Archive for category: WTA
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Robson Continues Run, Downs 9th Seed Li in 3 Sets
The teenage sensation who ended Kim Clijster’s singles career continued her run by defeating the 9th seed and former French Open champion Li Na in 3 sets. Laura Robson of the UK had never made it past the 2nd round in a grand slam tournament until two days ago and [...] -
Kvitova Outlasts Wozniacki, will Play Li in WTA Rogers Cup Final
After playing two grueling matches on Saturday, Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki did not have enough left to battle Petra Kvitova for a spot in the WTA Rogers Cup final. Wozniacki was strong in the first set, attacking Kvitova who was struggling on her serve. Aided by a slew of double faults [...] -
Wozniak out, Wozniacki and Kvitova into the Semifinals in Montreal
Aleksandra Wozniak’s fairytale run at her hometown tournament ended on Saturday when she was defeated by the 7th seed Caroline Wozniacki. Trying to become the first Canadian player to reach the semifinals at Montreal, the wildcard came up short, losing 6-4, 6-4. Coming off an three-set victory over American Varvara [...] -
WTA Predictions for the London Olympics: Can Serena Win Gold?
At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the WTA saw three Russian medalists sweep the podium. Elena Dementieva, the 5th seed, defeated Dinara Safina to win the gold medal, arguably the biggest accomplishment in her career (en route to her gold medal, Dementieva defeated Serena Williams in the QF). Vera Zvonareva defeated [...] -
Women are worthy enough to get equal pay at Wimbledon
French player Gillies Simon caused controversy in the world of tennis by claiming that women do not deserve to be paid as much as men because the men’s game is deemed “more attractive”. He added that it’s about the entertainment as well as stating that men’s tennis is actually more [...] -
WTA to develop new Grunt-o-Meter
As recently reported by USA Today, the WTA is agreement with Grand Slam organisers and the International Tennis Federation to develop one of the more ridiculous innovations in professional tennis – a grunt-o-meter. Although refusing to call it a grunt-o-meter and preferring the term “a kind of Hawk-Eye for noise”, [...] -
Developing Women’s Tennis – WTA Launches Tender Process for Championship Host City
The WTA (Women’s Tennis Association) this week announced the launch of an international tender process to find a new city to host the prestigious Year-End WTA Championships from 2014 and beyond. Initially set up to support and raise the profile of women’s tennis to the world, and showcase the talents [...] -
Czechs with Kvitova against Russia in Fed Cup final
Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova will be Czech no.1 player in the Fed Cup final against Russia, that will take place next month in Russia. Czech captain Petr Pala nomination also includes Lucie Safarova, Lucie Hradecka and Kveta Peschke. For them this will be the first final since 1988, when Czech [...] -
Kvitova, Jankovic and Goerges win in Linz
Top seed Petra Kvitova advanced at the Generali Ladies Linz in Austria, after beating the Canadian Rebecca Marino 6-2, 6-2. The 2011 Wimbledon Champion will play either Patricia Mayr-Achleitner or Stephanie Foretz Gacon in the second round. In other matches, Julia Goerges of Germany beat Anastasija Sevastova of Latvia in [...] -
Radwanska claims China Open title
Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland defeated Andrea Petkovic of Germany in a fierce battle 7-5, 0-6, 6-4 and lifted the China Open trophy. The match lasted 154 minutes and this was the second title in a row for Radwanska as she won last week’s Pan Pacific Open title in Tokyo. The [...] -
Radwanska-Petkovic China Open final
Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland will meet Andrea Petkovic of Germany in the China Open final. For Radwanska, this could be the second title in two weeks as she won last week’s Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo. The Polish no.11 seed beat Flavia Pennetta of Italy 6-2, 6-4 in their semifinal [...] -
Safina hasn’t made the decision to retire yet
Former world number one Dinara Safina of Russia hasn’t decided yet whether she would retire from tennis despite her brother Marat Safin giving a hint. She began to having back problems in early 2010 and hasn’t been playing since May this year. The Russian dropped out of the Top 20 [...] -
World no.1 Wozniacki out of China Open
Caroline Wozniacki has lost her quarterfinal match at the China Open against Flavia Pennetta of Italy 6-3, 0-6, 6-7 (2). The Italian, who has lost all of their previous five meetings, has dominated the second set and managed to seal the match with a one sided third set tie-break. Agnieszka [...]
