Today saw quite an upset as a struggling, Victoria Azarenka was bundled out of the tournament by Venus Williams, who put in a measured performance to go to 3-0 in their head-to-head. I have only had a chance to watch the highlights and boy is it weird watching Azarenka not grunting. I remember she went…
1st round action in Tokyo wrapped up today with a series of spectacular collapses. Madison Keys, who struggled for momentum during the summer hard court season due to a number of injuries, had a really great win over Carla Suarez Navarro as she recovered from a 6-2 5-2 deficit to win 2-6 7-5 6-2. Last…
I am pleased to say that Moo’s Tennis Blog is back from vacation! I had a lovely week exploring Switzerland. It was a largely tennis free week, which I really needed because blogging had been pretty much constant since the beginning of the clay court season. However whilst in Switzerland, I did visit Gstaad where…
Grand Slam action is over for 2013! Here is my concluding post to wrap up this year’s US Open. Enjoy… The Champions: Serena Williams Serena Williams: A 5th US Open title and 17th Grand Slam title marked another superb week for the world number one. Progression through to the final was smooth, but the final…
Novak Djokovic Both singles finals this year will feature the top two players in the world and hopefully, will provide us with entertaining showpieces to conclude a US Open that has lacked headlines and high quality tennis matches. Novak Djokovic‘s first 4 matches were a breeze as he lost just 22 games. The last 2…
Victoria Azarenka Just two women remain and it is the final that most wanted and predicted; world number 1, Serena Williams will take on world number 2, Victoria Azarenka in a rematch of last year’s US Open final where Azarenka served for the title, but was undone by Serena who came away with a 6-2…
I feel like I am constantly beating down on this year’s US Open, but it will go down as one of the most unmemorable slams in recent times. A good ending to the Championships will go some way to changing that but we have had a significant lack of quality matches particularly on the mens…
1. Serena Williams v Li Na Li Na Both playing extremely well this week, all things look rosey for a fine womens semi-final between Serena Williams and Li Na. Serena showed absolutely no mercy against Carla Suarez Navarro, who was served up a double bagel on her birthday in their quarter-final match. Li lost her…
I don’t know if it is just me but I am starting to lose interest in this year’s US Open. The poor scheduling, the lacklustre matches and crowds on Ashe and no stand-out quarter-finals have made me feel a bit meh about this tournament right now. Flavia Pennetta making the semi-finals is a huge headline,…
My predictions have gone extremely wobbly this week, but then again some of the results have been very surprising. It is nice to see a few notable mens matches and I enjoyed the end to the Hewitt-Youzhny match tonight. Lleyton Hewitt still managing to compete at the top level is pretty magnificent, but he had…
