Archive for category: Victoria Azarenka
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US Open 2012 Draw To Be Announced on Thursday
US Open 2012, the fourth Grand Slam Tournament of the year, will commence on Monday (27th August – 9th September). The Draws for both men’s and women’s competitions are to be released tomorrow (Thursday 23rd August) at 12pm ET and stevegtennis will bring you a detailed preview and analysis. Seeding [...] -
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, Jankovic, Lisicki out of WTA Rogers Cup in Montreal
Several seeded players fell in the second round of the Rogers Cup in Montreal, setting up some intriguing 3rd round matchups. 15th seed Sabine Lisicki was the first to be eliminated following a three set battle against world no. 44 Carla Suarez Navarro. Lisicki fought through the first set, taking [...] -
Olympic Medalists Aim for WTA No.1 Ranking in North America
It’s probably appropriate that the three women who ended up on the medals podium of the Olympic women’s singles event were each responsible for dominating the three seasons that make up the first half of the tennis calendar. But with the summer hard court swing already underway this week in [...] -
WTA Montreal 2012 Draw Preview and Analysis
Just a few days after the end of the Olympic tennis events, the WTA Rogers Cup in Montreal, Canada kicks off as part of the run up to the US Open. Last year’s winner and recent gold medal winner Serena Williams is noticeably absent from the tournament, which has opened [...] -
Serena Williams Achieves Career Golden Slam, Plays Unbelievable Tennis Against Sharapova
American Serena Williams won her first Olympic singles gold medal after an astonishing performance against Russia’s Maria Sharapova in Saturday’s final of the 2012 London Olympic games. Williams, playing possibly her best tennis of this year, didn’t allow Sharapova hardly anything on her way to a breathtaking 6-0 6-1 victory. [...] -
Serena Williams demolishes Azarenka in the Olympics semis
Number one seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus and fourth seed Serena Williams of the United States, did battle today for a place in the finals of the Olympic tennis competition on the hallowed grass of Wimbledon. Coming into this match, it was difficult to see anyone getting past Williams, who [...] -
Azarenka reaches Olympics semis after beating Kerber
Number one seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus pounded her way into the semi finals of the Olympic tennis competition earlier today, when she took out the equally hard hitting seventh seed from Germany, Angelique Kerber, in straight sets, 6-4 7-5. In a tight match which lasted an hour and three [...] -
Azarenka overcomes Petrova in London, Kirilenko joins her in the QFs
After rain suspended play soon after matches started today, number one seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus took on the experienced Russian, Nadia Petrova, seeded sixteen, in what turned out to be a real battle which lasted almost two hours. The first set went to a tiebreaker, which Azarenka took 8-6; [...] -
Tennis’ Top Females lead the Forbes Rich List
Maria Sharapova and her fellow top female tennis players Li Na, Serena Williams Victoria Azarenka are not just leading the WTA rankings list, they’re also at the top of the Forbes list of the World’s Highest-Paid Female Athletes. Although the top ten list is filled with professional tennis players, it [...] -
Azarenka, Serena Williams Reach Olympic Second Round
Victoria Azarenka of Belarus made her Olympic debut today with a victory over Romania’s Irina-Camelia Begu. Azarenka raced to a 3-0 lead in the first set before the Romanian was finally able to get on the scoreboard. It was too little too late though, with the Belarusian wrapping up the [...] -
Olympic Tennis Women’s Draw Preview and Analysis
The draw for the Olympic Women’s Singles Tennis event was held today and it appears to have created some intriguing matchups. Unlike the men’s game, which has seen an exclusive club dominate the sport over the last few years, the women’s game has seen a revolving door of players entering [...] -
