Post Tagged with: "Maria Kirilenko"
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Ivanovic and Petrova lose in first round of Rome, Kirilenko through
Tuesday, Day Two of the Internazionale BNL Italia tournament being played in Rome this week, saw two seeds to fall in the first round. First out was number 10 Caroline Wozniacki, followed by number 15, Ana Ivanovic. The Serbian played against the 25th ranked Urszula Radwanska of Poland in an [...] -
Serena defeats Kirilenko to book Madrid quarter-final place
At the one hour mark in the match between 13th seeded Russian Maria Krirlenko and top seeded American Serena Williams, the score stood at 6-3 5-0. That was when the Russian got on the scoreboard for the first time in the second set, but the American served out the set [...] -
Hantuchova beats Kvitova in Madrid, Kirilenko also through
Angelique Kerber, the German 6th seed played against Svetlana Kuznetsova, the 40th ranked Russian who took out her compatriot, 11th seeded Nadia Petrova, in the second round. Games went with serve until Kuznetsova got a break to go 5-3 ahead with her serve to come. Continuing her great serving and [...] -
Azarenka battles past Pavyuchenkova to reach Madrid Open second round
In the ladies’ singles night match on Monday which completed the first round at the Matua Madrid Open, 3rd seed Victoria Azarenka had a major battle on her hands when she came up against the 19th ranked Russian, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Azarenka has been off the tour for almost two months [...] -
Kerber beats Kirilenko, faces Pavlyuchenkova in Monterrey final
The final of the Alberto Monterrey Open which is being played in Mexico this week pits the tournament’s top seed, Angelique Kerber against 5th seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Kerber beat the qualifier, Samantha Crawford in straights in the first round and another qualifier, Alla Kudryavtseva, in a tough three setter in [...] -
Cirstea beats Kerber at the Sony Open in Miami, Kirilenko also out
There were shocks and surprises at the Miami Open on Sunday when three of the tournament’s highly ranked players were beaten in the fourth round – 6th seed Angelique Kerber, 11th seed Nadia Petrova and 14th seed Maria Kirilenko. The biggest shock of the tournament so far was28th seeded Roumanian [...] -
Sharapova, Kirilenko and Kuznetsova all advance to round three in Miami
Russian dominance of the women’s game continued on a rainy Friday in Miami which even caused a power outage, when the second round of the bottom half of the draw was completed. Maria Sharapova was at her dominant best as she swooped past a hapless Eugene Bouchard, the 123rd ranked [...] -
Sharapova beats Kirilenko, will play Wozniacki in Indian Wells final
8th seed Caroline Wozniacki fought back from a slow start in the first semi final match at Indian Wells against 4th seed Anglieque Kerber to be the first the qualify for the final. The German led the head to head stat between these two players 3-2, winning all three matches [...] -
Sharapova beats Errani, Kirilenko defeats Kvitova to reach Indian Wells SFs
The first quarter final match at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells was played on Wednesday between Czech 5th seed Petra Kvitova and 13th seed Maria Kirilenko of Russia. The Russian served first and games went with serve until she broke to lead 4-2, but the Czech then turned [...] -
Kirilenko beats A.Radwanska to reach Indian Wells QFs, Sharapova also wins
In the third 4th round match at Indian Wells on Tuesday, the 2nd seeded Russian, Maria Sharapova, took on the fast rising Spaniard, Lara Arruabarreno-Vecino, who is ranked at 87. The Spaniard broke to lead 2-0 but the Russian broke back to 3-3 and games then went with serve until [...] -
Sharapova and Kvitova advance to the last 16 in Indian Wells
2nd seeded Maria Sharapova had to pull out all the stops in her match against Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro, the 25th seed. The diminutive Spaniard, just five foot four inches tall, has a beautiful and lethal one handed backhand and plays some glorious angled shots with it, which earned her [...] -
Kvitova and Kirilenko advance to third round of Indian Wells
5th seeded Czech, Petra Kvitova, had a real battle on her hands when she took to the court at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells for her first match against 67th ranked Olga Govortsova of Belarus. Kvitova had a bye in the first round while Govortsova had taken out [...] -
Kirilenko beats Lisicki and wins WTA Pattaya Open title
Maria Kirilenko lost in the final of the 2012 Pattaya Open to Daniela Hantuchova in a marathon three and a quarter hour battle and she was determined not to let history repeat itself when she got to the final again in this year’s tournament. Playing 5th seed Sabine Lisicki, Kirilenko [...]
