Archive for category: Mona Barthel
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Errani and Barthel advance to Paris Open final
Spectators who were courtside to watch the two semi final matches at the Open GDF Suez tournament in Paris had a raw deal on Saturday afternoon, as they did not get to see much tennis. In the first match top seed Sara Errani took on the lucky loser from The [...] -
Mladenovic beats Kvitova, plays Barthel in Paris Open SFs
In the first of the night matches 3rd seed Marion Bartoli of France took on the unseeded Mona Barthel of Germany. Barthel, ranked at 45, topped the tournament’s 5th seed Roberta Vinci, in three sets in the second round to make it through to the quarter finals. Bartoli had a [...] -
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 [...] -
Vesnina beats Barthel to capture Hobart title
Russian Elena Vesnina won the Moorilla Hobart International on Saturday, when she defeated Mona Barthel of Germany to lift the trophy for her first ever WTA title. Vesnina has qualified for six finals in her career since 2009, but had never won one. This victory over the tournament’s number 9 [...] -
Mona Barthel and Elena Vesnina advance to Hobart final
In semi final play at the Moorilla Hobart International on Friday, the up and coming German Mona Barthel, the only seeded player remaining in the tournament, took on Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium to battle for a place in the final. The 9th seed is the reigning champion in Hobart, but [...] -
Barthel and Flipkens to face each other in Hobart semis
Mona Barthel of Germany, the 9th seed in the Moorilla Hobart International tournament being played this week in the capital of Tasmania, beat the unseeded Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova, to book her place in the semi final in the top half of the draw. These two players had not met before [...] -
Barthel through to Hobart QFs, Cirstea and Shvedova out
Mona Barthel of Germany, ranked at 39 and seeded 9th at the Moorilla Hobart International tournament being played this week in Tasmania, beat the heat and her opponent Chanelle Scheepers of South Africa, in the second round on Tuesday. This match was fiercely fought by both players and the score [...] -
Barthel, Cirstea and Shvedova all advance in Hobart
In searing heat and some of the highest temperatures ever recorded in Tasmania, play on the third day of the Moorilla Hobart International got under way on Monday. In the third match on centre court, the second seed Sorana Cirstea of Romania, took on the lucky loser from the qualifiers [...] -
Venus Williams reaches Luxembourg Open quarters, Goerges out
Venus Williams, now 32 and on the professional tour since 1994, has had a rough time of late with injuries and illness keeping her out of tournaments. Not having played since the US Open (where she lost in the second round), her ranking has dropped to 48. On Thursday afternoon [...] -
Barthel and Safarova out of Generali Ladies in Linz
In the second last match on centre court at the Generali Ladies Linz tournament, after two qualifying singles and two main draw doubles matches, the twenty two year old German Mona Barthel, ranked at 37, took on the twenty one year old Dutch player Kiki Bertens, ranked at number 60. [...] -
Kirilenko out of China Open, Vesnina beats Barthel
In the first match of the women’s part of the joint China Open 2012 in Beijing, the number 13 seed Maria Kirilenko, who has made a dramatic rise in the WTA rankings to number 14, took on her countrywoman Ekaterina Makarova at the national Tennis Stadium. At number 14 in [...] -
Flipkens defeats Barthel to reach Quebec final
Kirsten Flipkens will play for the 2012 Challenge Bell trophy after a successful two-set battle against Mona Barthel in the semifinal of Quebec. 26-year-old Flipkens has found herself on a doorstep of her greatest success as a professional tennis player. She is one win away from taking her first WTA [...] -
Barthel and Flipkens advance into semis, defending champ exits Quebec
Kirsten Flipkens and Mona Barthel march on at Challenge Bell in Quebec as they finish off their quarterfinal opponents in straight sets. After excelling in the first two matches, beating top seed Cibulkova in the process, Flipkens took on Georgian Anna Takishvili in quarterfinal. World No. 102 Belgian gave away [...]
