Archive for category: Julia Goerges
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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 [...] -
Stosur and Goerges into 2nd round of Australian Open
Sam Stosur, the 9th seed, came on to the Rod Laver Arena to face off against a player who had beaten her in their last match – Kai-Chen Chang of Taiwan, who is ranked at 86. She also lost in the first round of the Australian Open in 2012 and [...] -
Li Na and Kuznetsova win first round matches in Sydney
It is good to see Svetlana Kuznetsova back on the WTA tour. The Russian is now ranked at 71 after not having played since just after Wimbledon in 2012, due to having been injured. She had to qualify for this Premier Level tournament and made it safely into the main [...] -
Venus Williams reaches Luxembourg Open quarters, Goerges out
Venus Williams, now 32 and on the professional tour since 1994, has had a rough time of late with injuries and illness keeping her out of tournaments. Not having played since the US Open (where she lost in the second round), her ranking has dropped to 48. On Thursday afternoon [...] -
Venus Williams advances in Luxembourg, Goerges and Vinci also win
Venus Williams made a welcome return to the WTA tour on Tuesday in the evening session at the BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open, after being sidelined with illness and injuries and has not played since the US Open. Now ranked at 41, she faced the 15 year old wild card [...] -
Azarenka beats Goerges and wins Generali Linz 2012 title
Victoria Azarenka became the queen of the Generali Ladies 2012 WTA tournament in Linz after an up and down match against Julia Goerges. World No.1 Azarenka, who had an easiest of semifinals against Begu yesterday, broke fifth seed Goerges in the opening game of their Linz final encounter, indicating what [...] -
Azarenka to play Goerges in Generali Ladies Linz final
Victoria Azarenka cruised into the Generali Ladies Linz final after beating Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania in two easy sets 6-2 6-1. World no.1 Azarenka, who has already got 5 titles to her name this year, dropped her very first service game against Begu, but then went on to dominate in [...] -
Flipkens beats Ivanovic to reach Linz semis, Goerges also wins
World number 21 and 5th seed at the Generali Ladies Linz tournament, German Julia Goerges, was on court against the Swede Sofia Arvidsson, ranked at number 47 in the first of the day’s quarter-final matches. Both offensive players with hard hit groundies and good serves, this looked to be a [...] -
Azarenka strolls into the quarterfinals of the Generali Linz
Victoria Azarenka was second on centre court at the Generali Linz Ladies tournament on Thursday, against the up and coming Romanian player ranked 46 in the world, Simona Halep, who has had some good wins this year and has a great backhand and some first rate and spectacular shots in [...] -
Goerges beats Hantuchova in Linz, Mattek-Sands defeats Paszek
Veteran Slovak Daniela Hantuchova, now ranked at number 38 (her highest ranking was number 5 at the beginning of 2003) took on the German number 2 who is number 19 in the WTA rankings and the 5th seed in this tournament, Julia Goerges. The first set was very tightly fought, [...] -
Radwanska and Bartoli through to China Open quarterfinals
Marion Bartoli took centre stage at the National Tennis Stadium today against Julia Georges, conqueror of Sam Stosur. Bartoli is one of several players gunning for a spot in the end-of-year championships in Istanbul, and needs to pick up a lot of ranking points in Beijing to help her cause. [...] -
Wozniacki through to third round as Stosur exits China Open
Caroline Wozniacki and Sam Stosur both battled through tough three set matches in the second round of the China Open today, but while the Dane managed to emerge triumphant, the Aussie was sent packing. Wozniacki, who had come through a two and three-quarter hour battle in her previous match against [...] -
Li Na beats Schiavone, Goerges defeats King at China Open 2012
Li Na overcame Francesca Schiavone with a 6-2 6-3 victory to advance into the second round of China Open 2012. Julia Goerges came back from a set down to defeat Vania King 6-7 (9) 7-5 6-2 and booked herself a next round ticket. Li earned BP on Schiavone’s opening service [...]
