Archive for category: Roberta Vinci
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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 [...] -
Errani/Vinci win Australian Open doubles title, Gajdosova/Ebden mixed doubles champions
It is a very long time since Australia has had one of its players in a final of its own Grand Slam, but at the 2013 Australian Open four players reached this point – one pair in the Ladies’ Doubles and one pair in the Mixed Doubles. Late on Friday [...] -
Azarenka beats Hampton at Australian Open, Vinci out
Opening proceedings on Rod Laver Arena on Day 6 of the Australian Open were top seed Victoria Azarenka, and world number 63 American Jamie Hampton. On paper this looked like a pushover for Azarenka, but Hampton played some spectacular tennis to give her a real fright. In the first set [...] -
Agnieszka Radwanska and Cibulkova reach Sydney semi-finals
Quarter final matches got underway on Wednesday at the Apia International Sydney tournament in much cooler conditions than the past few days, but the better conditions did not help two of Italy’s players. First up on Ken Rosewall arena was Agnieszka Radwanska, the tournament’s top seed; and Roberta Vinci, ranked [...] -
Kuznetsova beats Wozniacki, Vinci defeats Jankovic in Sydney
Svetlana Kuznetsova is enjoying her return to top level tennis after being off the tour for six months due to a knee injury. Now ranked at 85, she had to qualify for the main draw and, after winning her three qualifiers, she dispensed with Julia Goerges in the first round [...] -
Vinci defeats Petrova in Sydney, Jankovic also advances
Roberta Vinci of Italy, world number 16 and unseeded at the Premier level Apia International Sydney tournament being played in Australia’s largest city this week in the run up to the Australian Open, played the 8th seed and world number 12 Nadia Petrova of Russia, on Monday. Even though Petrova [...] -
Wozniacki beats Vinci for second group win in Sofia
Last on court on Wednesday in the second day of play at the Qatar Airways Tournament of Champions in Sofia were top seed Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark and no.4 seed Roberta Vinci of Italy, with the Dane prevailing in straight sets 6-3 6-1. Both playing in Group A, they had easy [...] -
Wozniacki beats Hsieh at the Tournament of Champions
Caroline Wozniacki won her first match in her group of the Tournament of Champions in Sofia as she defeated Su-Wei Hsieh in two easy sets 6-2 6-2. Wozniacki, who is looking to earn a hat-trick of titles this autumn following tournament wins in Seoul and Moscow, had an impressive first [...] -
Vinci beats Hantuchova in Sofia, Pironkova defeats Zheng
First on court on Monday on the first day of play at the Qatar Airways Tournament of Champions taking place this week in Sofia, Bulgaria, were Italian Roberta Vinci, seeded 4th and ranked at 16; and Daniela Hantuchova, seeded 7th and ranked at 32. Vinci has had a stellar season [...] -
Venus Williams beats Vinci, plays Petkovic in Luxembourg semis
Top seed in this tournament Roberta Vinci of Italy faced off against Venus Williams in the quarter-final match in the top half of the draw at the Luxembourg WTA tournament. Vinci battled for three sets to take out Olga Govortsova in the first round and had a straight sets win [...] -
Petkovic beats Jankovic to reach Luxembourg QFs, Hantuchova also wins
Kirsten Flipkens’ great run for the last week and a half came to an end on Thursday afternoon when Daniela Hantuchova defeated her in the BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open second round. Hantuchova, ranked at number 5 at the height of her career in 2003, is now ranked at number [...] -
Venus Williams advances in Luxembourg, Goerges and Vinci also win
Venus Williams made a welcome return to the WTA tour on Tuesday in the evening session at the BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open, after being sidelined with illness and injuries and has not played since the US Open. Now ranked at 41, she faced the 15 year old wild card [...] -
Azarenka beats Vinci, meets Kerber in Tokyo QFs
Victoria Azarenka was untroubled in the third round of Tokyo WTA tournament as she dismissed Roberta Vinci in two sets. Top seed and World No. 1 Azarenka had beaten fourteenth-seeded Italian Vinci twice before meeting her in third round of the Pan Pacific Open 2012. Both of their previous encounters [...]
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