Post Tagged with: "Svetlana Kuznetsova"
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Serena Williams to meet Kuznetsova in Roland Garros quarter-finals
Fourth round play began Day 8 at Roland Garros in sunny but windy conditions on Sunday. First up were 8th seeded German Angelique Kerber and 39th ranked Russian, Svetlana Kuznetsova. Kuznetsova won the title in 2009, but Kerber was a quarter finalist last year and won their two meetings in [...] -
Kerber, Vinci and Kuznetsova all advance in Paris
Day six of the French Open had some great matches for the fans who braved the cold conditions and grey clouds. One of the most exciting contests was between German 8th seeded Angelique Kerber and 29th seeded Varvara Lepchenko of the United States. Kerber won her first two matches in [...] -
Jovanovski shocks Wozniacki in Roland Garros, Kuznetsova through
Spanish 20th seed Carla Suarez Navarro played against 170th ranked Shelby Rogers of the United States in the second round on Wednesday. The Spaniard took out Simona Halep while the American wild card beat another wild card Irena Pavlovic in the first round. Rogers surprisingly took the first set from [...] -
Wozniacki beats Robson in 1st round of Roland Garros and breaks losing streak
Danish 10th seed Caroline Wozniacki, who lost in her first match of her last three tournaments (in Madrid, Rome and Brussels), played against the British number one, 37th ranked leftie Laura Robson, on Suzanne Lenglen court on Monday afternoon. The Dane went up 3-0 before Robson got two games in [...] -
Robson beats Venus Williams in first round of Internazionali BNL Italia in Rome
First round play in the Internazionali BNL Italia got underway on Monday on the red clay courts in the Italian capital – the last premier tournament before the French Open which starts on May 26. Although unseeded, it was still a surprise to see Venus Williams, who is now ranked [...] -
Hantuchova beats Kvitova in Madrid, Kirilenko also through
Angelique Kerber, the German 6th seed played against Svetlana Kuznetsova, the 40th ranked Russian who took out her compatriot, 11th seeded Nadia Petrova, in the second round. Games went with serve until Kuznetsova got a break to go 5-3 ahead with her serve to come. Continuing her great serving and [...] -
Kuznetsova beats Petrova to reach 3rd round in Madrid, Cibulkova out
Slovak 15th seed, Dominika Cibulkova, defeated the 73rd ranked qualifier Lesia Tsurenko, in her first round match with the loss of just five games. On Tuesday she played the 39th ranked German, Sabine Lisicki, who also easily won her first round match in straights against Sofia Arvidsson. With nothing separating [...] -
Azarenka battles past Pavyuchenkova to reach Madrid Open second round
In the ladies’ singles night match on Monday which completed the first round at the Matua Madrid Open, 3rd seed Victoria Azarenka had a major battle on her hands when she came up against the 19th ranked Russian, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Azarenka has been off the tour for almost two months [...] -
Sharapova, Kirilenko and Kuznetsova all advance to round three in Miami
Russian dominance of the women’s game continued on a rainy Friday in Miami which even caused a power outage, when the second round of the bottom half of the draw was completed. Maria Sharapova was at her dominant best as she swooped past a hapless Eugene Bouchard, the 123rd ranked [...] -
Kuznetsova and Robson advance to second round at Sony Open
Svetlana Kuznetsova is continuing to win matches after a long layoff due to injury and, although not seeded at the Miami Open, she is still a strong threat to the other players in the draw. On Wednesday she played against Lourdes Dominguez Lino and won in straight sets 6-3 6-3. [...] -
Sharapova beats Schiavone, Kuznetsova ousts Jankovic in Indian Wells
In a second round match at the Indian Wells tournament being played this week and next, Russian 2nd seed Maria Sharapova took on the Italian, Francesca Schiavone. Sharapova had a first round bye, while Schiavone had taken out her countrywoman, Flavia Panetta, in her first round match. As was to [...] -
Keys beats Oudin in Indian Wells, Kuznetsova also through
In an all American first round match, the wild card Madison Keys, ranked at 77, took on Melanie Oudin, who is ranked at 85. These two players fought for every point for two hours and four minutes as the advantage swung from one player to the other, with the eighteen [...] -
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 [...]
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