Archive for category: Marion Bartoli
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Kvitova and Bartoli advance to Paris Open quarter-finals
The 45th ranked German Mona Barthel, defeated Urszula Radwanska, younger sister of the more famous Agnieszka, in the first round of the 2013 Paris Open. In her second round match, she took on the tournament’s 5th seed, Italian Roberta Vinci, who had earlier defeated Simona Halep. In a very good [...] -
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 [...] -
A.Radwanska and Li Na through to 3rd round of Australian Open
The first match on Rod Laver Arena on Wednesday was between Agnieszka Radwanska, the 4th seed and the unseeeded Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu. In an uncharacteristic start, Radwanska served two double faults in her first game which went to three advantages to the Romanian, who broke to go 1-0 up. Thereafter [...] -
Zakopalova beats Bartoli in China, plays Niculescu in SFs
The first few tournaments of a new season usually throw up some surprises and on Thursday the Shenzhen Gemdale Open in China was no different. The Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli who is ranked at no 11 and seeded 2 in this tournament, was eliminated in the quarter finals by Klara Zakopalova [...] -
Li Na and Bartoli through to Shenzhen quarter-finals
The inaugural International Tier $500,000 Shenzhen Longgang Gemdale Open in southern China has its home player, Na Li as its number one seed, plus a whole host of the WTA’s top players to showcase. In second round play on Wednesday afternoon, Li Na took on the 129th ranked American Julia [...] -
Kirilenko advances in Moscow, Bartoli out
In the first women’s match on centre court in the Olympic Stadium in the Kremlin Cup tournament on Wednesday, two Russians faced each other – their number 3, 16th ranked and 7th seed Maria Kirilenko; and wild card holder Elena Vesnina, their number 8, ranked at 65. The first set [...] -
Azarenka beats Bartoli, plays Sharapova for China Open 2012 title
After the excitable Chinese spectators’ disappointment in seeing the total collapse of Na Li in the second set against Maria Sharapova in the first of the semifinals on centre court, their spirits were lifted by some absolutely fabulous tennis in the second semi between Marion Bartoli and Victoria Azarenka. Bartoli [...] -
Li Na beats Agnieszka Radwanska to reach China Open 2012 semifinals
Li Na beat Agnieszka Radwanska for the third consecutive time on hard courts when the pair met in the quarterfinals of the China Open today. With the 6-4 6-2 victory, Li secured the final place at the WTA championships in Istanbul, as well as a date with Maria Sharapova in [...] -
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. [...] -
Pavlyuchenkova, Bartoli and Schiavone advance into 2nd round in Tokyo
In one of the closest games of recent times, former French Open champion Francesca Schiavone, now ranked at 37, battled on court for close to three hours to close out her match against the up and coming Kazakhstani player Yaroslava Shvedova, finally capturing a 4-6 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 win. The [...] -
2012 US Open Day 9: Matches To Watch
As the US Open moves into the second week, singles remain only on the show courts with the men completing the fourth round while the women move into the quarter finals. Here are my top picks from the men’s and women’s draw. [3] Maria Sharapova (RUS) vs [11] Marion Bartoli [...] -
Bartoli beats Kvitova in the fourth round of US Open 2012
In a contest featuring one of the tour’s quirkiest players, Marion Bartoli, and one of the game’s most unpredictable competitors, Petra Kvitova, it should perhaps come as no surprise that the scoreline should be so erratic. Bartoli eventually managed to upset the 2011 Wimbledon champion Kvitova, defeating her 1-6 6-2 [...] -
Kvitova reaches round of sixteen at 2012 US Open
Petra Kvitova confirms her good form in third round of 2012 US Open as she dismisses Pauline Parmentier in straight sets. Her next challenger will be Marion Bartoli. Fifth seed Czech Kvitova has been invincible for the last few weeks and has extended her unbeaten run with a third round [...]
