Archive for category: Julia Goerges
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US Open Round 1: Bartoli Strolls into R2, Cirstea and Pliskova Pull Off Upsets over Germans Lisicki and Goerges
Bartoli defeats Hampton, 6-3 7-6(5) France’s Marion Bartoli (11th seed) breaks in the opening game, to go up 2-0 in the first set. Bartoli is working a point beautifully, managing to wrongfoot America’s Jamie Hampton, but Hampton recovers and Bartoli nets an easy BH at 30-40 on Hampton’s serve at [...] -
Peng beats Jankovic in a thriller, Goerges ousts Peer in Cincinnati
Former world no.1 Jelena Jankovic won’t have very good memories on Monday night in Cincinnati. China’s Peng Shuai defeated her in the first round after a three set thriller, winning 5-7 7-5 7-6 (8). Jankovic has also lost in the opening round of last week’s Rogers Cup in Montreal, going [...] -
Paszek defeats Goerges in Montreal
Play got underway yesterday at the Rogers Cup WTA tournament in Montreal, Canada, with sparkling tennis being played and tight matches being fought by some of the stars of the WTA. After her success in last year’s tournament already marked her as a crowd favourite, Italy’s Roberta Vinci fought ferociously [...] -
Azarenka overcomes Petrova in London, Kirilenko joins her in the QFs
After rain suspended play soon after matches started today, number one seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus took on the experienced Russian, Nadia Petrova, seeded sixteen, in what turned out to be a real battle which lasted almost two hours. The first set went to a tiebreaker, which Azarenka took 8-6; [...] -
Radwanska beaten by Goerges in Olympics first round
Agnieszka Radwanska, Poland’s second ranked player on the WTA, has just lost her opening match in the 2012 London Olympics to Germany’s Julia Goerges, ranked 24. The match was played under the closed roof of centre court because of the rainy and cold weather around Wimbledon, with large swathes of [...] -
Azarenka cruises into Luxembourg QFs, Ivanovic out
Top seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarusia crushed Italian Alberta Brianti in the second round of the Luxembourg Open, dropping only one game 6-0, 6-1. Azarenka will play Czech Iveta Benesova in the quarterfinals. Qualifier Anne Keothavong of Britain upset the former world no.1 Ana Ivanovic of Serbia, beating her 6-3, [...] -
Keothavong wins, Baltacha out in Luxembourg
Anne Keothavong of Britain made her way into the second round at the Luxembourg Open as she defeated Mandy Minella of Luxembourg 6-3, 1-6, 6-3. Keothavong played a very solid tournament at the Generali Ladies Open last week where she lost to Jelena Jankovic in three sets. The Brit will [...] -
Kvitova, Jankovic and Cibulkova into Linz quarterfinals
Wimbledon 2011 champion Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic advanced into the quarterfinals of Generali Ladies Linz as she overcame Patricia Mayr-Achleitner of Austria 6-2, 6-3. The top seed Czech will now play Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia, who defeated Ksenia Pervak of Russia in three sets 5-7, 6-3, 6-4. Jelena Jankovic [...] -
Pavlyuchenkova, Goerges and Lisicky out of Linz
Sorana Cirstea of Romania surprisingly defeated fourth seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia 4-6, 6-0, 6-4 in the second round of the Generali Ladies Linz tennis tournament in Austria. Pavlyuchenkova couldn’t find her serve as she made 11 double faults. Cirstea will play either Lucie Safarova or Alberta Brianti next. This [...] -
Pavlyuchenkova and Safarova through to 2nd round in Linz
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia dismissed Anabel Medina Garrigues in three sets 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 in the first round of the Generali Ladies Linz. After losing the second set, the fourth seed Pavlyuchenkova took a 5-0 lead in the third, but only managed to convert her 4th matchpoint to seal the [...] -
Kvitova, Jankovic and Goerges win in Linz
Top seed Petra Kvitova advanced at the Generali Ladies Linz in Austria, after beating the Canadian Rebecca Marino 6-2, 6-2. The 2011 Wimbledon Champion will play either Patricia Mayr-Achleitner or Stephanie Foretz Gacon in the second round. In other matches, Julia Goerges of Germany beat Anastasija Sevastova of Latvia in [...] -
Sharapova advances in Tokyo, Wozniacki out
Maria Sharapova defeated the Germany Julia Goerges at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4) and set up a meeting with Petra Kvitova in the quarterfinals. Petra Kvitova was the one who defeated her in this year’s Wimbledon final to win her first Grand Slam title. World no.1 [...] -
British no.1 Baltacha defeats Goerges in a thriller
British number one Elena Baltacha beats third seed Julia Goerges in the second round of the Texas Open.
