world number 26, Alize Cornet upset the world number one, Serena Williams in a stunning 6-4 6-4 victory. Cornet now meets Venus Williams in a surprising unseeded finale to the 2014 edition of the Dubai Duty Free Championships. In yesterday’s poll, 69% correctly went for Venus…
The Dubai semi-finals features a Williams special as both Venus and Serena progressed to the last four. All four quarter-finals were wrapped up in straight sets. In other news, I was scouring through the future entry lists and discovered that Jelena Jankovic and Ana Ivanovic have already committed to the AEGON Classic at Birmingham this…
Wednesday in Dubai saw quite a few surprises. Flavia Pennetta’s 6-4 6-1 victory over Agnieszka Radwanska was the biggest upset of the day. Venus sailed past Ana Ivanovic losing just three games and then Sara Errani lost to Sorana Cirstea in three sets. In Dubai’s late night match, another shock was served up as Carla…
In the two hotly anticipated matches in Dubai on Tuesday, neither disappointed. Caroline Wozniacki produced a fine turnaround to get past Sabine Lisicki, 2-6 6-3 6-3. In the other match, a third set tiebreak was needed to separate Angelique Kerber and Ana Ivanovic as Kerber suffered another really tough loss, her fourth loss this year…
I went 5 out of 5 for Dubai predictions on day 1 as another busy week of tournaments kicked off. In Dubai, Venus Williams hit 10 aces in a comprehensive victory over Elena Vesnina, 6-3 6-2. Venus won the tournament in 2009 and 2010 and is now unbeaten in 11 matches in Dubai. She has…
