Well… the 2020 Australian Open was reasonably calm through the first four days. On the fifth day, carnage ensued! We had a high-profile retirement with Caroline Wozniacki’s last match and a huge upset on Rod Laver Arena as Wang Qiang knocked out the favourite, Serena Williams. There were other notable results as well which left…
The second round is in the books at the 2020 Australian Open! There were some great matches dotted around the grounds on Thursday as the general serenity amongst the seeds continued with the top ten fully intact heading into the last 32. More on that stat in this post as well thoughts from my favourite…
Day 3 of the 2020 Australian Open is in the books with the tournament now officially caught up after the rainy first day. It’s been a pretty routine start to the tournament with the top ten seeds all still alive and kicking! Read on for the top stories including the match of the day between…
The first round of the 2020 Australian Open is still ongoing after a mammoth second day that featured a total of 88 singles matches! The first day was a wet one, and the second day was a wild one with an overwhelming amount of tennis. I’m off to watch some more of the matches but…
The first Slam of 2020 is upon us after the main draw for the Australian Open was unveiled on Thursday night in Melbourne. I’m swept up in the excitement so felt like writing a draw preview! This post splits the draw into the four quarters with highlights, things i’d like to see, as well as…
A belated Happy New Year to everyone! I’ve been watching the tennis all week but didn’t have time to do daily posts so I have condensed my favourite moments from week 1 of the 2020 tennis season into this summary post. The opening week featured three tournaments in Brisbane, Auckland and Shenzhen. Despite the craziness,…
This is the annual post on Moo’s Tennis Blog where I attempt to predict next year’s season end rankings. 2019 was a shocker as I correctly predicted four of the world’s top ten. I’ve spent weeks deliberating my top ten and i’m still not entirely happy but here goes! Please sound off in the comments…
It’s that time of year to look back at my 2019 predictions… and it’s not pretty! I correctly predicted just four of this year’s season ending top ten. The one positive was having Barty, the eventual world number one, in there at number seven. Before posting my predictions for 2020, let’s take a look back…
This is the second of two posts counting down my favourite matches of 2019. Part 1 featured matches 20 to 11 which can be found HERE. While there was a plethora of good matches in 2019, picking a favourite this year was really difficult as there wasn’t a stand-out match in my opinion. I’d love…
This year’s best matches feature on Moo’s Tennis Blog is a bumper edition, returning to the good old days of a top 20 countdown. I thought there were lots of good matches in 2019 and I had pretty much constructed a top 20 list by Wimbledon! This first part covers 20 to 11 including my…
