Archive for category: WTA Tour
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Azarenka beats Serena Williams to win Qatar Open 2013
The fans and the organisers of the WTA really got what they wanted in both the singles and doubles finals in Doha, as the first seeds played the second seeds in both events. Serena Williams upended Victoria Azarenka’s run as the WTA’s number 1 player when she made it to [...] -
Serena beats Sharapova to set up Doha final against Azarenka
In the first of the two semi finals played on Saturday evening in Doha after two riveting doubles matches, top seed Victoria Azarenka met 4th seed Agnieszka Radwanska. Azarenka led the head to head stat 11-3, with the Pole’s last victory in Japan in 2011. Added to the interest was [...] -
Azarenka and A.Radwanska advance to Doha semi-finals
The second quarter final was between top seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus and the Italian 6th seed Sara Errani. Azarenka led the head to head stat 4-1, with Errani winning in three sets in Moscow in 2008, but these two players did not meet in the entire 2012 season when [...] -
Serena beats Kvitova, plays Sharapova in Qatar Open semi-finals
In the first of Friday’s quarter final matches at the Qatar Total Open in Doha, the 3rd seeded Russian Maria Sharapova took on Sam Stosur of Australia, the tournament’s 8th seed. Going into this match Sharapova led their head to head stats 11-2, with Stosur having won in straight sets [...] -
Serena Williams to play Kvitova in Doha quarter-finals
Second seed Serena Williams, took on Agnieszka Radwanska’s younger sister, Urszula Radwanska, in a night match at the Qatar Total Open in Doha on Thursday. Serena had a bye in the first round and a 6-2 6-1 win in the second round, while Ursula only lost one game in her [...] -
Sharapova and A.Radwanska reach Qatar Open quarter-finals
Agnieszka Radwanska, the 4th seed at the Qatar Total Open tournament in Doha, opened proceedings on Centre Court on Thursday afternoon against the 13th seeded Serbian Ana Ivanovic. Radwanska had little hard work in the first set, which she easily took 6-1, but Ivanovic found her range in the second [...] -
Azarenka beats McHale, Errani defeats Hantuchova at Qatar Open
In third round play at the Qatar Total Open being played in Doha, 6th seeded Italian Sara Errani took on the unseeded Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia on Thursday afternoon. Errani had a bye and an easy straight sets win to get to the third round, while the Slovak had an [...] -
Kvitova and Wozniacki reach Qatar Open 2013 third round
7th seed Petra Kvitova played her first match at the Doha tournament on Wednesday afternoon, having had a bye in the first round. She took on the hard hitting Russian leftie Ekaterina Makarova, who had easily taken out Carla Suarez Navarro 6-1 6-2 in the first round. Unfortunately, Makarova had [...] -
Azarenka and A.Radwanska through to third round in Doha
World number 1 Victoria Azarenka had a bye in the first round of the Qatar Total Open being played this week in Doha and came up against the Swiss player Romima Oprandi in her first match to try to defend her title. She started slowly, going down 0-2 and 0-30 [...] -
Italy defeats USA to advance to Fed Cup 2013 semis
The American team, without Venus and Serena Williams, came to Rimini to challenge the three time Fed Cup champions Italy, on their own soil. Italy’s team of world number 7 Sara Errani, 16th ranked Roberta Vinci, Karin Knapp at 122 and Nastassja Burnett at 155 took on 21st ranked Vavara [...] -
Russia edges Japan to book Fed Cup 2013 semi-final place
Russia’s great depth of talent in women’s tennis proved to be too strong for Japan in the first round of the World Group tie played at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow over the weekend. In the first rubber, 13th ranked Maria Kirilenko took on the Japanese legend Kimiko Date-Krumm, who [...] -
Slovakia eliminates Serbia to advance to Fed Cup 2013 SFs
The injury hit Serbians did not have their stars, Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Jankovic, on their team in their World Group tie against the Slovak Republic which was played in Nis, Serbia and even a home advantage could not help them to victory. Slovakia eventually prevailed 3-2. They did have [...] -
Czech Republic beats Australia to reach Fed Cup 2013 semi-finals
Czech Republic hosted Australia at the CEZ Arena in Ostrava in the Federation Cup World Group first round on Saturday and Sunday. The Czech team comprised world number 8 Petra Kvitova and number 18 Lucie Safarova in singles; and number 3 ranked Lucie Hradecka and Andrea Hlavackova in the doubles. [...]
