Post Tagged with: "heather watson"
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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 [...] -
Heather Watson first Brit in 25 years to win a WTA Tour title
British tennis is certainly on the rise, with Andy Murray taking the gold medal at the Olympics in the men’s singles and partnering Laura Robson to take the silver medal in the mixed doubles, then going on to win the UP Open. Now there is a women’s singles titleholder too [...] -
Chang beats Stosur, plays Watson in Osaka final
Britain’s 20 year old Heather Watson, number 71 on the WTA rankings faced the home player Misaki Doi, ranked at number 123 at the semi final stage of the HP Open being played in Osaka, Japan, this week. Watson has a straight sets win in the first round and battled [...] -
Sharapova overcomes Watson scare while Cibulkova beats Zheng in Tokyo
British fans have had a long-awaited taste of success in recent weeks, thanks to Laura Robson’s superb run to the US Open fourth round and the final in Guangzhou last week. She replaced her good friend Heather Watson as British number one, sparking what could become an intriguing and healthy [...] -
Ivanovic out of Tokyo, Hampton beats Kanepi
With the demise of no 11 seed Ana Ivanovic who lost to Ursula Radwanska 6-3 4-6 2-6 and no 4 seed Petra Kvitova who was beaten by her namesake Petra Martic in straight sets 6-4 6-4, no 15 seed Kaia Kanepi took to the court to do battle with the [...] -
Wozniacki moves into 2nd round of Tokyo, Watson beats Lisicki
Caroline Wozniacki, Heather Watson as well as Jie Zhen will play in the second round of the 2012 Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo. Former number one Wozniacki came into the tournament as last week’s Seoul title holder. She picked up where she had let off a couple of days [...] -
Top seed Cibulkova out of Quebec, Barthel squeezes through
Kirsten Flipkens advanced into second round of 2012 Quebec WTA tournament after seeing off top seed Cibulkova. Mona Barthel also booked her place in the next round after escaping defeat against Watson. Top seed Slovak Dominika Cibulkova was supposed to be one of the main contenders for 2012 Quebec WTA [...] -
Li Na and Petrova secure second round US Open spots
Favorites Li Na and Nadia Petrova reach the second round of 2012 US Open. Their next opponents will be Tsurenko and Halep respectively. Ninth-seeded Li Na finished what she has started before the rain came down and progressed into second round with minimum fuss. Her 20-years old British opponent Heather [...] -
Sharapova defeats battling Robson, advances into third round at the Olympics
Maria Sharapova had to dig deep to book herself a place in the third round of the 2012 London Olympics. The Russian defeated the British young talent Laura Robson, needing a tiebreak in the first set, just before closing out the match with a 7-6 (5) 6-3 scoreline. The players [...] -
Good start for the British at Wimbledon 2012
It’s been a great start for the British players at the All England Club so far this week. British number one man Andy Murray cruised through to the second round with a 6-1, 6-1, 6-4 straight sets win against Davydenko. Murray has a tough draw in the Wimbledon championships to get [...]
