Archive for category: WTA Tour
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Cibulkova and Stosur out of the Olympics
Play started today in the tennis event of the London Olympics in four of the five disciplines to be decided on the hallowed grass of Wimbledon. Matches were played in the men’s and women’s singles and doubles competitions, with the mixed doubles draw to be announced on July 31. In [...] -
Ivanovic and Clijsters win opening matches at the 2012 London Olympics
The London 2012 Olympic games started with a fantastic opening ceremony. Showing some of the history of Britian (from the industrial revolution, through to modern day and even possibly into the future). Now that the 30th Olympic games have officially begun, all the sports and matches are also officially underway. [...] -
Serena Williams beats Jankovic in the first round of the Olympics
Serena Williams marched into the second round of the Olympic games after defeating former world no.1 Jelena Jankovic with a very convincing scoreline 6-3 6-1. Williams is aiming to win her first Olympic singles gold, she has got two gold medals from the doubles competition. The American has just won [...] -
Jovanovski wins Baku Cup title
Both the singles and doubles final matches were completed today in Baku, Azerbaijan. In the singles final, fifth seed Bojana Jovanovski took on the unseeded Julia Cohen and had a very easy hour and a half on court, winning 6-3 6-1. Even though Cohen only served one double fault, Jovanovski [...] -
Jovanovski to play Cohen for Baku Cup title
The final players in the WTA Baku Cup tournament have been decided in both the singles and doubles competitions. On yet another blisteringly hot day in the Azerbaijani capital, the battle of the two remaining seeds was an easy hour and a quarter long 6-2 6-2 win for Bojana Jovanovski, [...] -
Olympic Tennis Women’s Draw Preview and Analysis
The draw for the Olympic Women’s Singles Tennis event was held today and it appears to have created some intriguing matchups. Unlike the men’s game, which has seen an exclusive club dominate the sport over the last few years, the women’s game has seen a revolving door of players entering [...] -
Panova and Jovanovski move into Baku Cup semis
The oppressive and debilitating heat which has pervaded Baku since the beginning of this tournament reached a pinnacle today, as play had to be stopped when the heat rule was instituted about an hour into play. It was survival of the fittest, as all the quarter final singles matches were [...] -
Panova and Jovanovski advance into Baku quarterfinals
The second round of play at the Baku Cap tournament in Azerbaijan’s capital city concluded today without any of the drama which marked the second day of first round matches yesterday. In the afternoon session the tournament’s top seed, Ksenia Pervak, succumbed to the searing heat which reached 100⁰F and [...] -
Pervak out of Baku Tournament after she retires
On the second day of play at the WTA’s Baku Cup tournament in Azerbaijan, three seeds lost in their first round matches, while three others won their matches. Last year’s Baku Cup runner up, the Russian Ksenia Pervak, had to retire in her match against Julia Cohen of the United [...] -
First round results from the Baku Cup in Azerbaijan
Today saw play in the main draw of the WTA’s Baku Cup tournament which is being held at the Baku Tennis Academy in Azerbaijan’s capital city. Two seeds were in action in the first round, with one winning and one losing. Third seed Mandy Minella of Luxembourg, ranked 78, was [...] -
Cibulkova wins Carlsbad title
Dominika Cibulkova is a deserved winner of 2012 Mercury Insurance Open in Carlsbad, USA. The 23-years old Slovak did not give away a single set during the whole week. In the final match she defeated top-seeded French Marion Bartoli with 6-1, 7-5, and earned herself a second WTA title after [...] -
Introducing Azerbaijan’s Baku Cup WTA Tournament
The 2012 Olympics opening ceremony is slated to take place on Friday night in London, with competitions being spread over two weeks, the only WTA tournament this week is the Baku Cup, which is being held for the second time in Azerbaijan’s capital city. The top seed is Ksenia Pervak [...] -
Polona Hercog wins Bastad tournament for a second time
After a season dogged mostly by first and second round losses which saw her drop to number 86 in the WTA singles rankings, defending champion Polona Hercog of Slovenia won her first WTA title of 2012 today when she beat Mathilde Johansson of France, ranked 83, 0-6 6-4 7-5 in [...]
