Archive for category: Maria Kirilenko
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Kirilenko to play Lisicki in Pattaya final
After a few tight matches in her run through to the semi finals at the Pattaya Open, 2nd seeded Russian Maria Kirilenko, had a really easy day at the office on Saturday. She took on the 4th seed, Sorana Cirstea of Romania, whom she had met four times in the [...] -
Kirilenko beats Vesnina, plays Cirstea in Pattaya Open semis
In the bottom half of the draw at the Pattaya Open played on Friday, 4th seed Sorana Cirstea of Romania went up against the qualifier Anastasia Sevastova, who is ranked at number 183. Sevastova had an easy straight sets win in the first round and then took out the 8th [...] -
Kirilenko and Lisicki reach Pattaya Open quarters, Hantuchova out
Sabine Lisicki of Germany, ranked at 52 and seeded 5th, had an easy 6-2 6-3 first round win over her compatriot Tatjana Malek. In the second round she faced off against 103rd ranked Alexandra Panova of Russia, who got the W next to her name after her first round opponent, [...] -
Ivanovic out of Pattaya Open, Kirilenko and Hantuchova through
Ana Invanovic’s struggle to get back up to the top of the game continued in the first round at the Pattaya Open when she lost a tight three setter to the Japanese player Ayumi Morita, who is ranked on the WTA list at number 60. Ivanovic, the top seed in [...] -
Serena Williams to play Stephens in Australian Open quarters
Serena Williams has touted 19 year old Sloane Stephens as a future world number one and her talent was clearly on show on Monday in the Hisense Arena. The American 29th seed took on the other remaining youngster in the draw, Bojana Jovanovski of Serbia, who is ranked at 56. [...] -
Serena Williams advances in Melbourne, Kirilenko also through
In the second match on Rod Laver Arena, 3rd seed Serena Williams took to the court to face off against the unseeded Ayumi Morita of Japan, ranked at number 72. These two players had never met before and pre match opinion was that this would be another of Serena’s demolition [...] -
Azarenka and Kirilenko through to 3rd round at Australian Open
In the first match on Rod Laver Arena on a scorching hot Day 4 of the Australian Open on Thursday morning, top seed Victoria Azarenka took on the Greek veteran Eleni Daniilidou who is 94 in the WTA’s rankings. This match was the second between the two, with Daniilidou winning [...] -
Serena Williams advances in Melbourne after ankle injury scare
Number 3 seed Serena Williams, is clearly the player to beat for the title at this year’s Aussie Open, but there may be a twist in the tail, as she fell awkwardly and injured her ankle in her match against Edina Gallovits-Hall of Romania, who is ranked at 110. At [...] -
Agnieszka Radwanska and Errani reach QFs in Sydney
Agnieszka Radwanska, who won the title in Auckland last week and is the top seed in the Apia International Tournament being played in Sydney this week, has brought her excellent form from 2012 straight into the new season. In scorchingly hot weather, she took to the court against the 112th [...] -
Kirilenko and Makarova through to second round in Sydney
In the third match on Ken Rosewall Arena in the Apia International Sydney which got underway on Sunday, the 14th ranked Russian Maria Krirlenko took on 116th ranked wildcard Olivia Rogowska of Australia in a contest between two unseeded players. Kirilenko eventually came through what became quite a tricky first [...] -
Petrova beats Kirilenko at the Tournament of Champions in Sofia
The first match on court on Thursday was between two Russians, Maria Kirilenko, seeded 3; and Nadia Petrova, seeded 2, both of whom had to win to get the prized two wins in the round robin format. Kirilenko has had a stellar season which saw her rise to a career [...] -
Petrova and Kirilenko win opening matches at Tournament of Champions
Fresh from winning the WTA Doubles Championships in Istanbul, Nadia Petrova and Maria Kirilenko returned to action on Wednesday and duly won their first matches at the Qatar Airways Tournament of Champions. Kirilenko, the third seed, was first on court against local favourite Tsvetana Pironkova, who had come through a [...] -
Wozniacki defeats Cibulkova to reach Moscow semis, Kirilenko out
All four quarter final matches were set for Friday at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow. First up was the defending champion Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia against Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark, who got a wild card into this tournament. Cibulkova was seeded 5, while Wozniacki was the number 3 seed. Wozniacki’s [...]
