Archive for category: WTA Tour
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Schiavone defeats Pennetta in first round of Indian Wells
Flavia Pennetta, making a comeback to the WTA tour after wrist surgery, played Francesca Schiavone in an all Italian match in the first round of the BNP Paribas Open being played in the Californian desert town of Indian Wells. Pennetta, now ranked at 92 and Schiavone, ranked at 47, fought [...] -
Hantuchova into second round in Indian Wells, Arvidsson beats Robson
Three big names on the WTA tour who were not seeded in the BNP Paribas Open being played in the desert town of Indian Wells, California, this week and next have made it to the second round of this huge tournament, just a step down from a Grand Slam. The [...] -
Keys beats Oudin in Indian Wells, Kuznetsova also through
In an all American first round match, the wild card Madison Keys, ranked at 77, took on Melanie Oudin, who is ranked at 85. These two players fought for every point for two hours and four minutes as the advantage swung from one player to the other, with the eighteen [...] -
Errani beats Suarez Navarro to win Acapulco title
Sara Errani, the top seed at the joint men’s and woman’s Abierto Mexicano Telcel tournament being played in the resort city of Acapulco this week, continued her great run to defend her title and raise the trophy in victory once again when she defeated the second seed, Spaniard Carla Suarez [...] -
Pliskova defeats Mattek-Sands to lift Kuala Lumpur trophy
The final of the BMW Malaysian Open was a seesaw three setter played between the American Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic. Mattek-Sands, making a comeback after a string of injuries which saw the former top 30 player fall out of the top 200, is now ranked [...] -
Niculescu wins first WTA title, beats Puchkova in Florianopolis final
In a fitting final for the newly inaugurated Brasil Tennis Cup tournament in Florianopolis, Monica Niculescu of Romania won her very first WTA title on Saturday evening when she battled past another unseeded player, Olga Puchkova of Russia, in three really tough sets. Niculescu nearly went out in her first [...] -
Errani beats Cornet, faces Suarez Navarro in Acapulco final
Top seed and world number 8, Italian Sara Errani, has continued her fabulous run which started in the middle of the 2012 season and won her first three matches in straight sets to get to the semis on the clay in this Mexican resort city. She took on 36th ranked [...] -
Puchkova beats Venus Williams, faces Niculescu in Brasil Tennis Cup final
Top seed Venus Williams has an easy straight sets win in her first round match at the Brasil Tennis Cup tournament being played this week in Florianopolis, followed by a tight three setter against up and coming Garbine Muguruza of Spain and another straight sets win in the quarters to [...] -
Mattek-Sands to play Pliskova in Malaysia Open final
After top seed Caroline Wozniacki’s surprise loss to the Chinese qualifier Qiang Wang, in the first round of the BMW Malaysia Open, the top half of the draw opened up giving a great chance of progressing further into the tournament for the other players in that section. Czech Karolina Pliskova, [...] -
Kvitova beats Errani to capture Dubai trophy
6th seed Petra Kvitova made a rampant start to the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships final on Saturday afternoon against Sara Errani, the tournament’s 5th seed, by racing out to a 4-0 lead before she allowed the Italian on to the scoreboard by holding her serve for the first time [...] -
Kvitova beats Wozniacki to set up Dubai final against Errani
In the first semi final of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Friday afternoon, the two Italians, 4th seed Sara Errani played her good friend and doubles partner Roberta Vinci, who had already taken out two top ten players in what proved to be her best singles campaign on [...] -
Kvitova beats Radwanska, faces Wozniacki in Dubai semi-finals
10th seed Caroline Wozniacki took on Marion Bartoli, who got a last minute wild card for this tournament, in the quarter finals in the bottom half of the draw at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Thursday evening. After a tough three setter in the first round, Bartoli got [...] -
Errani to play Vinci for a Dubai final place
It was a good day for Italy at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Thursday, as both Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci have progressed through to the semi finals. Errani played against the unseeded Russian Nadia Petrova, who is now number 12 on the WTA ranking list, while Errani [...]
