Archive for category: WTA Tour
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Kirilenko advances in Moscow, Bartoli out
In the first women’s match on centre court in the Olympic Stadium in the Kremlin Cup tournament on Wednesday, two Russians faced each other – their number 3, 16th ranked and 7th seed Maria Kirilenko; and wild card holder Elena Vesnina, their number 8, ranked at 65. The first set [...] -
Petrova out of Moscow, Cibulkova and Shvedova through to 2nd round
Dominka Cibulkova of Slovakia, ranked at number 14 and seeded 5th at the Kremlin Cup tournament being played in Moscow this week, started off proceedings on centre court in the massive but almost empty Olympic Stadium on Tuesday against Moscow’s Ekaterina Makarova, now ranked at a career high 20. The [...] -
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 [...] -
Flipkens defeats Lisicki in first round of Luxembourg Open
Kirsten Flipkens has continued her good run which started last week in Linz where she reached the semi finals, as on Tuesday in Luxembourg she took out the German umber 8 seed Sabine Lisicki, now ranked at 24 (down from a career high of 12 in May this year). The [...] -
Ursula Radwanska beats Schiavone in Moscow, Safarova also wins
After almost two years away from the game with a major back injury, Ursula Radwanska (younger sister of Agnieszka) is making great strides up the WTA rankings and, having finished 2011 at number 109, is now ranked at number 30. In the evening match at the premier level Kremlin Cup [...] -
Azarenka beats Goerges and wins Generali Linz 2012 title
Victoria Azarenka became the queen of the Generali Ladies 2012 WTA tournament in Linz after an up and down match against Julia Goerges. World No.1 Azarenka, who had an easiest of semifinals against Begu yesterday, broke fifth seed Goerges in the opening game of their Linz final encounter, indicating what [...] -
Heather Watson first Brit in 25 years to win a WTA Tour title
British tennis is certainly on the rise, with Andy Murray taking the gold medal at the Olympics in the men’s singles and partnering Laura Robson to take the silver medal in the mixed doubles, then going on to win the UP Open. Now there is a women’s singles titleholder too [...] -
Azarenka to play Goerges in Generali Ladies Linz final
Victoria Azarenka cruised into the Generali Ladies Linz final after beating Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania in two easy sets 6-2 6-1. World no.1 Azarenka, who has already got 5 titles to her name this year, dropped her very first service game against Begu, but then went on to dominate in [...] -
Chang beats Stosur, plays Watson in Osaka final
Britain’s 20 year old Heather Watson, number 71 on the WTA rankings faced the home player Misaki Doi, ranked at number 123 at the semi final stage of the HP Open being played in Osaka, Japan, this week. Watson has a straight sets win in the first round and battled [...] -
Azarenka eliminates Martic, plays Begu in Linz semis
Victoria Azarenka took on the Croatian Petra Martic, ranked 64, in the second quarter final on Friday afternoon. Azarenka had strolled through her first two matches 6-0 6-2 and 6-1 6-1 while Martic had a straight sets win in the first round but battled to get the win in three [...] -
Flipkens beats Ivanovic to reach Linz semis, Goerges also wins
World number 21 and 5th seed at the Generali Ladies Linz tournament, German Julia Goerges, was on court against the Swede Sofia Arvidsson, ranked at number 47 in the first of the day’s quarter-final matches. Both offensive players with hard hit groundies and good serves, this looked to be a [...] -
Ivanovic beats Petkovic and advances into Linz QFs
Ana Ivanovic and Petra Martic secure their quarterfinal spots at Generali Ladies WTA tournament in Linz. Second seed Ivanovic marches on in Linz as she eliminated German Andrea Petkovic in straight sets. However, her performance was not all that convincing. Neither of the players managed to confirm their one break [...] -
Robson and Scheepers reach Osaka quarterfinals
Laura Robson and Chanelle Scheepers advanced into quarterfinals of the HP Women’s Japanese Open 2012 in Osaka after dismissing their opponents in two sets. On-form British teenager Robson had anything but conventional first meeting with 228th-ranked Yi-Miao Zhou of China. Eighth seed Robson got a hold of a three break [...]
