Post Tagged with: "Sorana Cirstea"
-
-
Cirstea beats Kerber at the Sony Open in Miami, Kirilenko also out
There were shocks and surprises at the Miami Open on Sunday when three of the tournament’s highly ranked players were beaten in the fourth round – 6th seed Angelique Kerber, 11th seed Nadia Petrova and 14th seed Maria Kirilenko. The biggest shock of the tournament so far was28th seeded Roumanian [...] -
Serena withdraws from Dubai, Kvitova beats Ivanovic
Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli who was wild carded into the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship and who has not been playing at her very best of late had a fortuitous bit of luck when her opponent, new world number one Serena Williams, withdrew with a lower back injury, handing her a [...] -
Kvitova and Wozniacki reach Qatar Open 2013 third round
7th seed Petra Kvitova played her first match at the Doha tournament on Wednesday afternoon, having had a bye in the first round. She took on the hard hitting Russian leftie Ekaterina Makarova, who had easily taken out Carla Suarez Navarro 6-1 6-2 in the first round. Unfortunately, Makarova had [...] -
Kirilenko to play Lisicki in Pattaya final
After a few tight matches in her run through to the semi finals at the Pattaya Open, 2nd seeded Russian Maria Kirilenko, had a really easy day at the office on Saturday. She took on the 4th seed, Sorana Cirstea of Romania, whom she had met four times in the [...] -
Kirilenko beats Vesnina, plays Cirstea in Pattaya Open semis
In the bottom half of the draw at the Pattaya Open played on Friday, 4th seed Sorana Cirstea of Romania went up against the qualifier Anastasia Sevastova, who is ranked at number 183. Sevastova had an easy straight sets win in the first round and then took out the 8th [...] -
A.Radwanska through in Melbourne, Ivanovic beats Jankovic
Polish 4th seed Aga Radwanska opened proceedings on the Hisense Arena when she took on the young British player Heather Watson, who is ranked at 40. Games went with serve in the first set until Radwanska broke to lead 3-2. Watson won just one more game for 3-5, but the [...] -
Barthel through to Hobart QFs, Cirstea and Shvedova out
Mona Barthel of Germany, ranked at 39 and seeded 9th at the Moorilla Hobart International tournament being played this week in Tasmania, beat the heat and her opponent Chanelle Scheepers of South Africa, in the second round on Tuesday. This match was fiercely fought by both players and the score [...] -
Barthel, Cirstea and Shvedova all advance in Hobart
In searing heat and some of the highest temperatures ever recorded in Tasmania, play on the third day of the Moorilla Hobart International got under way on Monday. In the third match on centre court, the second seed Sorana Cirstea of Romania, took on the lucky loser from the qualifiers [...] -
Sharapova advances into third round of China Open
Just after big name and 11th seed Ana Ivanovic lost her match against Romina Oprandi on the National Tennis Stadium Court on Wednesday morning, Russian superstar Maria Sharapova took to the court for her second round match against the dangerous Sorana Cirstea of Romania. Cirstea, ranked at 29, is a [...] -
Robson defeats Cirstea, plays Hsieh for Guangzhou trophy
Laura Robson is on a doorstep of her first WTA title after defeating Sorana Cirstea in 2012 Guangzhou semis. She will be matched up against Su-Wei Hsieh in final. On-form British prodigy Robson, who took Clijsters and Li Na scalps at US Open a few weeks ago, needed two sets [...] -
US Open Round 1: Bartoli Strolls into R2, Cirstea and Pliskova Pull Off Upsets over Germans Lisicki and Goerges
Bartoli defeats Hampton, 6-3 7-6(5) France’s Marion Bartoli (11th seed) breaks in the opening game, to go up 2-0 in the first set. Bartoli is working a point beautifully, managing to wrongfoot America’s Jamie Hampton, but Hampton recovers and Bartoli nets an easy BH at 30-40 on Hampton’s serve at [...] -
Dellacqua knocks out Wozniak in Dallas, plays Jankovic in semis
The Australian player, Casey Dellacqua, who is number 106 on the WTA’s rankings list and who caused quite a sensation at the Texas Tennis Open being played in Dallas this week when she ousted the tournament’s number four seed, the hard hitting Belgian Yanina Wickmayer (ranked 28), 6-4 6-4, had [...] -
Jankovic and Cirstea through to quarterfinals in Dallas
In the final warm up before the start of the US Open this coming Monday, some of the WTA’s top players decided not to take a week off, but to keep competing in the hope of getting in some good match practice. This seems to have been a good strategy [...]
