Archive for category: Nadia Petrova
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Petrova beats Wozniacki and wins Tournament of Champions in Sofia
The finals of the WTA Qatar Airways Tournament of Champions saw the unbeaten leaders of both groups take to the court on Sunday evening in Sofia – Caroline Wozniacki, seeded 1 and Nadia Petrova, seeded 2 – a tournament director’s dream final. However, the match turned out to be one [...] -
Wozniacki to play Petrova in Tournament of Champions final
Even though home favourite Tsvetana Pironkova lost two of her matches in Group B in the round robin stage of the year end championship in Sofia – to Nadia Petrova and Maria Kirilenko and won only one, against Jie Zheng – she made it into the semi final stage, courtesy [...] -
Petrova defeats Pironkova and wins Group B in Sofia
With two wins (against Jie Zheng and Maria Kirilenko) under her belt, Nadia Petrova took to the court to try to make it three in a row against the home favourite Tsvetana Pironkova, who had one win and one loss (to Jie Zheng and Maria Kirilenko respectively) to her name. [...] -
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 [...] -
Petrova out of Moscow, Cibulkova and Shvedova through to 2nd round
Dominka Cibulkova of Slovakia, ranked at number 14 and seeded 5th at the Kremlin Cup tournament being played in Moscow this week, started off proceedings on centre court in the massive but almost empty Olympic Stadium on Tuesday against Moscow’s Ekaterina Makarova, now ranked at a career high 20. The [...] -
Li Na beats Petrova in 2nd round of China Open, Jankovic also through
Nadia Petrova’s great run to win in Tokyo last week was surprisingly brought to an abrupt and very fast end in the second round of the China Open on Tuesday. Up against Li Na against whom she had won their all six of their prior meetings, albeit not in the [...] -
Nadia Petrova Aims For “No Regrets” Late in Her Career
While Nadia Petrova surprised many, including herself, by winning her 12th career title in Tokyo over Agnieszka Radwanska, if you’ve been keeping track of the veteran Russian and her season so far in 2012, then her victory this weekend feels almost expected. Though a part of the Russian wave of [...] -
Rejuvenated Nadia Petrova shocks Agnieszka Radwanska to win Tokyo Pan Pacific Open
Nadia Petrova completed one of the best weeks of her tennis career by taking the Toray Pan Pacific Open 2012 title on Saturday. She upset the third seed and defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska 6-0, 1-6, 6-3 for her twelfth and biggest-ever tournament victory. The 30-year-old Russian has had a lower [...] -
Agnieszka Radwanska Outclasses Kerber to Set Up Tokyo Final Against Petrova
The defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska put on a spectacular performance to overcome German Angelique Kerber in today’s Pan Pacific Open 2012 semifinals in Tokyo, dismissing her in just 59 minutes with a 6-1 6-1 victory. Before going into the match, Radwanska was leading the head to head against Kerber with [...] -
Petrova Defeats Stosur, plays Agnieszka Radwanska in Tokyo Final
After her courageous upset of 6th seed Sara Errani in the QF, 17th seed Nadia Petrova battled on to stage another upset in the SF over 8th seed Sam Stosur in straight sets, 6-4 6-2. She will play 3rd seed Aga Radwanska in the final, who defeated 5th seed Angelique [...] -
Petrova defeats Errani, sets up Tokyo semifinal against Stosur
Nadia Petrova pulled off a complete comeback against Sara Errani in today’s quarterfinal of the Toray Pan Pacific Open 2012. She will challenge Sam Stosur for a place in 2012 Tokyo final. 17th seed Petrova and 7th-seeded Errani have met for the second time in their careers, with Errani defeating [...] -
Errani and Petrova through to last 8 of the Toray Pan Pacific Open
Sara Errani’s great year continues, as the diminutive Italian took out the very in form Marion Bartoli of France in three tightly fought sets, 3-6 6-2 6-2, in just over two hours twenty minutes on court. Even though Bartoli, the number nine seed, initially led 6-2 1-0 with points for [...]
