Post Tagged with: "Sloane Stephens"
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Hantuchova beats Stephens at Madrid Open, Goerges also through
The first round of the 64 player draw of the Premier Level Mutual Madrid Open got underway on Saturday on the red clay of the La Caja Magica courts. In a matchup of two unseeded players, the 76th ranked Slovak veteran, Daniela Hantuchova, took on the up and coming 17th [...] -
Serena survives scare against Cibulkova at Sony Open, A. Radwanska also wins
Top seed and world number 1 Serena Williams only just managed to squeak past 13th seed Dominika Cibulkova on Monday at the Miami Open. The diminutive five foot three inch tall Slovak really had her game going at the beginning of this match as she raced to a 6-2 4-1 [...] -
Spotlight Becoming Tough Opponent for U.S. Tennis Players
It was a rather short homecoming for some of America’s top tennis players at this week’s BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California. Both top U.S. seeds John Isner, who was a finalist at the event last year, and Sloane Stephens lost their opening round matches. But while they gave [...] -
Azarenka and A.Radwanska through to third round in Doha
World number 1 Victoria Azarenka had a bye in the first round of the Qatar Total Open being played this week in Doha and came up against the Swiss player Romima Oprandi in her first match to try to defend her title. She started slowly, going down 0-2 and 0-30 [...] -
Azarenka beats Stephens, plays Li Na in Australian Open final
In the second semi final match on Rod Laver Arena on Thursday, top seed Victoria Azarenka took on the bright new star in the women’s game, the 28th seeded American Sloane Stephens. At just 19 years old, Stephens was a cool customer the day before when she defeated her idol, [...] -
Li Na beats Sharapova to reach Australian Open 2013 final
Maria Sharapova, the 2nd seed, came on to Rod Laver Arena to do battle with Na Li, the 6th seed, for a place in the final in blistering 44° heat. After the departure of Serena Williams in the quarters on Wednesday, the ruthless Russian was the firm favourite to lift [...] -
Stephens upsets Serena Williams to advance to Australian Open semis
After the excitement of the first set in the first match on Rod Laver Arena between Victoria Azarenka and Svetlana Kuznetsova, everyone’s favourite to take the title Down Under, Serena Williams, came on court to play Sloane Stephens, the 29th seed and now the American number two. Serena was unbelievably [...] -
Serena Williams to play Stephens in Australian Open quarters
Serena Williams has touted 19 year old Sloane Stephens as a future world number one and her talent was clearly on show on Monday in the Hisense Arena. The American 29th seed took on the other remaining youngster in the draw, Bojana Jovanovski of Serbia, who is ranked at 56. [...] -
Future Focus: Laura Robson and Sloane Stephens
The first week of any Major typically serves up several unique storylines that, although they don’t have a bearing on the actual outcome of who will win the event, often prove to be a reliable bellwether of future trends in the sport. At this year’s Australian Open, this is certainly [...] -
Robson beats Kvitova to reach 3rd round at Australian Open
Danish 10th seed Caroline Wozniacki, met the tall young talent from Croatia Donna Vecic who, at 16 years old, was the youngest player in the main draw. She is ranked at 111 and was playing in her first Grand Slam. She had a great 6-1 6-2 win over the, Czech [...] -
Mona Barthel and Elena Vesnina advance to Hobart final
In semi final play at the Moorilla Hobart International on Friday, the up and coming German Mona Barthel, the only seeded player remaining in the tournament, took on Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium to battle for a place in the final. The 9th seed is the reigning champion in Hobart, but [...] -
Stephens advances to Hobart semis, plays Vesnina next
Elena Vesnina of Russia, currently ranked at number 68, took to the court in the Moorilla Hobart International on Thursday to play against Jarmila Gajdosova of Australia (formerly Slovakia) for a place in the semi finals. Gajdosova, who got a wildcard into this tournament, is currently ranked at number 167. [...] -
Serena Williams reaches Brisbane semis, Tsurenko also wins
After the demise of so many of the seeds early on in the Brisbane International tournament, it must be heartening for the organisers to see the number one seed Victoria Azarenka, and the number three seed Serena Williams both still in the draw. These two players, whose seeding reflects their [...]
