Post Tagged with: "Nadia Petrova"
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Kuznetsova beats Petrova to reach 3rd round in Madrid, Cibulkova out
Slovak 15th seed, Dominika Cibulkova, defeated the 73rd ranked qualifier Lesia Tsurenko, in her first round match with the loss of just five games. On Tuesday she played the 39th ranked German, Sabine Lisicki, who also easily won her first round match in straights against Sofia Arvidsson. With nothing separating [...] -
Ivanovic beats Petrova in Stuttgart, Kerber and Li through to round three
The second round of the Porche Grand Prix clay court tournament kicked off on Thursday in Stuttgart with seeds Na Li, Angelique Kerber, Petra Kvitova and Nadia Petrova all in action in the afternoon session. The only seed to fall was Petrova, the 8th seeded Russian, who was beaten 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 [...] -
Azarenka to play Wozniacki in Indian Wells quarter-finals
Top seed and defending champion Victoria Azarenka took to court on Tuesday to play Urszula Radwanska for a place in the quarter finals and to try to continue her sixteen match winning streak. Even though Azarenka was playing with an ankle injury, she managed to take this match with ease, [...] -
Wozniacki to play Petrova in round of last 16 in Indian Wells, Kerber also through
After a minor earthquake rattled Indian Wells and some of the players on Monday morning, play got underway to complete the fourth round line up. Caroline Wozniacki, seeded at number 8 at this year’s BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, showed no after effects of the quake and had an [...] -
Ivanovic and Kerber through to third round of Indian Wells
In Saturday’s play at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells the spectators were treated to some great tennis which lasted until after 10:30 pm – with five of the women’s matches going to three sets; and the 16th seed Lucie Safarova, 17th seed Ekaterina Makarova, and 20th seed Su-Wei [...] -
Errani to play Vinci for a Dubai final place
It was a good day for Italy at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Thursday, as both Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci have progressed through to the semi finals. Errani played against the unseeded Russian Nadia Petrova, who is now number 12 on the WTA ranking list, while Errani [...] -
Serena Williams to play Kvitova in Doha quarter-finals
Second seed Serena Williams, took on Agnieszka Radwanska’s younger sister, Urszula Radwanska, in a night match at the Qatar Total Open in Doha on Thursday. Serena had a bye in the first round and a 6-2 6-1 win in the second round, while Ursula only lost one game in her [...] -
Azarenka wins, Petrova and Errani out of Australian Open
Vika Azarenka, world number 1 and top seed, came out for the second game on the Rod Laver Arena, to play Monica Niculescu of Romania, ranked at 49. Niculescu is difficult to play when she is on form, because of her very unconventional style, with incredible spins and good hands [...] -
Vinci defeats Petrova in Sydney, Jankovic also advances
Roberta Vinci of Italy, world number 16 and unseeded at the Premier level Apia International Sydney tournament being played in Australia’s largest city this week in the run up to the Australian Open, played the 8th seed and world number 12 Nadia Petrova of Russia, on Monday. Even though Petrova [...] -
Petrova beats Wozniacki and wins Tournament of Champions in Sofia
The finals of the WTA Qatar Airways Tournament of Champions saw the unbeaten leaders of both groups take to the court on Sunday evening in Sofia – Caroline Wozniacki, seeded 1 and Nadia Petrova, seeded 2 – a tournament director’s dream final. However, the match turned out to be one [...] -
Wozniacki to play Petrova in Tournament of Champions final
Even though home favourite Tsvetana Pironkova lost two of her matches in Group B in the round robin stage of the year end championship in Sofia – to Nadia Petrova and Maria Kirilenko and won only one, against Jie Zheng – she made it into the semi final stage, courtesy [...] -
Petrova defeats Pironkova and wins Group B in Sofia
With two wins (against Jie Zheng and Maria Kirilenko) under her belt, Nadia Petrova took to the court to try to make it three in a row against the home favourite Tsvetana Pironkova, who had one win and one loss (to Jie Zheng and Maria Kirilenko respectively) to her name. [...]
