Archive for category: Marion Bartoli
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Robson forces 4 time Grand Slam Champion Clijsters into retirement
There was great happiness and lots of sadness on Arthur Ashe Stadium on Wednesday, when the up and coming British eighteen year old, Laura Robson, took out one of her idols, Kim Clijsters in straight sets 7-6 (4) 7-6 (5) to make it to the third round of the 2012 [...] -
Sharapova easily through to the third round of the 2012 US Open
4-time slam champion Russian Maria Sharapova is through to the third round of the 2012 US Open after a comfortable 6-0 6-1 win over Spanish player Lourdes Dominguez-Lino in a match that lasted 54 minutes. The world number 3 was clearly the better player from the beginning of the match [...] -
Bartoli and Errani to clash in New Haven quarters
French player Marion Bartoli, the number five seed at the New Haven Open at Yale tournament being played this week in the run up to the US Open, made hard work of her match on Tuesday against the fast rising, stylish, accurate and hard hitting young American, Sloane Stephens. Often [...] -
Venus Williams overcomes Kirilenko in Cincinnati, Bartoli out
Marion Bartoli, seeded sixth in the Western and Southern Open being played in Cincinnati this week as part of the run up series to the US Open, certainly was not at her energetic best when she served a total of thirteen double faults in her straight set defeat to Johanna [...] -
Wozniacki, Kvitova through in Montreal, Azarenka Withdraws with Injury
Rain delays have disrupted play at the WTA Rogers Cup in Montreal, but several key matches were completed before the skies opened on Friday. In the Center Court matinee 5th seed Petra Kvitova defeated 9th seed Marion Bartoli handily in just over 1 hour. Bartoli struggled on her serve from [...] -
Cibulkova wins Carlsbad title
Dominika Cibulkova is a deserved winner of 2012 Mercury Insurance Open in Carlsbad, USA. The 23-years old Slovak did not give away a single set during the whole week. In the final match she defeated top-seeded French Marion Bartoli with 6-1, 7-5, and earned herself a second WTA title after [...] -
Top seed Bartoli in Carlsbad finals, beats Yung-Jan Chan
French Marion Bartoli became the second finalist of Carlsbad WTA tournament following a successful comeback against a qualifier Yung-Jan Chan from Chinese Taipei. The first set went against all odds. Chan kept all of her serves and managed to convert two out of her seven break points to win with [...] -
Petrova and Bartoli advance into Carlsbad semis
Nadia Petrova and Marion Bartoli fought their way to Carlsbad semifinals. The Russian and the French won the three-set thrillers against the home-crowd favorites Varvara Lepchenko and Christina McHale. The experienced Petrova remains undefeated in her head to head encounters against four years younger Lepchenko. Carlstad quarterfinal schedule paired them [...] -
Czech Republic wins Hopman Cup
Czech Republic captured the Hopman Cup title as they beat France in the Final. Both Kvitova and Berdych played some superb tennis throughout the week, winning all their singles matches. In the final, Kvitova proved to be a bit too much for Bartoli, beating her 7-5 6-1. In the men’s [...] -
Czech Republic vs. France in Hopman Cup Final
Czech duo Petra Kvitova and Tomas Berdych will play in the Hopman Cup Final against France. The reigning Wimbledon champion defeated world no.1 Caroline Wozniacki in three hard fought sets 7-6 (4) 3-6 6-4 before Berdych clinched the top spot in their group with a 6-1 6-3 win over Frederik [...] -
Kanepi, Petrova win, Vinci out of Kremlin Cup
Kaia Kanepi of Estonia advanced to the second round at the Kremlin Cup in Moscow as she defeated Italy’s Sara Errani 6-0, 7-5. In other matches, Nadia Petrova of Russia beat fellow Evgeniya Rodina 6-4, 7-6 (3) and Bojana Jovanovski of Serbia eliminated Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine 6-3, 6-0. Seventh [...] -
Bartoli takes title in Japan
Marion Bartoli of France became the Japan Open champion as she defeated Samantha Stosur in the final 6-3, 6-1. This was Bartoli’s seventh career title as she didn’t allow the US Open champion to find her game. This win kept her WTA Championships dream in Istanbul alive. “I’m very happy with the [...] -
Stosur against Bartoli in Japan Open final
Samantha Stosur of Australia and Marion Bartoli of France set up a final encounter at the Japan Open. The US Open champion Stosur had to fight hard for her victory in the semis as she defeated China’s Zheng Jie 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-3. The Australian will be aiming to win [...]
