Post Tagged with: "Roberta Vinci"
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Errani defeats Kerber, plays Vinci in 2012 US Open quarterfinals
Sara Errani enters her first US Open quarterfinal after seeing off better ranked Angelique Kerber in two attractive sets – 7-6 (5) 6-3. Sixth-seeded German hope Angie Kerber paid a price for conceding 38 unforced errors in little less than two hours of her fourth round 2012 US Open match [...] -
Radwanska “survives” against Jankovic, Vinci defeats Cibulkova at US Open
2nd seed Agnieszka Radwanska survived the oppressive summer heat to defeat former world no. 1 Jelena Jankovic and reach the 4th round of the US Open. Despite winning in straight sets, this year’s Wimbledon runner up remarked that she had “survived” the match. In reference to the weather she said, [...] -
Vinci, Jovanovski and Shvedova win opening matches at 2012 US Open
Roberta Vinci seems to be on top form after outclassing young Pole Urszula Radwanska in two easy sets. Bojana Jovanovski and Yaroslava Shvedova also progress into the second round of US Open 2012 . Vinci, who wasn’t very successful in her previous ten US Open appearances, is probably playing the [...] -
Vinci takes Dallas trophy after beating Jankovic in final
Third seed Roberta Vinci overcomes second-seeded Jelena Jankovic in an exciting more than two hours long 2012 Texas Open final match. End score: 7-5, 6-3. This was a seventh WTA cup 29-years old Italian Vinci raised in her career, and the first one this season. As she admitted in her [...] -
Jankovic to play Vinci for Texas Open Trophy
No surprises in 2012 Dallas semifinals as both Roberta Vinci and Jelena Jankovic finish off their unseeded opponents in two straight sets. Unseeded Serbian player Bojana Jovanovski will be leaving Texas Open in Dallas with mixed feelings. On one hand, she reached semifinal of a WTA tournament, on the other [...] -
Vinci to meet Jovanovski in Texas Open semifinals
The second semi final to be played on Thursday at the Texas Open Tennis tournament in Dallas will be between the Italian third seed, Roberta Vinci, who has been quietly making her way through the draw; and the unseeded wildcard, Bojana Jovanovski of Serbia. Vinci took out the Taiwanese player, [...] -
Cibulkova Bows Out with Injury in Cincinnati
It’s been a frustrating few months for Dominika Cibulkova. A quarter final showing and a defeat of Victoria Azarenka at the French Open helped the Slovakian regain the sort of form she was showing back in 2009. Close to equaling her best ever world rankings position, the 23-year-old was promptly [...] -
Vinci crushes Ivanovic without dropping a game in Montreal
One of the home crowd’s favourites and hope for the singles title at the 2012 edition of the Rogers Cup being played at the Uniprix Stadium in Montreal this year, Aleksandra Wozniak downed formed world number one and 13th seed Jelena Jankovic of Serbia in just an hour and a [...] -
Paszek defeats Goerges in Montreal
Play got underway yesterday at the Rogers Cup WTA tournament in Montreal, Canada, with sparkling tennis being played and tight matches being fought by some of the stars of the WTA. After her success in last year’s tournament already marked her as a crowd favourite, Italy’s Roberta Vinci fought ferociously [...] -
Kuznetsova and Zvonareva clinch 2012 Australian Open title
The unseeded Russian duo Svetlana Kuznetsova and Vera Zvonareva won the 2012 Australian Open doubles title as they defeated Roberta Vinci and Sara Errani 5-7 6-4 6-3. This is their first title as a pair, although they both won Grand Slam titles before, but with different partners. Kuznetsova and Zvonareva, [...] -
Kanepi, Petrova win, Vinci out of Kremlin Cup
Kaia Kanepi of Estonia advanced to the second round at the Kremlin Cup in Moscow as she defeated Italy’s Sara Errani 6-0, 7-5. In other matches, Nadia Petrova of Russia beat fellow Evgeniya Rodina 6-4, 7-6 (3) and Bojana Jovanovski of Serbia eliminated Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine 6-3, 6-0. Seventh [...]
