Archive for category: Angelique Kerber
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Kerber and Goerges reach 4th round at Australian Open
First to play on Rod Laver Arena on Day 5 of the Australian Open on Friday morning was the German Angelique Kerber, the 5th seed. On her 25th birthday, she came out to do battle with the 17 year old American wildcard Madison Keys, who is ranked at 105. The [...] -
Venus Williams sets up Sharapova clash in Melbourne, Stosur out
Germany’s Angelique Kerber, seeded 5th at this year’s Aussie Open, was first up on the Margaret Court Arena on Wednesday morning. She played the Czech Lucie Hradecka, who is ranked at 51 in singles (but 4 in doubles). Kerber made a shaky start to this match, as she battle in [...] -
A.Radwanska, Li Na and Kerber advance at Australian Open
After winning her first two tournaments of the 2013 season, Agnieszka Radwanska is a force to be reckoned with at this year’s Australian Open. The Pole, seeded 4th, walked out onto the Margaret Court Arena with a confident air to take on Bojana Bobusic, ranked a lowly 307 and one [...] -
Agnieszka Radwanska to face Cibulkova in Sydney final
Agnieszka Radwanska continued her perfect start to the year on Thursday, when she made it into the final of the Sydney Apia International, after having won her first tournament of the 2013 season in Auckland. Her semi final opponent was Na Li, the tournament’s 4th seed, who had also won [...] -
Kerber beats Kuznetsova, Li Na ousts Keys to reach Sydney SFs
The American qualifier Madison Keys, had a charmed run through to the semi finals at the Apia International Sydney, but it all came to an end at the hands of 4th seed Na Li, on Wednesday. Keys, just 17 years old and world number 135, played the first set very [...] -
Azarenka and Pavlyuchenkova advance into Brisbane semis
World number one and top seed at the Brisbane International in this eastern Australian city, Victoria Azarenka, continued her good form coming into this first tournament of the new season, after having a bye in the first round and an easy 6-3 6-3 win over Sabine Lisicki in the second [...] -
Azarenka beats Lisicki, Kerber also through to Brisbane QFs
World number one and top seed at the Brisbane International 2013 tournament being played in this eastern Australian city this week, Victoria Azarenka faced up against the 37th ranked German Sabine Lisicki, on Wednesday in her first match of the season, as she had a bye in the first round. [...] -
Li Na overcomes Kerber at the WTA Championships in Istanbul
After her heroics in Wednesday’s over three hour match against Vika Azarenka, which Azarenka won 6-4 in the deciding set, Angelique Kerber was back on court on Thursday, less than 24 hours after her epic match in which she gave her all in a spectacular demonstration of her power tennis [...] -
Azarenka overcomes Kerber at the WTA Championships 2012
There was high drama on Wednesday as Victoria Azarenka took on Angelique Kerber in the second match at the end of the year TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championship in Istanbul, in her first match in the Red Group which also includes Serena Williams and Na Li. This was an amazing [...] -
Serena Williams defeats Kerber in Istanbul
Serena Williams got her first group match win at the WTA Championships 2012 as she defeated Angelique Kerber in straight sets 6-4 6-1. Kerber is one of the four players who managed to defeat Serena this year after she eliminated her in the Cincinnati QFs in straight sets. The German [...] -
Sharapova advances into China Open 2012 semis
In a match which was spectacular in many ways, Maria Sharapova went through to the semifinals at the China Open 2012 when her opponent Angelique Kerber surprisingly retired due to injury when trailing 6-0 3-0. The first set was a spectacular 29 minutes of power tennis at its best, with [...] -
Azarenka and Kerber through to China Open quarterfinals
On Thursday at the China Open 2012, world number one Victoria Azarenka faced 78th-ranked Elena Vesnina for a place in the quarterrrrrfinals. Azarenka had not lost a set in the tournament thus far, and was aiming for a third victory over the Russian in as many meetings. In spite of [...] -
Sharapova reaches China Open 2012 QFs, plays Kerber next
Maria Sharapova, world number 2 and second seed at the China Open came out of the blocks in no mood for a long and protracted match as she had in her first round match against Simona Halep of Romania, when she took on the Slovenian qualifier Polona Hercog on centre [...]
