Post Tagged with: "Lucie Safarova"
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Williams sisters to meet in Charleston 2013 semi-finals
Serena and Venus Williams had to play two matches each on Friday at the Family Circle Cup for the organisers to get the tournament back on track after rain washed out play during the day on Thursday. Venus was first to play her second match, against another American, the 77th [...] -
Seeds fall in the second round at the Sony Open in Miami
The second round at the Miami Open began on Thursday with the seeded players playing in the top half of the draw playing their first matches after they all received byes into the second round, with very mixed results. 10th seed Marion Bartoli had to retire with a foot injury [...] -
A.Radwanska and Wozniacki through to Dubai quarter-finals
In third round play on Wednesday at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships being played this week in this Gulf Emirate, 3rd seed Agnieszka Radwanska took on the wild card from Kazakhstan, Yulia Putintseva, who is ranked at 101. Putintseva had taken out another wild card, Briton Laura Robson, in [...] -
Errani to face Bertens in Paris Open semis
Kiki Bertens, the young Dutch player who is ranked at 65, took on the Czech Lucie Safarova, ranked at 18 and seeded 6th, in the Open GDF Suez tournament in the first match on Friday. The lucky loser from Holland has made the best of her luck so far, as [...] -
Errani through to Paris Open QFs, Cibulkova out
The top seeded Italian Sara Errani, has had very little time on court this week at the Open GDF Suez tournament in Paris, as she had a bye in the first round and, after less than half an hour on court on Thursday, got the W next to her name [...] -
Czech Republic beats Serbia and wins Fed Cup 2012 title
The Czech Republic’s stranglehold on the Fed Cup continues after the host team beat Serbia to win the competition for the second year in a row. Lucie Safarova was the heroine this time, as her 6-1, 6-1 demolition of Jelena Jankovic gave the Czechs an unassailable 3-1 lead. The home [...] -
Czech Republic leads Serbia 2-0 in Fed Cup 2012 Final
A great start for Lucie Safarova and Petra Kvitova at Fed Cup 2012 final on their home soil. They beat Ivanovic and Kvitova in straight sets. Neither of the former number one Serbian players managed to steal a set in today’s clashes at Fed Cup final in Prague. In the [...] -
Kirilenko advances in Moscow, Bartoli out
In the first women’s match on centre court in the Olympic Stadium in the Kremlin Cup tournament on Wednesday, two Russians faced each other – their number 3, 16th ranked and 7th seed Maria Kirilenko; and wild card holder Elena Vesnina, their number 8, ranked at 65. The first set [...] -
Barthel and Safarova out of Generali Ladies in Linz
In the second last match on centre court at the Generali Ladies Linz tournament, after two qualifying singles and two main draw doubles matches, the twenty two year old German Mona Barthel, ranked at 37, took on the twenty one year old Dutch player Kiki Bertens, ranked at number 60. [...] -
Sharapova and Agnieszka Radwanska move into Tokyo QFs
Maria Sharapova and Agnieszka Radwanska progressed into 2012 Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo after eliminating Safarova and Hampton in straight sets. Second-seeded Sharapova pulled level in head-to-head series against sixteenth seed Czech Lucie Safarova who had defeated her third round Tokyo opponent in their only previous encounter in Madrid [...] -
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 [...] -
Safarova and Wozniak advance at 2012 US Open, Petkovic out
Safarova and Wozniak advance easily, Petkovic out of 2012 US Open. Lucie Safarova and Aleksandra Wozniak had no problems in first round of US Open, whereas Andrea Petkovic suffered a defeat against Romina Oprandi. It is the second time Canadian Aleksandra Wozniak advanced into the second round of US Open. [...] -
Kvitova to face Errani for a place in New Haven final
The clash between fourth seed Italian Sara Errani and fifth-seeded French Marion Bartoli promised to be a tight encounter, but was rather one-sided in the end. Errani, who already won in Barcelona, Budapest, and Palermo this year, got off to a better start going 4-0 up in the first set, [...]
