Archive for category: Agnieszka Radwanska
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Agnieszka Radwanska Feature
She’s a striking 5ft 8 and doesn’t always look happy on court but Aggie Radwanska is slowly winning an army of admirers. The baseline game may be predictable from the 23-year-old but she also possesses a subtle tactical intelligence coupled to grace and flexible movement. This can test even the [...] -
Radwanska “survives” against Jankovic, Vinci defeats Cibulkova at US Open
2nd seed Agnieszka Radwanska survived the oppressive summer heat to defeat former world no. 1 Jelena Jankovic and reach the 4th round of the US Open. Despite winning in straight sets, this year’s Wimbledon runner up remarked that she had “survived” the match. In reference to the weather she said, [...] -
Radwanska overcomes scare at US Open, Kirilenko eases into 3rd round
Agnieszka Radwanska’s produces an outstanding comeback in second round of US Open, while Maria Kirilenko sees off Greta Arn in two rather easy sets. 33-years old Hungarian Arn was playing her first ever second round match at the US Open. Fourteenth seed Kirilenko proved to be too high a hurdle [...] -
Jankovic and Kerber Breeze through US Open 1st Round Matches
6th seed Angelique Kerber and 30th seed Jelena Jankovic had no trouble at all in their 1st round matches today in Flushing Meadows. Kerber was up first and playing against Anne Keothavong of Great Britain. The German set the pace early, giving no time for the veteran Keothavong to find her [...] -
Women’s Draw: US Open 2012 Preview and Analysis
The final grand slam of 2012 is just around the corner and in a few days the WTA’s top players will descend upon Flushing Meadows in New York to compete for the U.S. Open Title. The women’s singles draw and just been released and looks to set up some tantalizing [...] -
US Open 2012 Draw To Be Announced on Thursday
US Open 2012, the fourth Grand Slam Tournament of the year, will commence on Monday (27th August – 9th September). The Draws for both men’s and women’s competitions are to be released tomorrow (Thursday 23rd August) at 12pm ET and stevegtennis will bring you a detailed preview and analysis. Seeding [...] -
Bartoli and Errani to clash in New Haven quarters
French player Marion Bartoli, the number five seed at the New Haven Open at Yale tournament being played this week in the run up to the US Open, made hard work of her match on Tuesday against the fast rising, stylish, accurate and hard hitting young American, Sloane Stephens. Often [...] -
Wozniacki eliminated in Cincinnati, Li Na wins with ease
Li Na advances into Cincinnati quarterfinals after an easy victory, whilst former number one Wozniacki is ousted by unseeded Pavlyuchenkova. Birthday girl Johann Larsson’s 2012 Cincinnati adventure ended in the third round. The Swedish qualifier, who turned twenty-four on the day of the match, did not stand a chance against [...] -
Top seed Radwanska through to Cincinnati quarterfinals
Top seed Agnieszka Radwanska is through to quartefinals while Li Na survives second round of 2012 Cincinnati Masters. She will play Johanna Larsson next. Top seed Radwanska had to stay very concentrated to proceed into Cincinnati quarterfinals. After a flawless twenty-three minutes long first set, the world no. 3 lost [...] -
Radwanska and Venus Williams Battle Through To The Third Round In Cincinnati
In her first tournament match since her surprise first round defeat in the Olympics tennis competition at Wimbledon earlier this month, Agnieszka Radwanska had a rough day at the office this morning when she took on the hard hitting Swede, Sophia Arvidsson, in sweltering heat and stifling humidity. Although the [...] -
Cincinnati Western and Southern Open 2012 WTA Draw Preview and Analysis
With the hardcourt season well underway, the WTA’s top players are eyeing the trophy in Cincinnati en route to the US Open. Following her Olympic gold medal, 2nd seed Serena Williams will return to action here and could set up a number of interesting matchups in the quarterfinal and semifinal [...] -
China’s Li Na Takes out Radwanska, plays Safarova in Montreal semis
After days of rain delays which saw play eventually being cancelled for all Friday night’s matches, some players had to return to court to complete suspended matches and then play another match later in the day. Completed play on Saturday saw the four semi finalists of the 2012 Rogers Cup [...] -
Olympic Medalists Aim for WTA No.1 Ranking in North America
It’s probably appropriate that the three women who ended up on the medals podium of the Olympic women’s singles event were each responsible for dominating the three seasons that make up the first half of the tennis calendar. But with the summer hard court swing already underway this week in [...]
