Post Tagged with: "Petra Kvitova"
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Hantuchova beats Kvitova in Madrid, Kirilenko also through
Angelique Kerber, the German 6th seed played against Svetlana Kuznetsova, the 40th ranked Russian who took out her compatriot, 11th seeded Nadia Petrova, in the second round. Games went with serve until Kuznetsova got a break to go 5-3 ahead with her serve to come. Continuing her great serving and [...] -
Serena Williams and Kvitova advance to second round of Madrid Open
Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan, ranked a lowly 88, took on the might and power of Serena Williams on Manolo Santana Court at the Matua Madrid Open on Sunday afternoon in a first round match. The 18 year old Kazakh qualifier really gave the spectators a special show when she went [...] -
Li Na defeats Kvitova to advance to WTA Stuttgart semis
The first match in the night session on Friday was between Sabine Lisicki and Bethanie Mattek-Sands. 47th ranked Lisicki took out qualifier Nastasia Burnett in the first round and Jelena jankovic in the second, both in straight sets, while qualifier Mattek-Sands, the 104th ranked American, took out Yanina Wickmayer in [...] -
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 [...] -
Vinci beats Kvitova and wins inaugural Katowice Open title
After two uninspiring semi final matches, the organisers of the BNP Paribas Katowice Open got their dream final – top seed Petra Kvitova against 2nd seed Roberta Vinci. The finalists had only met once before, on grass, with Kvitova taking that match in straight sets. On the clay and indoors, [...] -
Kvitova and Vinci to face each other in WTA Katowice final
In the first of Saturday’s semi final matches, Roberta Vinci completely outclassed Annika Beck by repeating her quarter final feat of allowing her opponent just one game. Playing aggressive and pin point accurate tennis, the wily Italian pulled out all her doubles skills too, with glorious drop shots and great [...] -
Kvitova beats Martic, plays Cadantu in Katowice semi-finals
Petra Kvitova, the BNP Paridbas Katowice Open’s top seed, was first up against Petra Martic of Croatia, ranked at 91, in the night session on Friday which wrapped up the quarter finals of this new destination on the WTA tour calendar. Playing on clay indoors, Kvitova had straight sets wins [...] -
Kvitova and Wozniacki defeated in third round in Miami
In windy, hot and humid conditions at the Miami Open on Saturday Petra Kvitova, Caroline Wozniacki and Andrea Petkovic all lost their third round matches to open up the draw which now offers some very interesting match ups. Venus Williams is also out, as she had to withdraw with a [...] -
Sharapova beats Errani, Kirilenko defeats Kvitova to reach Indian Wells SFs
The first quarter final match at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells was played on Wednesday between Czech 5th seed Petra Kvitova and 13th seed Maria Kirilenko of Russia. The Russian served first and games went with serve until she broke to lead 4-2, but the Czech then turned [...] -
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 [...] -
Sharapova and Kvitova advance to the last 16 in Indian Wells
2nd seeded Maria Sharapova had to pull out all the stops in her match against Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro, the 25th seed. The diminutive Spaniard, just five foot four inches tall, has a beautiful and lethal one handed backhand and plays some glorious angled shots with it, which earned her [...] -
Kvitova and Kirilenko advance to third round of Indian Wells
5th seeded Czech, Petra Kvitova, had a real battle on her hands when she took to the court at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells for her first match against 67th ranked Olga Govortsova of Belarus. Kvitova had a bye in the first round while Govortsova had taken out [...] -
Kvitova beats Errani to capture Dubai trophy
6th seed Petra Kvitova made a rampant start to the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships final on Saturday afternoon against Sara Errani, the tournament’s 5th seed, by racing out to a 4-0 lead before she allowed the Italian on to the scoreboard by holding her serve for the first time [...]
