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Their First Grand Slam Main Draw
The U.S. Open qualifications finished on Friday and five players have, by winning, entered the main draw of a Grand Slam for the first time in their career. Incidentally, all the young players I have portrayed after the first round are among the qualifiers, with the predictable exception of Mitchell [...] -
Vinci takes Dallas trophy after beating Jankovic in final
Third seed Roberta Vinci overcomes second-seeded Jelena Jankovic in an exciting more than two hours long 2012 Texas Open final match. End score: 7-5, 6-3. This was a seventh WTA cup 29-years old Italian Vinci raised in her career, and the first one this season. As she admitted in her [...] -
Berdych defeats Querrey, plays Isner for Winston-Salem title
Second seed Czech Tomas Berdych dealt with home crowd favorite Sam Querrey in two straight sets and will play for his second 2012 ATP title in final of Winston-Salem. Berdych certainly did not make his life easy against seventh-seeded Querrey as he gave away a break already in the opening [...] -
Kvitova breezes past Errani, faces Kirilenko in New Haven final
2nd seeded Petra Kvitova booked herself a place in New Haven final after overpowering Italy’s Sara Errani 6-1 6-3. The Czech 2011 Wimbledon champion looked impressive throughout the match and after taking the first set in a mere 24 minutes, she took Errani’s serve twice more in the second set [...] -
Defending champion Isner beats Tsonga in Winston-Salem SFs
Defending champion and no.3 seed John Isner advanced into the Winston-Salem final after overcoming Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in a three set battle with a 6-4 3-6 7-6 (3) end scoreline. Isner was going into today’s match with a 3-1 head to head record against the Frenchman, having won their last encounter [...] -
Kirilenko advances to New Haven final after Wozniacki retires
Russia’s Maria Kirilenko will play for the New Haven Open title after the no.3 seed Caroline Wozniacki retired from their semifinal encounter whilst trailing 7-5. The Dane was forced to finish the match due to a knee injury and this is her first loss in 21 appearances here at the [...] -
Surprises And Heartbreaks – Second Round of the US Open 2012 Qualifications
They were 128 on Tuesday. This Friday, only 32 remain, fighting for 16 main draw spots at the last Grand Slam event of the season. There haven’t been too many surprises in the first round. However, the second round of the U.S. Open qualifications brought us some, and also many [...] -
Tsonga to face Isner in Winston-Salem semis
Top seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and no.3 seed John Isner will face off for a place in the final at the Winston-Salem Open. Tsonga needed mere 53 minutes to send Spaniard Marcel Granollers packing, literally demolishing him 6-1 6-2. Two breaks of serve in each of the sets handed him a [...] -
Querrey defeats Dolgopolov, plays Berdych for a place in Winston-Salem final
American Sam Querrey booked his place in the Winston-Salem Open semifinal after defeating Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov in a three set battle 7-5 4-6 7-6 (3) after 2 hours and 11 minutes. 4th seeded Dolgopolov, who beat Querrey in this year’s Washington semifinal (and then went on to win the title), [...] -
Wozniacki eliminates Cibulkova, will play Kirilenko in New Haven SFs
Both Caroline Wozniacki and Maria Kirilenko brushed away their 2012 New Haven quarterfinal opponents in two straight sets in and will meet in semis next. Third seed Wozniacki beat recent Carlsbad winner Dominika Cibulkova in New Haven quarterfinal match. While Dane Wozniacki was hardly troubled at her serve, she converted practically [...] -
Kvitova to face Errani for a place in New Haven final
The clash between fourth seed Italian Sara Errani and fifth-seeded French Marion Bartoli promised to be a tight encounter, but was rather one-sided in the end. Errani, who already won in Barcelona, Budapest, and Palermo this year, got off to a better start going 4-0 up in the first set, [...] -
Jankovic to play Vinci for Texas Open Trophy
No surprises in 2012 Dallas semifinals as both Roberta Vinci and Jelena Jankovic finish off their unseeded opponents in two straight sets. Unseeded Serbian player Bojana Jovanovski will be leaving Texas Open in Dallas with mixed feelings. On one hand, she reached semifinal of a WTA tournament, on the other [...] -
The Surprise Champion at the 2012 US Open
Amazingly, seven different women have hoisted the singles champion trophy at the last seven Grand Slam events. To refresh your memory, the septet includes Kim Clijsters, Li Na, Petra Kvitova, Samantha Stosur, Victoria Azarenka, Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams. Even more amazingly, six of the seven—plus dangerous heavy [...]
