Post Tagged with: "Marion Bartoli"
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Serena Williams moves into third round in Madrid
Second round matches continued on Tuesday at the Matua Madrid Open tournament. 36th ranked Kazakh Yaroslava Shvedova, who took out 10th seed Caroline Wozniacki in the first round, played against 22nd ranked Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium, who beat Mona Barthel in her first round encounter. The Kazakh got the breaks [...] -
Kvitova defeats Zakopalova to reach Indian Wells QFs, Errani beats Bartoli
Italian 6th seed Sara Errani’s incredible run as the leading match winner of the 2013 season to date continued on day seven of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells on Tuesday, when she comfortably defeated the 9th seed from France, Marion Bartoli, to score her 21st win this year [...] -
Kvitova beats Radwanska, faces Wozniacki in Dubai semi-finals
10th seed Caroline Wozniacki took on Marion Bartoli, who got a last minute wild card for this tournament, in the quarter finals in the bottom half of the draw at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Thursday evening. After a tough three setter in the first round, Bartoli got [...] -
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 [...] -
Kvitova and Wozniacki reach Qatar Open 2013 third round
7th seed Petra Kvitova played her first match at the Doha tournament on Wednesday afternoon, having had a bye in the first round. She took on the hard hitting Russian leftie Ekaterina Makarova, who had easily taken out Carla Suarez Navarro 6-1 6-2 in the first round. Unfortunately, Makarova had [...] -
Mladenovic beats Kvitova, plays Barthel in Paris Open SFs
In the first of the night matches 3rd seed Marion Bartoli of France took on the unseeded Mona Barthel of Germany. Barthel, ranked at 45, topped the tournament’s 5th seed Roberta Vinci, in three sets in the second round to make it through to the quarter finals. Bartoli had a [...] -
Kvitova and Bartoli advance to Paris Open quarter-finals
The 45th ranked German Mona Barthel, defeated Urszula Radwanska, younger sister of the more famous Agnieszka, in the first round of the 2013 Paris Open. In her second round match, she took on the tournament’s 5th seed, Italian Roberta Vinci, who had earlier defeated Simona Halep. In a very good [...] -
Kerber and Goerges reach 4th round at Australian Open
First to play on Rod Laver Arena on Day 5 of the Australian Open on Friday morning was the German Angelique Kerber, the 5th seed. On her 25th birthday, she came out to do battle with the 17 year old American wildcard Madison Keys, who is ranked at 105. The [...] -
A.Radwanska and Li Na through to 3rd round of Australian Open
The first match on Rod Laver Arena on Wednesday was between Agnieszka Radwanska, the 4th seed and the unseeeded Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu. In an uncharacteristic start, Radwanska served two double faults in her first game which went to three advantages to the Romanian, who broke to go 1-0 up. Thereafter [...] -
Li Na and Bartoli through to Shenzhen quarter-finals
The inaugural International Tier $500,000 Shenzhen Longgang Gemdale Open in southern China has its home player, Na Li as its number one seed, plus a whole host of the WTA’s top players to showcase. In second round play on Wednesday afternoon, Li Na took on the 129th ranked American Julia [...] -
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 [...] -
Azarenka beats Bartoli, plays Sharapova for China Open 2012 title
After the excitable Chinese spectators’ disappointment in seeing the total collapse of Na Li in the second set against Maria Sharapova in the first of the semifinals on centre court, their spirits were lifted by some absolutely fabulous tennis in the second semi between Marion Bartoli and Victoria Azarenka. Bartoli [...] -
Li Na beats Agnieszka Radwanska to reach China Open 2012 semifinals
Li Na beat Agnieszka Radwanska for the third consecutive time on hard courts when the pair met in the quarterfinals of the China Open today. With the 6-4 6-2 victory, Li secured the final place at the WTA championships in Istanbul, as well as a date with Maria Sharapova in [...]
