Post Tagged with: "Roberta Vinci"
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Kuznetsova beats Wozniacki, Vinci defeats Jankovic in Sydney
Svetlana Kuznetsova is enjoying her return to top level tennis after being off the tour for six months due to a knee injury. Now ranked at 85, she had to qualify for the main draw and, after winning her three qualifiers, she dispensed with Julia Goerges in the first round [...] -
Vinci defeats Petrova in Sydney, Jankovic also advances
Roberta Vinci of Italy, world number 16 and unseeded at the Premier level Apia International Sydney tournament being played in Australia’s largest city this week in the run up to the Australian Open, played the 8th seed and world number 12 Nadia Petrova of Russia, on Monday. Even though Petrova [...] -
Wozniacki to play Petrova in Tournament of Champions final
Even though home favourite Tsvetana Pironkova lost two of her matches in Group B in the round robin stage of the year end championship in Sofia – to Nadia Petrova and Maria Kirilenko and won only one, against Jie Zheng – she made it into the semi final stage, courtesy [...] -
Wozniacki beats Vinci for second group win in Sofia
Last on court on Wednesday in the second day of play at the Qatar Airways Tournament of Champions in Sofia were top seed Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark and no.4 seed Roberta Vinci of Italy, with the Dane prevailing in straight sets 6-3 6-1. Both playing in Group A, they had easy [...] -
Vinci beats Hantuchova in Sofia, Pironkova defeats Zheng
First on court on Monday on the first day of play at the Qatar Airways Tournament of Champions taking place this week in Sofia, Bulgaria, were Italian Roberta Vinci, seeded 4th and ranked at 16; and Daniela Hantuchova, seeded 7th and ranked at 32. Vinci has had a stellar season [...] -
Venus Williams beats Vinci, plays Petkovic in Luxembourg semis
Top seed in this tournament Roberta Vinci of Italy faced off against Venus Williams in the quarter-final match in the top half of the draw at the Luxembourg WTA tournament. Vinci battled for three sets to take out Olga Govortsova in the first round and had a straight sets win [...] -
Petkovic beats Jankovic to reach Luxembourg QFs, Hantuchova also wins
Kirsten Flipkens’ great run for the last week and a half came to an end on Thursday afternoon when Daniela Hantuchova defeated her in the BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open second round. Hantuchova, ranked at number 5 at the height of her career in 2003, is now ranked at number [...] -
Venus Williams advances in Luxembourg, Goerges and Vinci also win
Venus Williams made a welcome return to the WTA tour on Tuesday in the evening session at the BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open, after being sidelined with illness and injuries and has not played since the US Open. Now ranked at 41, she faced the 15 year old wild card [...] -
Azarenka beats Vinci, meets Kerber in Tokyo QFs
Victoria Azarenka was untroubled in the third round of Tokyo WTA tournament as she dismissed Roberta Vinci in two sets. Top seed and World No. 1 Azarenka had beaten fourteenth-seeded Italian Vinci twice before meeting her in third round of the Pan Pacific Open 2012. Both of their previous encounters [...] -
Jankovic and Vinci through to second round in Tokyo
16th ranked and 14th seeded Italian Roberta Vinci, playing her first match after taking some time off after her quarter final showing at the US Open, had a difficult time on court against the unseeded Czech Barbora Zahlalova Strycova, ranked at 62, when play got underway under the centre court [...] -
Errani and Vinci Win The US Open 2012 Ladies Doubles Title
A very delighted and excited Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci, the number two seeds, raised the Women’s Doubles trophy above their heads on Louis Armstrong Stadium after seeing off the challenge of Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka, who were seeded third, in the final played Sunday afternoon as the curtain [...] -
Errani/Vinci and to play Hlavackova/Hradecka in 2012 US Open final
SEMI FINAL RESULTS IN THE WOMEN’S DOUBLES AT THE US OPEN After the two biggest threats in the women’s doubles competition at the US Open this year – number one seeds Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond and unseeded Serena and Venus Williams – both lost in the third round, the [...] -
Errani the winner of all-Italian US Open QF, meets Serena in semis
Sara Errani wins an all-Italian fight against Roberta Vinci in quarterfinals of 2012 US Open. She will be facing 2012 Wimledon and Olympic champion Serena Williams next. Tenth seed Errani faced her friend and doubles partner twentieth-seeded Vinci in US quarterfinal clash. The Italian players won this year’s Roland Garros [...]
