Archive for category: WTA Tour
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Sharapova wins 1st round, Ivanovic into second round at China Open
Maria Sharapova is past her first hurdle in Beijing, while Ana Ivanovic entered third round of 2012 China Open after an unbelievable comeback. World no. 2 Sharapova played two up-and-down sets against unseeded Romanian Simona Halep in the first round of Beijing. She had a positive start by achieving a [...] -
Kirilenko out of China Open, Vesnina beats Barthel
In the first match of the women’s part of the joint China Open 2012 in Beijing, the number 13 seed Maria Kirilenko, who has made a dramatic rise in the WTA rankings to number 14, took on her countrywoman Ekaterina Makarova at the national Tennis Stadium. At number 14 in [...] -
Robson overcomes Date-Krumm in first round in Beijing, Errani retires
Great Britain’s teenage sensation, 17 year old Laura Robson, ranked at a career high of 57 after some remarkable wins in recent tournaments and having finished the 2011 season at number 131, took on the veteran Japanese player, Kimiko Date-Krumm, who at 42 is the oldest player on the WTA [...] -
Li Na beats Schiavone, Goerges defeats King at China Open 2012
Li Na overcame Francesca Schiavone with a 6-2 6-3 victory to advance into the second round of China Open 2012. Julia Goerges came back from a set down to defeat Vania King 6-7 (9) 7-5 6-2 and booked herself a next round ticket. Li earned BP on Schiavone’s opening service [...] -
Jankovic Defeats Last Year’s Finalist Petkovic at China Open 2012
In a match-up between last year’s China Open finalist Andrea Petkovic, who has spent the better part of this year recovering from injury, and former world no. 1 Jelena Jankovic, Jankovic took quick command of the match to advance to the second round with a 6-2 6-4 victory. Jankovic [...] -
Ivanovic beats McHale at the China Open 2012, Paszek also through
Main draw play in the premier level WTA China Open 2012, one of the largest tournaments on the WTA calendar with a field of 64 players, began in Beijing on Saturday. First of the seeds on court was Serbian Ana Invanovic, seeded eleven, who took on the young unseeded American, [...] -
Kvitova beats Hantuchova in first round of China Open 2012
World no.5 Petra Kvitova entered the China Open 2012 with a very convincing win over Slovak Daniela Hantuchova, dismissing her in straight sets 6-2 6-3. The first break of the match came in the fifth game of the first set as the Czech took Hantuchova’s serve, going 3-2 up. Not [...] -
Rejuvenated Nadia Petrova shocks Agnieszka Radwanska to win Tokyo Pan Pacific Open
Nadia Petrova completed one of the best weeks of her tennis career by taking the Toray Pan Pacific Open 2012 title on Saturday. She upset the third seed and defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska 6-0, 1-6, 6-3 for her twelfth and biggest-ever tournament victory. The 30-year-old Russian has had a lower [...] -
Agnieszka Radwanska Outclasses Kerber to Set Up Tokyo Final Against Petrova
The defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska put on a spectacular performance to overcome German Angelique Kerber in today’s Pan Pacific Open 2012 semifinals in Tokyo, dismissing her in just 59 minutes with a 6-1 6-1 victory. Before going into the match, Radwanska was leading the head to head against Kerber with [...] -
Petrova Defeats Stosur, plays Agnieszka Radwanska in Tokyo Final
After her courageous upset of 6th seed Sara Errani in the QF, 17th seed Nadia Petrova battled on to stage another upset in the SF over 8th seed Sam Stosur in straight sets, 6-4 6-2. She will play 3rd seed Aga Radwanska in the final, who defeated 5th seed Angelique [...] -
Petrova defeats Errani, sets up Tokyo semifinal against Stosur
Nadia Petrova pulled off a complete comeback against Sara Errani in today’s quarterfinal of the Toray Pan Pacific Open 2012. She will challenge Sam Stosur for a place in 2012 Tokyo final. 17th seed Petrova and 7th-seeded Errani have met for the second time in their careers, with Errani defeating [...] -
Agnieszka Radwanska beats Caroline Wozniacki and reaches Tokyo SFs
Agnieszka Radwanska was in full flow, sending former world no.1 Caroline Wozniacki crashing out of the Toray Pan Pacific Open 2012 today. But it wasn’t without a fight from her opponent who fought back from 3-1 down in the first set to take a 4-3 lead. The world’s most improved female [...] -
Stosur scores second career win against Sharapova in Tokyo QFs
Sam Stosur entered today’s quarter-final at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo with a 1-10 losing record against her opponent, Maria Sharapova. There was even a figurative asterisk next to that lone victory, as it came towards the end of last year when Sharapova was suffering from an ankle injury. [...]
