Kiki Bertens, the young Dutch player who is ranked at 65, took on the Czech Lucie Safarova, ranked at 18 and seeded 6th, in…
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Kirilenko beats Vesnina, plays Cirstea in Pattaya Open semis
In the bottom half of the draw at the Pattaya Open played on Friday, 4th seed Sorana Cirstea of Romania went up against the…
Lisicki to play Bratchikova in Pattaya Open semi-finals
Nina Bratchikova, the 103rd ranked player from Russia, took to court on Friday to play Ayumi Morita of Japan, ranked at 60.…
Kirilenko and Lisicki reach Pattaya Open quarters, Hantuchova out
Sabine Lisicki of Germany, ranked at 52 and seeded 5th, had an easy 6-2 6-3 first round win over her compatriot Tatjana Malek.…
Kvitova and Bartoli advance to Paris Open quarter-finals
The 45th ranked German Mona Barthel, defeated Urszula Radwanska, younger sister of the more famous Agnieszka, in the first…
Errani through to Paris Open QFs, Cibulkova out
The top seeded Italian Sara Errani, has had very little time on court this week at the Open GDF Suez tournament in Paris, as…
Ivanovic out of Pattaya Open, Kirilenko and Hantuchova through
Ana Invanovic’s struggle to get back up to the top of the game continued in the first round at the Pattaya Open when she lost…
Azarenka beats Li Na and wins second Australian Open title
Victoria Azarenka is the 2013 Australian Open Women’s Singles Champion, having successfully defended the title she…
Errani/Vinci win Australian Open doubles title, Gajdosova/Ebden mixed ...
It is a very long time since Australia has had one of its players in a final of its own Grand Slam, but at the 2013 Australian…
Azarenka beats Stephens, plays Li Na in Australian Open final
In the second semi final match on Rod Laver Arena on Thursday, top seed Victoria Azarenka took on the bright new star in the…
Li Na beats Sharapova to reach Australian Open 2013 final
Maria Sharapova, the 2nd seed, came on to Rod Laver Arena to do battle with Na Li, the 6th seed, for a place in the final in blistering…
Stephens upsets Serena Williams to advance to Australian Open semis
After the excitement of the first set in the first match on Rod Laver Arena between Victoria Azarenka and Svetlana Kuznetsova,…
Azarenka defeats Kuznetsova to reach Australian Open semis
In the first match on Rod Laver Arena on Day 10 of the Australian Open on Wednesday, world number one Vika Azarenka took on…
Sharapova to play Li Na in Australian Open semi-final
Going into what all the pundits expected to be a very tough battle, Na Li held a 5-4 head to head advantage over Agnieszka Radwanska…
Serena Williams to play Stephens in Australian Open quarters
Serena Williams has touted 19 year old Sloane Stephens as a future world number one and her talent was clearly on show on Monday…
Azarenka into Australian Open QFs, Kuznetsova beats Wozniacki
It is amazing to see that Svetlana Kuznetsova is ranked at 75, but this is because she was off the tour for the second half of…
A.Radwanska beats Ivanovic, plays Li Na in Australian Open QFs
Serbian 13th seed Ana Ivanovic played the 4th seeded Pole Agnieszka Radwanska on Rod Laver Arena on Day 7 of the Australian…
Sharapova to play Makarova in Australian Open quarter-finals
Opening proceedings on Rod Laver Arena on Day 7 of the Australian Open were the Russian 19th seed Ekaterina Makarova and…
Azarenka beats Hampton at Australian Open, Vinci out
Opening proceedings on Rod Laver Arena on Day 6 of the Australian Open were top seed Victoria Azarenka, and world number…
Serena Williams advances in Melbourne, Kirilenko also through
In the second match on Rod Laver Arena, 3rd seed Serena Williams took to the court to face off against the unseeded Ayumi Morita…