Archive for category: WTA Tour
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Defending champion Stosur advances into 3rd round at US Open
Sam Stosur, the reigning US Open champion, took on the Romanian Edina Gallovits-Hall in her second round match at the Louis Armstrong Stadium. She took out the Romanian without any problems, prevailing 6-3 6-0 in exactly sixty minutes. After taking out Petra Martic 6-1 6-1 in the first round, Stosur [...] -
Sharapova easily through to the third round of the 2012 US Open
4-time slam champion Russian Maria Sharapova is through to the third round of the 2012 US Open after a comfortable 6-0 6-1 win over Spanish player Lourdes Dominguez-Lino in a match that lasted 54 minutes. The world number 3 was clearly the better player from the beginning of the match [...] -
Kvitova and Li Na win 2nd round matches at US Open, Clijsters bids farewell
Grand Slam title holders Petra Kvitova and Li Na deliver expected victories in today’s second round of US Open 2012 . Laura Robson defeats Clijsters in her last US Open match. Fifth seed Kvitova, winner of the recent US Open series, made her way into round three after seeing off [...] -
Azarenka Dominates in the 2nd Round of the US Open against Flipkens
1st seed Victoria Azarenka made short work of her opponent Kirsten Flipkens. The petite Belgian lacked the firepower to compete with Azarenka’s thundering groundstrokes and could only manage 4 points against the Belarusian’s serve in the first set. Controlling the pace of the match, Azarenka forced the versatile Flipkens to [...] -
Wozniacki out of 2012 US Open, Serena cruises into round two
In one of her most lacklustre performances ever, eighth seed Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark, a former world number one but on the slide in the rankings recently, was bundled out of the 2012 US Open in the first round on Tuesday night. Her conqueror was Irina-Camilia Begu of Romania, ranked [...] -
Kirilenko advances into second round of US Open, Stephens also through
Maria Kirilenko is having a great season and, with all her good wins recently including being a finalist in the New Haven tournament last week, she has risen to number twelve in the WTA rankings, her highest yet – and no doubt she will rise even higher based on her [...] -
Vinci, Jovanovski and Shvedova win opening matches at 2012 US Open
Roberta Vinci seems to be on top form after outclassing young Pole Urszula Radwanska in two easy sets. Bojana Jovanovski and Yaroslava Shvedova also progress into the second round of US Open 2012 . Vinci, who wasn’t very successful in her previous ten US Open appearances, is probably playing the [...] -
Jankovic and Kerber Breeze through US Open 1st Round Matches
6th seed Angelique Kerber and 30th seed Jelena Jankovic had no trouble at all in their 1st round matches today in Flushing Meadows. Kerber was up first and playing against Anne Keothavong of Great Britain. The German set the pace early, giving no time for the veteran Keothavong to find her [...] -
Azarenka and Clijsters impressive in first round of 2012 US Open
Top seed Victoria Azarenka and Belgian star Kim Clijsters outclassed their opponents and advanced into the second round of 2012 US Open. Three-time US Open champion Clijsters delivered an expected victory against 16-years old American Victoria Duval. The young debutant will be proud of taking Clijster’s serve and staying on [...] -
Safarova and Wozniak advance at 2012 US Open, Petkovic out
Safarova and Wozniak advance easily, Petkovic out of 2012 US Open. Lucie Safarova and Aleksandra Wozniak had no problems in first round of US Open, whereas Andrea Petkovic suffered a defeat against Romina Oprandi. It is the second time Canadian Aleksandra Wozniak advanced into the second round of US Open. [...] -
Sharapova cruises into round two at 2012 US Open
Russia’s Maria Sharapova moved comfortably through to the second round with a 6-2 6-2 victory over Melinda Czink. The 2006 champion Sharapova took just over an hour to defeat the Hungarian and put up some impressive serving stats, winning 24 of 29 on her first serve to go along with [...] -
Kvitova defeats Hercog at 2012 US Open, Pavlyuchenkova beats Hantuchova
Petra Kvitova made it through to the second round of the US Open but not without a minor scare from Slovenia’s Polona Hercog. Kvitova hit 21 winners on her way to a 7-6(6) 6-1 victory and will face Alize Cornet who defeated Nicole Gibbs. After breaking in the fifth game [...] -
Li Na and Petrova secure second round US Open spots
Favorites Li Na and Nadia Petrova reach the second round of 2012 US Open. Their next opponents will be Tsurenko and Halep respectively. Ninth-seeded Li Na finished what she has started before the rain came down and progressed into second round with minimum fuss. Her 20-years old British opponent Heather [...]
