Post Tagged with: "2012 US Open"
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Kvitova and Li Na win 2nd round matches at US Open, Clijsters bids farewell
Grand Slam title holders Petra Kvitova and Li Na deliver expected victories in today’s second round of US Open 2012 . Laura Robson defeats Clijsters in her last US Open match. Fifth seed Kvitova, winner of the recent US Open series, made her way into round three after seeing off [...] -
Azarenka Dominates in the 2nd Round of the US Open against Flipkens
1st seed Victoria Azarenka made short work of her opponent Kirsten Flipkens. The petite Belgian lacked the firepower to compete with Azarenka’s thundering groundstrokes and could only manage 4 points against the Belarusian’s serve in the first set. Controlling the pace of the match, Azarenka forced the versatile Flipkens to [...] -
Match Predictions at the 2012 US Open: Day 3
Red Hot Favourites Despite a stuttering first round performance, few people would expect Andy Murray to fail to progress comfortably against Ivan Dodig. While they have never faced each other before, it seems unlikely that the Croatian will have anything to trouble the third seed, who has not lost to [...] -
Wozniacki out of 2012 US Open, Serena cruises into round two
In one of her most lacklustre performances ever, eighth seed Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark, a former world number one but on the slide in the rankings recently, was bundled out of the 2012 US Open in the first round on Tuesday night. Her conqueror was Irina-Camilia Begu of Romania, ranked [...] -
Kirilenko advances into second round of US Open, Stephens also through
Maria Kirilenko is having a great season and, with all her good wins recently including being a finalist in the New Haven tournament last week, she has risen to number twelve in the WTA rankings, her highest yet – and no doubt she will rise even higher based on her [...] -
Dolgopolov beats unlucky Levine, Tomic also advances at US Open
Alexandr Dolgopolov was a step away from a fast 2012 US Open exit, but managed to advance to the second round after prevailing in five sets. Bernard Tomic turned around his first round match, too. Unseeded American Jesse Levine was on the verge of surprising fourteenth-seeded Ukrainian Dolgopolov, who pulled [...] -
Djokovic wins opening match at US Open 2012 with ease
Defending champion Novak Djokovic demolished Italy’s Paolo Lorenzi in the first round of the 2012 US Open, allowing him only two games on the way to a 6-1 6-0 6-1 victory. Lorenzi had a dream start into the match as he broke Djokovic’s serve in the opening game of the [...] -
2012 US Open Day 3: Five Matches To Watch
Wednesday sees the final set of first round matches played and the start of the second round, here are my top five picks for matches to watch. Xavier Malisse (BEL) vs [9] John Isner (USA) Arthur Ashe Stadium (H2H Xavier Malisse 2-1) After a strong few weeks in Toronto and Winston [...] -
Monaco loses in a five set thriller, Wawrinka through at the US Open
Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez staged an amazing comeback against the no.10 seed Argentine Juan Monaco as he fought back from two sets down to eventually prevail with a 3-6 1-6 6-4 7-6 (6) 7-6 (3) scoreline. The match looked done and dusted as Monaco broke his opponent’s serve five times alltogether to [...] -
Vinci, Jovanovski and Shvedova win opening matches at 2012 US Open
Roberta Vinci seems to be on top form after outclassing young Pole Urszula Radwanska in two easy sets. Bojana Jovanovski and Yaroslava Shvedova also progress into the second round of US Open 2012 . Vinci, who wasn’t very successful in her previous ten US Open appearances, is probably playing the [...] -
Roddick, Querrey cruise to the second round of the US Open
The 2003 champion Andy Roddick moved comfortably to the second round of the 2012 US Open after defeating the 21-years old countryman Rhyne Williams in straight sets 6-3 6-4 6-4. Williams, who came through the qualifying rounds to the main draw, didn’t stand a chance against the former world no.1. [...] -
Berdych downs Goffin at US Open, Raonic survives a scare against Giraldo
Tomas Berdych ground out a hard fought win over Belgium’s David Goffin, saving 16 of 18 break points and serving 17 aces on his way to a straight sets victory, 7-5 6-3 6-3. In an incredibly frustrating first set for Goffin, he missed eight break point chances in his first [...] -
Almagro defeats Stepanek, Andujar also advances at 2012 US Open
Nicolas Almagro of Spain advanced to the second round of the US Open as he overcame Czech veteran Radek Stepanek in four sets 6-3 6-7 (5) 6-3 6-4. One break for the Spaniard in the seventh game of the first set was enough for him to win the set 6-3 [...]
