Post Tagged with: "Maria Kirilenko"
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Kirilenko out of China Open, Vesnina beats Barthel
In the first match of the women’s part of the joint China Open 2012 in Beijing, the number 13 seed Maria Kirilenko, who has made a dramatic rise in the WTA rankings to number 14, took on her countrywoman Ekaterina Makarova at the national Tennis Stadium. At number 14 in [...] -
Wozniacki into the second round of Korea Open 2012, Kirilenko injured
Top seed Wozniacki as well as unseeded defending champion Martinez Sanchez advanced into the second round, whilst Kirilenko was forced to retire due to injury in the first round of the WTA Korea Open 2012 in Seoul. Six seeded players survived the first round. Amongst them, top seed Wozniacki progressed [...] -
Serena Williams eases into last 16 of US Open, Kirilenko out
Serena Williams continues her Grand Slam winning streak with a smooth third round US Open victory. Unseeded Andrea Hlavackova makes a comeback to eliminate Maria Kirilenko. As expected, unseeded Russian Ekaterina Makarova was unable to prevent fourth seed Williams staying in competition for her fourth Flushing Meadows title. The course [...] -
Radwanska overcomes scare at US Open, Kirilenko eases into 3rd round
Agnieszka Radwanska’s produces an outstanding comeback in second round of US Open, while Maria Kirilenko sees off Greta Arn in two rather easy sets. 33-years old Hungarian Arn was playing her first ever second round match at the US Open. Fourteenth seed Kirilenko proved to be too high a hurdle [...] -
Ivanovic and Cibulkova Win in Straight Sets, Enter US Open 3rd Round
12th seed Ana Ivanovic made light work of her opponent Sofia Arvidsson, advancing to the 3rd round with a 6-2 6-2 victory. The 24 year old is coming into the tournament with a 25-15 record for the season. Once ranked no. 1 four years ago, Ivanovic has struggled at times [...] -
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 [...] -
Kvitova defeats Kirilenko and captures New Haven title
Petra Kvitova seems to be unstoppable at the moment. Sevent-seeded Russian Maria Kirilenko was more than a worthy opponent in New Haven final match, but was quite far from success against second seed Czech. There was practically nothing that could separate the two players in an entertaining first set. We [...] -
Kvitova breezes past Errani, faces Kirilenko in New Haven final
2nd seeded Petra Kvitova booked herself a place in New Haven final after overpowering Italy’s Sara Errani 6-1 6-3. The Czech 2011 Wimbledon champion looked impressive throughout the match and after taking the first set in a mere 24 minutes, she took Errani’s serve twice more in the second set [...] -
Kirilenko advances to New Haven final after Wozniacki retires
Russia’s Maria Kirilenko will play for the New Haven Open title after the no.3 seed Caroline Wozniacki retired from their semifinal encounter whilst trailing 7-5. The Dane was forced to finish the match due to a knee injury and this is her first loss in 21 appearances here at the [...] -
Wozniacki eliminates Cibulkova, will play Kirilenko in New Haven SFs
Both Caroline Wozniacki and Maria Kirilenko brushed away their 2012 New Haven quarterfinal opponents in two straight sets in and will meet in semis next. Third seed Wozniacki beat recent Carlsbad winner Dominika Cibulkova in New Haven quarterfinal match. While Dane Wozniacki was hardly troubled at her serve, she converted practically [...] -
Barthel beats Hantuchova in New Haven, Errani and Kirilenko also through
German Mona Barthel started her New Haven campaign with a straight sets 6-3 7-5 win over Slovak Daniela Hantuchova. This was the first meeting between the two players, with Hantuchova having 5 WTA career titles to her name against Barthel’s one title. However, the Slovak has been struggling with her [...] -
Venus Williams overcomes Kirilenko in Cincinnati, Bartoli out
Marion Bartoli, seeded sixth in the Western and Southern Open being played in Cincinnati this week as part of the run up series to the US Open, certainly was not at her energetic best when she served a total of thirteen double faults in her straight set defeat to Johanna [...] -
Serena Williams Achieves Career Golden Slam, Plays Unbelievable Tennis Against Sharapova
American Serena Williams won her first Olympic singles gold medal after an astonishing performance against Russia’s Maria Sharapova in Saturday’s final of the 2012 London Olympic games. Williams, playing possibly her best tennis of this year, didn’t allow Sharapova hardly anything on her way to a breathtaking 6-0 6-1 victory. [...]
