Post Tagged with: "Polona Hercog"
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Sharapova advances into third round of China Open
Just after big name and 11th seed Ana Ivanovic lost her match against Romina Oprandi on the National Tennis Stadium Court on Wednesday morning, Russian superstar Maria Sharapova took to the court for her second round match against the dangerous Sorana Cirstea of Romania. Cirstea, ranked at 29, is a [...] -
Kvitova defeats Hercog at 2012 US Open, Pavlyuchenkova beats Hantuchova
Petra Kvitova made it through to the second round of the US Open but not without a minor scare from Slovenia’s Polona Hercog. Kvitova hit 21 winners on her way to a 7-6(6) 6-1 victory and will face Alize Cornet who defeated Nicole Gibbs. After breaking in the fifth game [...] -
Polona Hercog wins Bastad tournament for a second time
After a season dogged mostly by first and second round losses which saw her drop to number 86 in the WTA singles rankings, defending champion Polona Hercog of Slovenia won her first WTA title of 2012 today when she beat Mathilde Johansson of France, ranked 83, 0-6 6-4 7-5 in [...] -
Johansson to play Hercog in Bastad final
Sweden missed out on having one of the country’s top players in the final of the Swedish Open tournament, when Mathilde Johansson of France (who was born in Sweden) beat the last remaining Swede in the draw, Johanna Larsson, in two hard fought sets, 6-4 6-4. The match lasted one [...] -
Swedish surge at the Sony Swedish Open
Two Swedish players, Johanna Larsson and Sophia Arvidson, are through to the quarterfinal of the Sony Swedish Open. Both of them are unseeded – Larsson beat third seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain 6-4 6-4 , while her compatriot Arvidson defeated the young Dutch player Aranxa Rus with a 6-4 [...] -
Zvonareva, Kanepi move into Kremlin Cup QFs
Top seed Vera Zvonareva of Russia reached the Moscow quarterfinals after overpowering Bojana Jovanovski of Serbia 6-1, 6-1. In a much tougher match Estonian Kaia Kanepi battled to win a three set match against fourt seed Francesca Schiavone 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (7). Kanepi was close to going out as she [...] -
Wozniacki wins comfortably in New Haven
Caroline Wozniacki, who is going to be the top seeded player at the US Open 2011, has won her 2nd round match against Polona Hercog with a core line of 6-3, 6-0. Now she will be facing the American Christina McHale, who surprisingly managed to beat the Dane world no.1 [...]
