Post Tagged with: "Nadia Petrova"
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Petrova and Kirilenko win opening matches at Tournament of Champions
Fresh from winning the WTA Doubles Championships in Istanbul, Nadia Petrova and Maria Kirilenko returned to action on Wednesday and duly won their first matches at the Qatar Airways Tournament of Champions. Kirilenko, the third seed, was first on court against local favourite Tsvetana Pironkova, who had come through a [...] -
Petrova out of Moscow, Cibulkova and Shvedova through to 2nd round
Dominka Cibulkova of Slovakia, ranked at number 14 and seeded 5th at the Kremlin Cup tournament being played in Moscow this week, started off proceedings on centre court in the massive but almost empty Olympic Stadium on Tuesday against Moscow’s Ekaterina Makarova, now ranked at a career high 20. The [...] -
Li Na beats Petrova in 2nd round of China Open, Jankovic also through
Nadia Petrova’s great run to win in Tokyo last week was surprisingly brought to an abrupt and very fast end in the second round of the China Open on Tuesday. Up against Li Na against whom she had won their all six of their prior meetings, albeit not in the [...] -
Nadia Petrova Aims For “No Regrets” Late in Her Career
While Nadia Petrova surprised many, including herself, by winning her 12th career title in Tokyo over Agnieszka Radwanska, if you’ve been keeping track of the veteran Russian and her season so far in 2012, then her victory this weekend feels almost expected. Though a part of the Russian wave of [...] -
Rejuvenated Nadia Petrova shocks Agnieszka Radwanska to win Tokyo Pan Pacific Open
Nadia Petrova completed one of the best weeks of her tennis career by taking the Toray Pan Pacific Open 2012 title on Saturday. She upset the third seed and defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska 6-0, 1-6, 6-3 for her twelfth and biggest-ever tournament victory. The 30-year-old Russian has had a lower [...] -
Agnieszka Radwanska Outclasses Kerber to Set Up Tokyo Final Against Petrova
The defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska put on a spectacular performance to overcome German Angelique Kerber in today’s Pan Pacific Open 2012 semifinals in Tokyo, dismissing her in just 59 minutes with a 6-1 6-1 victory. Before going into the match, Radwanska was leading the head to head against Kerber with [...] -
Petrova Defeats Stosur, plays Agnieszka Radwanska in Tokyo Final
After her courageous upset of 6th seed Sara Errani in the QF, 17th seed Nadia Petrova battled on to stage another upset in the SF over 8th seed Sam Stosur in straight sets, 6-4 6-2. She will play 3rd seed Aga Radwanska in the final, who defeated 5th seed Angelique [...] -
Petrova defeats Errani, sets up Tokyo semifinal against Stosur
Nadia Petrova pulled off a complete comeback against Sara Errani in today’s quarterfinal of the Toray Pan Pacific Open 2012. She will challenge Sam Stosur for a place in 2012 Tokyo final. 17th seed Petrova and 7th-seeded Errani have met for the second time in their careers, with Errani defeating [...] -
Errani and Petrova through to last 8 of the Toray Pan Pacific Open
Sara Errani’s great year continues, as the diminutive Italian took out the very in form Marion Bartoli of France in three tightly fought sets, 3-6 6-2 6-2, in just over two hours twenty minutes on court. Even though Bartoli, the number nine seed, initially led 6-2 1-0 with points 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 [...] -
Wozniacki and Lepchenko proceed into Seoul QFs, Petrova retires
Nadia Petrova retired due to injury, other seeded players moved into 2012 Korea Open quarterfinal without losing a set. Defending champion Martinez Sanchez, currently 93rd on WTA rankings, was given a walkover in the second round of Korea Open as fourth-seeded Petrova pull out of the tournament with a low [...] -
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 [...] -
Sharapova battles past Petrova, reaches US Open QFs
Third seeded Maria Sharapova advanced into the quarterfinals of the 2012 US Open with a three sets victory over Nadia Petrova, prevailing 6-1 4-6 6-4. Sharapova had strolled into the fourth round of the US Open, losing a mere seven games in three matches. She had shown no ill-effects of [...]
