Post Tagged with: "Ana Ivanovic"
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Serena Williams to play Sharapova in Mutua Madrid Open 2013 final
In the first of the two semi final matches on Saturday, top seed Serena Williams took on seventh seed Sara Errani. In their quarter final matches, Serena dropped the second set to love against Anabel Madina Garrigues – only the sixth time in her entire career that that has happened [...] -
Ivanovic beats Kerber to reach Madrid semis, Errani also through
The 24th seed Ekaterina Makarova, the Russian giant killer who ousted both 3rd seed Victoria Azarenka and 14th seed Marion Bartoli on her way to the quarters, took on the Italian 7th seed Sara Errani. The Italian got the early breaks and led 2-1 and 4-2 in the first set, [...] -
Kuznetsova beats Petrova to reach 3rd round in Madrid, Cibulkova out
Slovak 15th seed, Dominika Cibulkova, defeated the 73rd ranked qualifier Lesia Tsurenko, in her first round match with the loss of just five games. On Tuesday she played the 39th ranked German, Sabine Lisicki, who also easily won her first round match in straights against Sofia Arvidsson. With nothing separating [...] -
Sharapova to play Kerber in Stuttgart semi-finals
Angelique Kerber, the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix’s third seed and home favourite, stated quarter final play on Friday afternoon in Stuttgart against Yaroslava Shvedova, the 37th ranked Kazakh. The German started well, but Shvedova fought back bravely before Kerber broke away again to take the first set 5-3. Kerber built [...] -
Ivanovic beats Petrova in Stuttgart, Kerber and Li through to round three
The second round of the Porche Grand Prix clay court tournament kicked off on Thursday in Stuttgart with seeds Na Li, Angelique Kerber, Petra Kvitova and Nadia Petrova all in action in the afternoon session. The only seed to fall was Petrova, the 8th seeded Russian, who was beaten in [...] -
Errani beats Ivanovic to reach Miami QFs, Vinci also advances
Italian 8th seed Sara Errani, the WTA’s leading match winner this season, had a first round bye and dropped only two games in her two matches leading up to her fourth round match against 12th seed Ana Ivanovic of Serbia. The Italian started poorly and the Serb swept through the [...] -
Azarenka beats Flipkens in Indian Wells, Barthel defeats Ivanovic
Ana Ivanovic, the 11th seed at this year’s BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, continued with her very up and down season when she lost in the third round to Mona Barthel of Germany, the 24th seed, in an equally seesaw match. The German came out of the blocks on [...] -
Ivanovic and Kerber through to third round of Indian Wells
In Saturday’s play at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells the spectators were treated to some great tennis which lasted until after 10:30 pm – with five of the women’s matches going to three sets; and the 16th seed Lucie Safarova, 17th seed Ekaterina Makarova, and 20th seed Su-Wei [...] -
Serena withdraws from Dubai, Kvitova beats Ivanovic
Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli who was wild carded into the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship and who has not been playing at her very best of late had a fortuitous bit of luck when her opponent, new world number one Serena Williams, withdrew with a lower back injury, handing her a [...] -
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 [...] -
Ivanovic out of Pattaya Open, Kirilenko and Hantuchova through
Ana Invanovic’s struggle to get back up to the top of the game continued in the first round at the Pattaya Open when she lost a tight three setter to the Japanese player Ayumi Morita, who is ranked on the WTA list at number 60. Ivanovic, the top seed in [...] -
A.Radwanska beats Ivanovic, plays Li Na in Australian Open QFs
Serbian 13th seed Ana Ivanovic played the 4th seeded Pole Agnieszka Radwanska on Rod Laver Arena on Day 7 of the Australian Open on Sunday evening. Ivanovic started play and was immediately broken by the ever consistent Radwanska, playing her own style and missing almost nothing. Games then went with [...] -
A.Radwanska through in Melbourne, Ivanovic beats Jankovic
Polish 4th seed Aga Radwanska opened proceedings on the Hisense Arena when she took on the young British player Heather Watson, who is ranked at 40. Games went with serve in the first set until Radwanska broke to lead 3-2. Watson won just one more game for 3-5, but the [...]
