Archive for category: Kim Clisters
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Sharapova and Kvitova to meet in the Australian Open SF
The 2008 Australian Open champion Maria Sharapova and the reigning Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova will meet in the 2012 Australian Open semifinal. Sharapova defeated fellow Russian Ekaterina Makarova 6-2, 6-3. Makarova was the one who knocked out the five-times champion Serena Williams in the round before. The Czech Kvitova moved [...] -
Clisters ends Wozniacki Grand Slam dream
Defending champion Kim Clijsters defeated Caroline Wozniacki in the Australian Open quarterfinal 6-3, 7-6 (4) and with this loss, Wozniacki will have to give up her no.1 ranking. She will next play the third-seeded Victoria Azarenka, who overcame Agnieszka Radwanska with a 6-7 (0), 6-0, 6-2 scoreline. Wozniacki finished last [...] -
Azarenka fights back to beat Radwanska in aussie open QF
The no.3 seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus is the first player to reach the 2012 Australian Open semifinals. She dismissed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 6-7 (0) 6-0 6-2. After losing the first set, the Belarussian didn’t allow Radwanska a single game in the second. She held her form in the [...] -
Defending champion Clisters defeats Li
Former world no.1 Kim Clisters saved four matchpoints against the Chinese Li Na at the 2012 Australian Open, winning 4-6 7-6 (8-6) 6-4. With this win she set up a possible match with the world no.1 Caroline Wozniacki in the quarterfinals. Clisters came back from an almost impossible situation. She [...] -
Serena Williams to play at Brisbane
Former world no.1 Serena Williams is set to play at the Brisbane International that will take place from Jan 1-8th 2012. This tournament is considered amongst players as a good warm up for the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the year. Besides the US Open finalist Williams, there [...] -
Caroline Wozniacki to be no.1 seed at US Open 2011
Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark will be the top seed at this years US Open. The Dane, who was a 2009 finalist at this event, is yet to win a grand slam. Vera Zvonareva, last years runner-up, was named as no.2 seed. Last year’s champion Clisters was forced to pull out [...]
