Post Tagged with: "victoria azarenka"
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Serena Williams to play Azarenka in Rome 2013 final
The first semi final match on the red clay of Rome was between the world number one, Serena Wiliams, and the twenty one year old Roumanian qualifier, Simona Halep, the 64th ranked player. These two players had only met once before, where the Roumaninan took the first set off Williams [...] -
Azarenka beats Stosur to reach Rome semis, Sharapova pulls out
The night match on centre court at the Internazionali BNL Italia between 3rd seeded Victoria Azarenka and 9th seeded Samantha Stosur was the last of the quarter final matches to be played, as 2nd seeded Maria Sharapova pulled out of the tournament with a viral illness. She was to have [...] -
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 [...] -
Makarova upsets Azarenka in second round of Madrid Open
Victoria Azarenka, the tournament’s third seed, had a tough two tie break sets win against 19th ranked Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the first round. Her opponent in her second round match, the 24th ranked Russian leftie, Ekaterina Makarova, took out another leftie, Lucie Safarova, in straights in her first round encounter. [...] -
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 [...] -
Serena Williams vs Victoria Azarenka Head to Head and Rivalry
The current Serena Williams vs Victoria Azarenka Head to Head stands at 11-2, but it was Azarenka who won their last encounter, beating the American in the 2013 Doha final. Though the head to head is still decidedly in the favor of the current World No. 1, the friendly rivalry [...] -
Azarenka withdraws from the Miami Open
The Miami Open’s second seed, Victoria Azarenka, was due to play her first match on Friday after having had a bye in the first round, but even with the extra days to recover from her ankle injury, she was not able to take to the court. The 19 year old [...] -
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 [...] -
Azarenka to play Wozniacki in Indian Wells quarter-finals
Top seed and defending champion Victoria Azarenka took to court on Tuesday to play Urszula Radwanska for a place in the quarter finals and to try to continue her sixteen match winning streak. Even though Azarenka was playing with an ankle injury, she managed to take this match with ease, [...] -
Azarenka beats Flipkens in Indian Wells, Barthel defeats Ivanovic
Ana Ivanovic, the 11th seed at this year’s BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, continued with her very up and down season when she lost in the third round to Mona Barthel of Germany, the 24th seed, in an equally seesaw match. The German came out of the blocks on [...] -
Azarenka beats Hantuchova to reach third round of Indian Wells
With Serena Williams continuing her boycott of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells for the 12th straight year, world number two Victoria Azarenka is the top seed at this year’s tournament. She took on the Slovakian veteran, Daniela Hantuchova, now ranked at 73, in her first match, having had [...] -
Azarenka beats Serena Williams to win Qatar Open 2013
The fans and the organisers of the WTA really got what they wanted in both the singles and doubles finals in Doha, as the first seeds played the second seeds in both events. Serena Williams upended Victoria Azarenka’s run as the WTA’s number 1 player when she made it to [...] -
Serena beats Sharapova to set up Doha final against Azarenka
In the first of the two semi finals played on Saturday evening in Doha after two riveting doubles matches, top seed Victoria Azarenka met 4th seed Agnieszka Radwanska. Azarenka led the head to head stat 11-3, with the Pole’s last victory in Japan in 2011. Added to the interest was [...]
