Archive for category: WTA Tour
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Slovakia 2-0 up against Russia in Fed Cup 2013 semi-final
In the second semi final of the Federation Cup being held in the Sports Centre in Moscow and also on clay, Russia took on the Slovak Republic. First on court were Slovak Dominika Cibulkova, ranked at 15, and the 19th ranked Russian, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. This match turned out to be [...] -
Italy take a 2-0 lead in the Fed Cup 2013 semis against Czech Republic
Sara Errani, the Italian world number 7, started proceedings in the 2013 Federation Cup semi final being played this weekend on clay in the Italian city of Palermo against 25th ranked Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic, the reigning champions. The first set was hard fought, with Errani getting just [...] -
Vinci beats Kvitova and wins inaugural Katowice Open title
After two uninspiring semi final matches, the organisers of the BNP Paribas Katowice Open got their dream final – top seed Petra Kvitova against 2nd seed Roberta Vinci. The finalists had only met once before, on grass, with Kvitova taking that match in straight sets. On the clay and indoors, [...] -
Kvitova and Vinci to face each other in WTA Katowice final
In the first of Saturday’s semi final matches, Roberta Vinci completely outclassed Annika Beck by repeating her quarter final feat of allowing her opponent just one game. Playing aggressive and pin point accurate tennis, the wily Italian pulled out all her doubles skills too, with glorious drop shots and great [...] -
Kvitova beats Martic, plays Cadantu in Katowice semi-finals
Petra Kvitova, the BNP Paridbas Katowice Open’s top seed, was first up against Petra Martic of Croatia, ranked at 91, in the night session on Friday which wrapped up the quarter finals of this new destination on the WTA tour calendar. Playing on clay indoors, Kvitova had straight sets wins [...] -
Vinci to play Beck in WTA Katowice Open semi-finals
The BNP Paribas Katowice Open being played this week in Poland is a new destination on the WTA tour and marks the first of the clay court tournaments in Europe which lead up to the French Open which starts at the end of May. First up on Friday afternoon was [...] -
Serena Williams defeats Jankovic in Charleston final
Serena Williams’ American swing came to an end with yet another victory – first Indian Wells, then the Miami Open and now Charleston where she again lifted the trophy after overcoming Jelena Jankovic in three sets. This is the third time she has won this tournament, having done so in [...] -
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beats Kerber and wins Monterrey title
The Monterrey Open is a happy hunting ground for Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, as she won the title at this tournament in 2010 and 2011. She repeated the feat again on Sunday against the top seed, Angelique Kerber, in an exciting final which kept the fans on the edges of their seats [...] -
Kerber beats Kirilenko, faces Pavlyuchenkova in Monterrey final
The final of the Alberto Monterrey Open which is being played in Mexico this week pits the tournament’s top seed, Angelique Kerber against 5th seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Kerber beat the qualifier, Samantha Crawford in straights in the first round and another qualifier, Alla Kudryavtseva, in a tough three setter in [...] -
Serena Williams to play Jankovic in Charleston final
In the first semi final match at the Family Circle Cup tournament in Charleston on Saturday afternoon, the Williams sisters took to the court, just a day after both of them had had to play two matches because of rain disruption to the schedule. Serena was in devastating form and [...] -
Williams sisters to meet in Charleston 2013 semi-finals
Serena and Venus Williams had to play two matches each on Friday at the Family Circle Cup for the organisers to get the tournament back on track after rain washed out play during the day on Thursday. Venus was first to play her second match, against another American, the 77th [...] -
Voegele beats Wozniacki to reach Charleston SFs, Jankovic wins
Serbian 9th seed Jelena Jankovic played against the 114th ranked qualifier from Canada, Eugenie Bouchard, in the bottom half of the draw quarter finals. Bouchard had a straight sets win in the first round, took out 16th seed Laura Robson in the second and got the win against Sam Stosur [...] -
Serena and Venus Williams advance to Charleston quarter-finals
After rain disrupted play on Thursday, the tournament organisers were playing catch up as the third round matches and the quarters had to be completed on Friday. Venus was first on court when she took on another American, the 12th seeded Varvara Lepchenko, who won two tough three setters to [...]
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