Post Tagged with: "Petra Kvitova"
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Kvitova to face Errani for a place in New Haven final
The clash between fourth seed Italian Sara Errani and fifth-seeded French Marion Bartoli promised to be a tight encounter, but was rather one-sided in the end. Errani, who already won in Barcelona, Budapest, and Palermo this year, got off to a better start going 4-0 up in the first set, [...] -
The Surprise Champion at the 2012 US Open
Amazingly, seven different women have hoisted the singles champion trophy at the last seven Grand Slam events. To refresh your memory, the septet includes Kim Clijsters, Li Na, Petra Kvitova, Samantha Stosur, Victoria Azarenka, Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams. Even more amazingly, six of the seven—plus dangerous heavy [...] -
Li Na beats Kerber and captures Cincinnati title
Chinese Li Na won her 6th career title after defeating Angelique Kerber in Sunday’s final at the Cincinnati Open. Li came back from a set down on her way to victory against the German, winning 1-6 6-3 6-1. Kerber started the match flawlessly, and not only did she cruise through [...] -
Kerber against Li in WTA Cincinnati Open final
Both semi final matches at the Western and Southern Open went the distance on Saturday night, with Li Na overcoming a resurgent Venus Williams; and Angelique Kerber coming out on top in her match against Petra Kvitova. First up on court were Li and Williams. During the warm up, Williams [...] -
Surprise final at the WTA Cincy – Li Na to play Kerber for the title
Both semifinal matches at the WTA Cincinnati Open ended with a slightly surprising result. Li Na defeated Venus Williams to book her place in the Sunday’s final, winning in three sets 7-5 3-6 6-1. The Chinese played a fantastic match, although Venus was experiencing back problems that stopped her from [...] -
Kvitova powers into Western & Southern Open semis
There will definitely be one leftie in the final of the Western and Southern Open to be played on Sunday, as both Petra Kvitova and Angelique Kerber won their respective quarter final matches on Friday and will face each other in one of the semi final matches. Kvitova, the Czech [...] -
Kerber Breaks Serena’s Nineteen Match Winning Streak to advance into Cincy SFs
The quarter final match between Serena Williams and Angelique Kerber on Centre Court was delayed by an hour so that American TV – and the spectators who were lucky enough to be courtside – could watch to the end of the great match between Venus Williams and Sam Stosur on [...] -
Kvitova and Kerber reach Cincy QFs
Petra Kvitova and Angelique Kerber became expected 2012 Cincinnati Masters quartefinalists after grabbing two-set wins against Peng Shuai and Andrea Hlavackova respectively. Fourth seed Kvitova, 2011 Wimbledon champion, had no real troubles in third round of Cincinnati Masters as she finished off unseeded Chinese Peng Shuai in less than an [...] -
Is Petra Kvitova Ready to Rule the World?
When Petra Kvitova bombed down a final winning ace to seize the Wimbledon title over Maria Sharapova, it was clear a new tennis star was born even though the shy girl from Fulnek in the Czech Republic admitted afterwards she couldn’t understand why anyone, especially photographers, would be interested in [...] -
Seeds Kvitova and Pavlyuchenkova Progress in Cincinnati
Fourth seed Petra Kvitova suffered a scare in the early stages of her second round match up against Germany’s Mona Barthel in Cincinnati. The former Wimbledon Champion and world no.5 was beginning her Western and Southern Open campaign after receiving a bye in the first round, but suddenly found herself [...] -
Barthel to play Kvitova in round two in Cincinnati, Cibulkova also through
Fourth seeded Petra Kvitova received a bye into the second round of the Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati. There she will meet an impressive looking Mona Barthel after the German claimed her place in the last 32 with a 6-0 6-4 win over Spain’s Martinez-Sanchez. 11th seeded Cibulkova of [...] -
Kvitova wins Rogers Cup 2012 for her first title of the year
When Petra Kvitova and Na Li walked on to centre court in Montreal Monday night to contest the weather delayed final of the 2012 edition of the Rogers Cup, both players were gunning for their first title on the WTA tour this year. In fact, Kvitova has not been in [...] -
Li Na battles past Safarova, plays Kvitova in Montreal final
After the weather related delays during the week, which caused postponements, suspensions and frustration for players and officials alike, both women’s singles semis in the 2012 Rogers Cup were played and completed on Sunday, with the final being postponed to Monday night at the Uniprix Stadium in Montreal. In a [...]
