Archive for category: WTA Tour
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China’s Li Na Takes out Radwanska, plays Safarova in Montreal semis
After days of rain delays which saw play eventually being cancelled for all Friday night’s matches, some players had to return to court to complete suspended matches and then play another match later in the day. Completed play on Saturday saw the four semi finalists of the 2012 Rogers Cup [...] -
Wozniacki, Kvitova through in Montreal, Azarenka Withdraws with Injury
Rain delays have disrupted play at the WTA Rogers Cup in Montreal, but several key matches were completed before the skies opened on Friday. In the Center Court matinee 5th seed Petra Kvitova defeated 9th seed Marion Bartoli handily in just over 1 hour. Bartoli struggled on her serve from [...] -
Cibulkova, Jankovic, Lisicki out of WTA Rogers Cup in Montreal
Several seeded players fell in the second round of the Rogers Cup in Montreal, setting up some intriguing 3rd round matchups. 15th seed Sabine Lisicki was the first to be eliminated following a three set battle against world no. 44 Carla Suarez Navarro. Lisicki fought through the first set, taking [...] -
Li Na takes out Bouchard in second round of Rogers Cup
The number eleven has been significant in Eugenie Bouchard’s two rounds at the Rogers Cups this week. In the first round, the eighteen year old Canadian wildcard took out former world number 11, Shahar Peer of Israel, in three sets on the second day of play. Yesterday, the current world [...] -
Vinci crushes Ivanovic without dropping a game in Montreal
One of the home crowd’s favourites and hope for the singles title at the 2012 edition of the Rogers Cup being played at the Uniprix Stadium in Montreal this year, Aleksandra Wozniak downed formed world number one and 13th seed Jelena Jankovic of Serbia in just an hour and a [...] -
New Canadian Tennis Talent emerges on second day of play at the Rogers Cup in Montreal
Eighteen year old Eugenie Bouchard of Quebec did her home state proud on Wednesday at the Rogers Cup tournament currently being played in Montreal, when she outplayed Shahar Peer of Israel in three sets. Bouchard is having a great season. She is the reigning Wimbledon junior singles and doubles champion [...] -
Paszek defeats Goerges in Montreal
Play got underway yesterday at the Rogers Cup WTA tournament in Montreal, Canada, with sparkling tennis being played and tight matches being fought by some of the stars of the WTA. After her success in last year’s tournament already marked her as a crowd favourite, Italy’s Roberta Vinci fought ferociously [...] -
Canada’s Wozniak beats Hantuchova, moves into second round of Rogers Cup in Montreal
Canada’s Rogers Cup tournament alternates between Toronto and Montreal each year. In first round main draw play in the night match yesterday, local favourite Aleksandra Wozniak defeated both a very inopportune one hour rain delay at 7-5 6-6 and Daniella Hantuchova of Slovakia, to finally take the match 7-5 7-6 [...] -
WTA Montreal 2012 Draw Preview and Analysis
Just a few days after the end of the Olympic tennis events, the WTA Rogers Cup in Montreal, Canada kicks off as part of the run up to the US Open. Last year’s winner and recent gold medal winner Serena Williams is noticeably absent from the tournament, which has opened [...] -
Venus and Serena Williams make history after winning Olympic doubles gold
For the third time in their illustrious careers, the winning Williams sisters, Venus and Serena, hit gold by winning the women’s doubles title at Wimbledon on day 9 of the London 2012 Olympics. The United States was a proud tennis nation, as only a day before Serena had won her [...] -
Serena Williams Achieves Career Golden Slam, Plays Unbelievable Tennis Against Sharapova
American Serena Williams won her first Olympic singles gold medal after an astonishing performance against Russia’s Maria Sharapova in Saturday’s final of the 2012 London Olympic games. Williams, playing possibly her best tennis of this year, didn’t allow Sharapova hardly anything on her way to a breathtaking 6-0 6-1 victory. [...] -
Rybarikova wins 2012 WTA Citi Open – Washington
The Citi Open is an ATP and WTA concurrent tournament held at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center (outdoor – hard court) at Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C. USA. The WTA singles semi-finals were contested on 3 August 2012. In the first match, number one seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) [...] -
Sharapova triumphant in all-Russian semi-final at the Olympics
When both Maria Sharapova and Maria Kirilenko made it to the semi-finals, Russia knew it was guaranteed at least a silver but it was to be Sharapova’s day, convincingly beating Kirilenko 6-2, 6-3. It was a fantastic result for Sharapova who maintained the fine form she’s been showing throughout the [...]
