Post Tagged with: "Sara Errani"
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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 [...] -
Kerber through to last 16 at US Open, plays Errani next
Angelique Kerber’s remarkable 2012 continued as she made the last 16 of the US Open on Saturday, dispatching Belarusian Olga Govortsova 6-1 6-2 in just 56 minutes. While Govortsova did herself no favours by committing 29 unforced errors, Kerber deserves credit for playing steadily and consistently. She won 6 of [...] -
Errani storms into the fourth round of US Open
Sara Errani charged into the fourth round of the US Open with a crushing 6-1 6-1 defeat of Olga Puchkova on Saturday. The Italian was just too steady for her Russian opponent, making only 7 unforced errors during her 59-minute victory. The result means that Errani, ranked 10th in the [...] -
Kvitova breezes past Errani, faces Kirilenko in New Haven final
2nd seeded Petra Kvitova booked herself a place in New Haven final after overpowering Italy’s Sara Errani 6-1 6-3. The Czech 2011 Wimbledon champion looked impressive throughout the match and after taking the first set in a mere 24 minutes, she took Errani’s serve twice more in the second set [...] -
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, [...] -
Barthel beats Hantuchova in New Haven, Errani and Kirilenko also through
German Mona Barthel started her New Haven campaign with a straight sets 6-3 7-5 win over Slovak Daniela Hantuchova. This was the first meeting between the two players, with Hantuchova having 5 WTA career titles to her name against Barthel’s one title. However, the Slovak has been struggling with her [...] -
Venus back to her best, beats Errani in third round of Cincinnati
After having to slog her way out of trouble in tough three setters in both the first and second rounds of the Southern and Western Open being played in Cincinnati this week, Venus Williams booked her place in the quarters with a demonstration of near perfect exhibition class tennis yesterday. [...] -
Wozniacki through to third round in Cincy, Errani beats Hantuchova
Wednesday night saw the completion of all the second round matches in the Western and Southern Open being played this week in Cincinnati, as part of the run up to the US Open which begins on August 27 in New York. Sixth seeded Dane, Caroline Wozniacki, was far too strong [...] -
Radwanska and Venus Williams Battle Through To The Third Round In Cincinnati
In her first tournament match since her surprise first round defeat in the Olympics tennis competition at Wimbledon earlier this month, Agnieszka Radwanska had a rough day at the office this morning when she took on the hard hitting Swede, Sophia Arvidsson, in sweltering heat and stifling humidity. Although the [...] -
Li Na takes out Bouchard in second round of Rogers Cup
The number eleven has been significant in Eugenie Bouchard’s two rounds at the Rogers Cups this week. In the first round, the eighteen year old Canadian wildcard took out former world number 11, Shahar Peer of Israel, in three sets on the second day of play. Yesterday, the current world [...] -
Olympics: Venus Williams Overcomes Early Challenge, Robson Impressive in Debut
2000 Olympic gold medalist Venus Williams defeated 9th seed and 2012′s Roland Garros finalist Sara Errani in straight sets, 6-3 6-1. While Errani has been having a breakthrough year with her QF and finalist appearances at the Australian Open and Roland Garros, along with the four titles she’s won this [...] -
Sharapova’s Tough Road Back to the Top
In clinching her first Roland Garros finals appearance yesterday against promising tennis upstart Sara Errani, Maria Sharapova regained the world number one ranking four years after she lost it. But it’s not been an easy ride back to the top for the Grand Slam champion, and she has revealed that [...] -
Samantha Stosur is still keeping Paris in her sights
Despite her devastating semi-finals loss today to Sara Errani, current 5th seed and US Open champion Samantha Stosur still has high hopes of achieving a win at Roland Garros. The three-time French Open semi-finalist had difficulty explaining her 5-7, 1-6, 6-3 loss to the Italian underdog, who she has beaten [...]
