Post Tagged with: "Monica Niculescu"
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Niculescu wins first WTA title, beats Puchkova in Florianopolis final
In a fitting final for the newly inaugurated Brasil Tennis Cup tournament in Florianopolis, Monica Niculescu of Romania won her very first WTA title on Saturday evening when she battled past another unseeded player, Olga Puchkova of Russia, in three really tough sets. Niculescu nearly went out in her first [...] -
Puchkova beats Venus Williams, faces Niculescu in Brasil Tennis Cup final
Top seed Venus Williams has an easy straight sets win in her first round match at the Brasil Tennis Cup tournament being played this week in Florianopolis, followed by a tight three setter against up and coming Garbine Muguruza of Spain and another straight sets win in the quarters to [...] -
Barthel and Flipkens to face each other in Hobart semis
Mona Barthel of Germany, the 9th seed in the Moorilla Hobart International tournament being played this week in the capital of Tasmania, beat the unseeded Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova, to book her place in the semi final in the top half of the draw. These two players had not met before [...] -
Li Na to face Zakopalova in Shenzhen final
The organisers of the first Shenzhen Gemdale Open being played in China this week will be delighted that one of their own players will battle for the trophy in the final. Li Na, the world number 7 and top seed, made relatively light work of her match against her countrywoman [...] -
Venus Williams lifts trophy in Luxembourg, beats Niculescu in final
Venus Williams, who has not played since being knocked out in the second round of the US Open, due to the effects of an ongoing auto immune disease and a bad back injury, took a familiar place on court in a tournament final on Sunday in Luxembourg. Up against the [...] -
Venus Williams beats Petkovic, plays Niculescu in Luxembourg final
In an unusual semi final afternoon at the BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg 2012 tournament, none of the four competitors were seeded as the last seed standing number 1 Roberta Vinci was eliminated by Venus Williams in the quarter final round; and all of them have suffered from varying degrees of [...] -
Hantuchova to face Niculescu in Luxembourg semifinals
Both unseeded and in the bottom half of the draw, two veterans of the WTA tour, Slovak Daniela Hantchova and Spaniard Lourdes Dominguez Lino met in the first match on centre court at the BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg 2012 tournament on Friday afternoon. Dominguez Lino is ranked at 54, while [...] -
Venus Williams reaches Luxembourg Open quarters, Goerges out
Venus Williams, now 32 and on the professional tour since 1994, has had a rough time of late with injuries and illness keeping her out of tournaments. Not having played since the US Open (where she lost in the second round), her ranking has dropped to 48. On Thursday afternoon [...] -
Ivanovic through to second round in Linz, Lisicki out
Ana Ivanovic and Patricia Mayr-Achleitner booked their second round spots at Generali Ladies in Linz . Eighth seed Sabine Lisicki is out of the tournament. Former top-ranked Serbian Ivanovic delivered an expected first round victory against Monica Niculescu of Romania. Second seed Ivanovic, who is still on the hunt for [...] -
Ivanovic, Petrova and Goerges ease into 2nd round of Tokyo
Ana Ivanovic, Julia Goerges, and Nadia Petrova moved into the second round of 2012 Tokyo WTA tournament with a minimum of fuss. Former top-ranked Serbian Ivanovic has obtained eleven WTA titles in previous years, but has not managed to lift any trophies in 2012 yet. She started Toray Pan Pacific [...] -
Radwanska-Petkovic China Open final
Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland will meet Andrea Petkovic of Germany in the China Open final. For Radwanska, this could be the second title in two weeks as she won last week’s Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo. The Polish no.11 seed beat Flavia Pennetta of Italy 6-2, 6-4 in their semifinal [...] -
Li Na shocking first round exit from China Open
World no.5 Li Na very surprisingly lost her first round match at the China Open to a Romanian qualifier Monica Niculescu 6-4, 6-0. For Li Na, this was the first appearance in Beijing since winning the French Open 2011 title. The Chinese has been struggling with form recently and hasn’t [...]
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