Post Tagged with: "Petra Kvitova"
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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 [...] -
Serena beats Kvitova, plays Sharapova in Qatar Open semi-finals
In the first of Friday’s quarter final matches at the Qatar Total Open in Doha, the 3rd seeded Russian Maria Sharapova took on Sam Stosur of Australia, the tournament’s 8th seed. Going into this match Sharapova led their head to head stats 11-2, with Stosur having won in straight sets [...] -
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 [...] -
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 [...] -
Robson beats Kvitova to reach 3rd round at Australian Open
Danish 10th seed Caroline Wozniacki, met the tall young talent from Croatia Donna Vecic who, at 16 years old, was the youngest player in the main draw. She is ranked at 111 and was playing in her first Grand Slam. She had a great 6-1 6-2 win over the, Czech [...] -
Kvitova and Wozniacki both reach 2nd round at Australian Open
In a match between two Grand Slam winners, Czech 6th seed Petra Kvitova, who won Wimbledon in 2011, took on the unseeded Italian Francesca Schiavone, who won the French Open in 2010, on the Margaret Court Arena on Tuesday. In a very topsy turvy match, Kvitova took the first set [...] -
Pavlyuchenkova beats Kvitova in Brisbane, Hantuchova through
In the third big upset of the Brisbane International 2013 WTA tournament after Caroline Wozniacki and Sam Stosur both lost their first round matches, Anastasia Pavlyuchenko of Russia, ranked at 36 took out the 2011 champion Petra Kvitova, the WTA’s 8th ranked player and seeded at 6 for this tournament, [...] -
Serena Williams and Kvitova power into 2nd round in Brisbane
Third seeded Serena Williams overcame windy conditions and Varvara Lepchenko at the same time to book a place in the second round of the 2013 Brisbane International tournament. The American showed some frustration and seemed to be a little distracted by the weather, but that didn´t stop her from demolishing [...] -
10 WTA Players to Watch in 2013
Victoria Azarenka, Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams are all expected to contend for No. 1 next year on the WTA tour. But it’s worth focusing on those currently ranked outside of the top ten who could steal some of the spotlight from the elite tier and perhaps even win a [...] -
Australian Open 2013 WTA Preview – Who Can Stop Serena?
Although the tennis off-season is notoriously short, die-hard fans are already turning their attention towards 2013 and, more specifically, the first Grand Slam of the year. 2012 was an excellent season on the WTA Tour. After many years of parity, several slam-less number one players and a paucity of high-quality [...]
