Archive for category: WTA Tour
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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 [...] -
Barthel, Cirstea and Shvedova all advance in Hobart
In searing heat and some of the highest temperatures ever recorded in Tasmania, play on the third day of the Moorilla Hobart International got under way on Monday. In the third match on centre court, the second seed Sorana Cirstea of Romania, took on the lucky loser from the qualifiers [...] -
Zheng beats Stosur in Sydney, Hantuchova also out
Sam Stosur has an unbelievably bad record of playing on Australian soil ever since winning the US Open in 2011. With a world ranking of 9 and seeded 6 at the Apia International Sydney tournament, Stosur played in the last match on Monday on the Ken Rosewall Arena against Jie [...] -
Kirilenko and Makarova through to second round in Sydney
In the third match on Ken Rosewall Arena in the Apia International Sydney which got underway on Sunday, the 14th ranked Russian Maria Krirlenko took on 116th ranked wildcard Olivia Rogowska of Australia in a contest between two unseeded players. Kirilenko eventually came through what became quite a tricky first [...] -
Cibulkova beats Kvitova in Sydney, Wozniacki also through
The main draw of the Apia International Sydney tournament got underway on Sunday and, as is common at the very beginning of a new season, there has already been a high seed departure. First on court in the Ken Rosewall Arena was Danish 7th seed Caroline Wozniacki who is currently [...] -
Serena Willams beats Pavlyuchenkova and wins Brisbane title
Even without having the extra practice of a semi final match because of the retirement through injury of Victoria Azarenka on Friday, Serena Williams took to the court on Saturday to do battle with Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova for the title at the Brisbane International. It took the world number three and [...] -
Li Na beats Zakopalova to win Shenzhen 2013 title
In a fitting final to the Shenzhen Gemdale Open – a new destination on the WTA tour – Li Na won the trophy when she beat Klara Zakopalova on Saturday in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, 6-3 1-6 7-5. Going into the final, both Zakapalova and Li had won [...] -
Agnieszka Radwanska wins Auckland 2013 title
Agnieszka Radwanska, the WTA’s fourth ranked player and the Auckland ASB Classic’s top seed, has brought her excellent form from the 2012 season straight into the 2013 season. In her first tournament of the year, she did not lose a set on her way to taking the title. Her toughest [...] -
Serena Williams to play Pavlyuchenkova for Brisbane title, Azarenka withdraws
World number one and top seed at the Brisbane International, Victoria Azarenka, pulled out of her semi final match against Serena Williams on Friday with a toe injury. She told the press conference that she had had an ongoing problem with a toe on her right foot which had required [...] -
Li Na to face Zakopalova in Shenzhen final
The organisers of the first Shenzhen Gemdale Open being played in China this week will be delighted that one of their own players will battle for the trophy in the final. Li Na, the world number 7 and top seed, made relatively light work of her match against her countrywoman [...] -
Agnieszka Radwanska and Wickmayer into Auckland final
Number one seed and world number 4 Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland, will meet Belgium’s Yanina Wickmayer, seeded 3 and ranked at 24, in Saturday’s final of the ASB Classic being played in Auckland, New Zealand, this week. Radwanska had an easy route to the final, with pretty pedestrian straight set [...] -
Azarenka and Pavlyuchenkova advance into Brisbane semis
World number one and top seed at the Brisbane International in this eastern Australian city, Victoria Azarenka, continued her good form coming into this first tournament of the new season, after having a bye in the first round and an easy 6-3 6-3 win over Sabine Lisicki in the second [...] -
Serena Williams reaches Brisbane semis, Tsurenko also wins
After the demise of so many of the seeds early on in the Brisbane International tournament, it must be heartening for the organisers to see the number one seed Victoria Azarenka, and the number three seed Serena Williams both still in the draw. These two players, whose seeding reflects their [...]
