Archive for category: WTA Tour
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Sharapova to play Makarova in Australian Open quarter-finals
Opening proceedings on Rod Laver Arena on Day 7 of the Australian Open were the Russian 19th seed Ekaterina Makarova and the German 5th seed Angelique Kerber. Both lefties, these two hit powerful serves and great groundies, so a good match was anticipated – and a good match it turned [...] -
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 [...] -
Serena Williams advances in Melbourne, Kirilenko also through
In the second match on Rod Laver Arena, 3rd seed Serena Williams took to the court to face off against the unseeded Ayumi Morita of Japan, ranked at number 72. These two players had never met before and pre match opinion was that this would be another of Serena’s demolition [...] -
Sharapova beats Venus Williams to reach 4th round of Australian Open
Maria Sharapova played an amazingly high quality tennis match as she destroyed Venus Williams in the third round of the Australian Open 2013, winning 6-1 6-3. The Russian dominated in all departments, allowing Venus only one game in the first set. With some stunning returns of serve and excellent footwork, [...] -
A.Radwanska through in Melbourne, Ivanovic beats Jankovic
Polish 4th seed Aga Radwanska opened proceedings on the Hisense Arena when she took on the young British player Heather Watson, who is ranked at 40. Games went with serve in the first set until Radwanska broke to lead 3-2. Watson won just one more game for 3-5, but the [...] -
Kerber and Goerges reach 4th round at Australian Open
First to play on Rod Laver Arena on Day 5 of the Australian Open on Friday morning was the German Angelique Kerber, the 5th seed. On her 25th birthday, she came out to do battle with the 17 year old American wildcard Madison Keys, who is ranked at 105. The [...] -
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Robson beats Kvitova to reach 3rd round at Australian Open
Danish 10th seed Caroline Wozniacki, met the tall young talent from Croatia Donna Vecic who, at 16 years old, was the youngest player in the main draw. She is ranked at 111 and was playing in her first Grand Slam. She had a great 6-1 6-2 win over the, Czech [...] -
Serena Williams advances into 3rd round at Australian Open
Five time Australian Open champion and this year’s third seed Serena Williams, took to the Rod Laver Arena in the second match on Thursday, to play the little known Spaniard, six foot tall, 19 year old Garbine Muguruza, a qualifier who is ranked at number 112. Serena blanked Edina Gallovits-Hall [...] -
Azarenka and Kirilenko through to 3rd round at Australian Open
In the first match on Rod Laver Arena on a scorching hot Day 4 of the Australian Open on Thursday morning, top seed Victoria Azarenka took on the Greek veteran Eleni Daniilidou who is 94 in the WTA’s rankings. This match was the second between the two, with Daniilidou winning [...] -
Venus Williams sets up Sharapova clash in Melbourne, Stosur out
Germany’s Angelique Kerber, seeded 5th at this year’s Aussie Open, was first up on the Margaret Court Arena on Wednesday morning. She played the Czech Lucie Hradecka, who is ranked at 51 in singles (but 4 in doubles). Kerber made a shaky start to this match, as she battle in [...] -
A.Radwanska and Li Na through to 3rd round of Australian Open
The first match on Rod Laver Arena on Wednesday was between Agnieszka Radwanska, the 4th seed and the unseeeded Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu. In an uncharacteristic start, Radwanska served two double faults in her first game which went to three advantages to the Romanian, who broke to go 1-0 up. Thereafter [...] -
Sharapova through in Melbourne, Ivanovic sets up Jankovic clash
Maria Sharapova, the 2nd seed in this year’s Australian Open, served up her second consecutive double bagel in her second round match against a hapless Misaki Doi of Japan, ranked at 92. The Japanese player had had a good win over the experienced Daniela Hantuchova in the first round. This [...]
