Post Tagged with: "Sam Stosur"
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Serena Williams in devastating form in Rome, Azarenka also through
Serena Williams, the top seed at the Internazionali BNL Italia tournament being played this week in Rome, was in devastating form in her match on Thursday afternoon against 14th seeded Dominika Cibulkova. Williams’ serve was working well – she served seven aces – on her way to a 6-0 first [...] -
Li Na overcomes Zheng in Rome, Cibulkova eliminates Oudin
Slovak 14th seed Dominika Cibulkova faced off against the American 93rd ranked qualifier, Melanie Oudin in the second round of the Internazionali BNL Italia tournament on Thursday afternoon. The Slovak took out Kristina Mladenovic in three sets in the first round, while her opponent got the win against Ekaterina Makarova [...] -
Robson upsets Agnieszka Radwanska to advance in Madrid
10th seed Caroline Wozniacki started the run of seeds to fall in the first round of the Premier Level Matua Madrid Open on Sunday, followed later that day with the demise of 5th seed Na Li and 12th seed Roberta Vinci. In the start of second round play on Monday, [...] -
Rain and injuries hamper third round play at Charleston
Heavy rain throughout the day put a dampener on the Family Circle Cup tournament being played in Charleston this week. Play only got under way at 6:30pm with a much shortened schedule; and injuries took their toll as well. 2nd seed Caroline Wozniacki did not even get on court as [...] -
Azarenka withdraws, Wozniacki and Kerber to meet in Indian Wells semi-finals
The women’s tennis fans at the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells did not get to see either of the two quarter final matches scheduled for Thursday, as injuries hit the 1st and 7th seeds, causing both of them to withdraw. The first quarter final should have been between 7th [...] -
Errani to play Vinci for a Dubai final place
It was a good day for Italy at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Thursday, as both Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci have progressed through to the semi finals. Errani played against the unseeded Russian Nadia Petrova, who is now number 12 on the WTA ranking list, while Errani [...] -
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 [...] -
Venus Williams sets up Sharapova clash in Melbourne, Stosur out
Germany’s Angelique Kerber, seeded 5th at this year’s Aussie Open, was first up on the Margaret Court Arena on Wednesday morning. She played the Czech Lucie Hradecka, who is ranked at 51 in singles (but 4 in doubles). Kerber made a shaky start to this match, as she battle in [...] -
Zheng beats Stosur in Sydney, Hantuchova also out
Sam Stosur has an unbelievably bad record of playing on Australian soil ever since winning the US Open in 2011. With a world ranking of 9 and seeded 6 at the Apia International Sydney tournament, Stosur played in the last match on Monday on the Ken Rosewall Arena against Jie [...] -
Sharapova thrashes Stosur to finish top of White Group in Istanbul
Maria Sharapova ended Sam Stosur’s already brief Istanbul campaign with a straight sets rout on Friday evening at the Sinan Erdem Arena. Stosur had entered the tournament as a replacement for the virus-stricken Petra Kvitova, but the Australian could only muster a limited resistance against the second seed, who ends [...] -
Wozniacki beats Stosur to win Kremlin Cup 2012 title in Moscow
The final of the Kremlin Cup tournament in Moscow on Sunday was everything the spectators had hoped for – the number 1 seed Sam Stosur against the number 3 Caroline Wozniacki. Stosur was going for her 4th career title, while Wozniacki was gunning for her 20th. This time it was [...] -
Stosur beats Ivanovic, plays Wozniacki in Moscow final
The first semi final match at the Kremlin Cup on Saturday afternoon was between Caroline Wozniacki, the wild carded 3rd seed from Denmark and the unseeded Swede Sofia Arvidsson. Although Wozniacki led the head to head 6 to 2, the Dane had a long three setter in the quarters and [...] -
Ivanovic to play Stosur in Kremlin Cup semifinals in Moscow
The top half of the draw featured the number 4 seeded Serb Ana Ivanovic, who took on her countrywoman Vesna Dolonc, the qualifier who was having a great tournament. Having won three rounds in qualies, including taking out the number 3 and 5 seeds, Dolonc, who is ranked at 160, [...]
