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Kanepi defeats Peng in Brussels final
The final of the Brussels Open was played on the same afternoon as the semi finals had been completed, because of rain disruptions throughout almost every day of this tournament. 8th seeded Shuai Peng of China took on 40th ranked Kaia Kanepi of Estonia after the doubles final finished. In [...] -
Cornet lifts the trophy in Strasbourg
The final of the Internationaux de Strasbourg tournament was played after a marathon doubles final between 3rd seeds Cara Black and Marina Erakovic and 4th seeds Kimiko Date Krumm and Chanelle Scheepers. The Japanese/South African duo won the first set 6-4 and the Zimbabwean/New Zealand team won the second 6-3, [...] -
Peng and Kanepi book Brussels final spot
After losing more than two day’s play in total due to heavy rain, the organisers of the Brussels Open have been playing catch up for most of the week and had to redo the schedule so that many players landed up playing two matches a day. Play on Wednesday, when [...] -
Cornet and Hradecka advance into Strasbourg final
The Internationaux de Strasbourg tournament being played this week lost its top two seeds in the very first round. Top seeded Marion Bartoli of France lost to 88th ranked Camila Giorgi of Italy in straight sets 6-3 6-2 in the first match of main draw play. In the evening match [...] -
Serena Williams defeats Azarenka and wins Rome title
The final of Internazionale BNL Italia tournament took place on Sunday afternoon in Rome between world number one Serena Williams and the 3rd seed, Victoria Azarenka. In devastating form on the red clay, Serena only lost ten games in all her straight sets wins on her way to the final, [...] -
Serena Williams to play Azarenka in Rome 2013 final
The first semi final match on the red clay of Rome was between the world number one, Serena Wiliams, and the twenty one year old Roumanian qualifier, Simona Halep, the 64th ranked player. These two players had only met once before, where the Roumaninan took the first set off Williams [...] -
Azarenka beats Stosur to reach Rome semis, Sharapova pulls out
The night match on centre court at the Internazionali BNL Italia between 3rd seeded Victoria Azarenka and 9th seeded Samantha Stosur was the last of the quarter final matches to be played, as 2nd seeded Maria Sharapova pulled out of the tournament with a viral illness. She was to have [...] -
Serena Williams cruises into the semi-final in Rome, plays Halep next
The first match on centre court on Friday afternoon at the Internazionali BNL Italia in Rome was the quarter final between the American top seed Serena Williams and the very in form Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro, world number 22. In the first set the American got to 5-2 with Suarez [...] -
Serena Williams in devastating form in Rome, Azarenka also through
Serena Williams, the top seed at the Internazionali BNL Italia tournament being played this week in Rome, was in devastating form in her match on Thursday afternoon against 14th seeded Dominika Cibulkova. Williams’ serve was working well – she served seven aces – on her way to a 6-0 first [...] -
Jankovic eliminates Li Na in Rome, Kirilenko retires
The first match at the Internazionali BNL Italia on Thursday afternoon was between the 5th seeded Chinese, Na Li and 18th ranked Serb, Jelena Jankovic. The Serb had only lost a total of five games in her two matches to this stage of the tournament, while Li had a bye [...] -
Serena beats Robson to advance in Rome, A.Radwanska out
A week after being dumped out of the Premier Level Madrid tournament in the second round where she only managed four games against Laura Robson, Agnieszka Radwanska lost at the same stage in the Internazionale BNL Italia Premier Level tournament in Rome. The 4th ranked Pole had a bye in [...] -
Li Na overcomes Zheng in Rome, Cibulkova eliminates Oudin
Slovak 14th seed Dominika Cibulkova faced off against the American 93rd ranked qualifier, Melanie Oudin in the second round of the Internazionali BNL Italia tournament on Thursday afternoon. The Slovak took out Kristina Mladenovic in three sets in the first round, while her opponent got the win against Ekaterina Makarova [...] -
Ivanovic and Petrova lose in first round of Rome, Kirilenko through
Tuesday, Day Two of the Internazionale BNL Italia tournament being played in Rome this week, saw two seeds to fall in the first round. First out was number 10 Caroline Wozniacki, followed by number 15, Ana Ivanovic. The Serbian played against the 25th ranked Urszula Radwanska of Poland in an [...]
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