Archive for category: WTA Tour
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Simona Halep wins first WTA career title, beats Petkovic in Nuremberg final
After having played a very up and down semi final match on Friday afternoon, Roumania’s Simona Halep, the Nurnberger Versicherungscup 2013 tournament’s 7th seed, took to the court again for the final on Saturday afternoon to try to win her first WTA title. To date she has been in three [...] -
Hantuchova to face Vekic in Birmingham final
The first semi final of the very rain delayed Aegon Classic tournament being played in Birmingham, England, on grass this week was between 16th seed Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia and the very talented Croatian teenager, sixteen year old Donna Vekic, who is ranked at 89. Their only previous meeting was [...] -
Petkovic defeats Jankovic, faces Halep in Nuremberg final
The first semi final on the clay at the Nurnberger Versicherungscup 2013 played in the German city of Nuremburg on Friday afternoon was between wild carded top seeded Jelena Jankovic of Serbia and Germany’s Andrea Petlovic, who was also given a wild card into this tournament. The Serb only lost [...] -
Serena Williams beats Sharapova to win French Open 2013 title
The somewhat predictable final on Philippe Chatrier centre court at the 2013 French Open pitted the world’s top two players in their quest to win a second title on the red clay. Serena Williams was playing in her 20th grand slam final (having won 15), while Maria Sharapova, the reigning [...] -
Serena Williams to face Sharapova in French Open 2013 final
After Maria Sharapova won her semi-final clash against Azarenka and made it to her second consecutive final at Roland Garros, 5th seed Sara Errani, last year’s runner up, went on court to try to emulate the feat, but she was up against top seed Serena Williams. The diminutive five foot [...] -
Sharapova beats Azarenka to reach Roland Garros 2013 final
The first of Thursday‘s two semi final matches started off in warm and wind free conditions. Reigning champion, 2nd seed Maria Sharapova faced off against 3rd seed Victoria Azarenka in their thirteenth meeting, although this was their first meeting at the French Open. Azarenka led the head to head stat [...] -
Sharapova to play Azarenka in Roland Garros semi-final
The third quarter final at the 2013 French Open was played in warm and breezy conditions on Court Philippe Chatrier between defending champion, 2nd seeded Maria Sharapova of Russia, and 18th seeded Jelena Jankovic of Serbia. Going in to this match, Sharapova led the head to head stat 7-1 – [...] -
Serena Williams to meet Errani in Roland Garros semis
Top seed Serena Williams came back from the brink in her quarter final match at the Roland Garros on Tuesday afternoon. She took on Svetlana Kuznetsova, who has been playing some great tennis again after having been off the tour for a few months with an injury. In this battle [...] -
Sharapova to square off against Jankovic in French Open quarter-finals
The third fourth round match on Monday was between defending champion and 2nd seed Maria Sharapova and the young American, Sloane Stephens, the tournament’s 17th seed. Sharapova won all her matches to this round in straight sets, while Stephens won her first two in straights and had a three set [...] -
Azarenka defeats Schiavone to reach Roland Garros QFs, Kirilenko also wins
The first match in the sunshine on Centre Court on Monday was between Francesca Schiavone of Italy who is now ranked at 50; and the 3rd seeded Victoria Azarenka of Belarus. Having been champion in Paris in 2010 and runner up to Na Li in 2011 and then beating 21st [...] -
French Open Monday Preview – Can Schiavone pull off an upset over Azarenka?
While Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova are continuing their easy progress through the draw, we could be headed for yet another showdown between the world’s top two ranked players. But Sharapova has some stiff competition to get over before she can think about playing Williams. Here’s our preview of the [...] -
A.Radwanska beats Ivanovic in Paris, Errani also through to QFs
5th seed Sara Errani took on Spanish 20th seed Carla Suarez Navarro on Court Suzanne Lenglen. The Italian, last year’s losing finalist, led the head to head going into this match 9-5. This was a contest between two of the shortest players on the tour – both five foot four [...] -
Serena Williams to meet Kuznetsova in Roland Garros quarter-finals
Fourth round play began Day 8 at Roland Garros in sunny but windy conditions on Sunday. First up were 8th seeded German Angelique Kerber and 39th ranked Russian, Svetlana Kuznetsova. Kuznetsova won the title in 2009, but Kerber was a quarter finalist last year and won their two meetings in [...]
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