Serena Williams Li Na (8) v Serena Williams (9) Li progressed to the semi-finals with a win over Dominika Cibulkova, 6-1 7-6. It was another inconsistent display from Li who played some great tennis in the first set but struggled to finish the match off in the second. I think having seen Azarenka pull out…
Venus Williams The third round action in Rome for both the men and women wrapped up on Thursday ensuring a fantastic order of play for the quarter-finals on Friday. Venus Williams had one of her best wins since returning to the tour as she defeated Sam Stosur, 6-4 6-3. In truth, it was not a…
Li Na Victoria Azarenka (1) v Dominika Cibulkova (14)Azarenka has now withdrawn from Rome citing a shoulder injury. Chanelle Scheepers v Li Na (8) Scheepers progressed to the 3rd round with a victory over Marina Erakovic, who had previously taken out Sabine Lisicki in a lengthy three set encounter in round one. Li beat Iveta…
Ana Ivanovic Ana Ivanovic overcame a potentially sticky opener as she beat Svetlana Kuznetsova, 6-4 6-3 in the stand-out first round match in Rome. Ivanovic had lost to the Russian in Fed Cup action several weeks ago, but she produced a fine performance to make it into the second round. Francesca Schiavone was the only…
PROJECTED FIRST QUARTER – Victoria Azarenka (1) v Li Na (8) Victoria Azarenka will play her opening match in Rome against the winner of the first round match between Peng Shuai and Shahar Peer. Azarenka has not played as well in Stuttgart and Madrid as she did in Australia and Indian Wells, but has remained…
My draw for Rome has already started badly… but here it is anyway! The red are my incorrect predictions and the rare yellow are ones I correctly predicted 🙂
I am having some problems creating new pages on my blog (basically it won’t let me!) so I will have to post my draw predictions in the main section for now…
Serena Williams Serena Williams claimed her second title of the year with a dominant 6-1 6-3 thrashing of Victoria Azarenka in the final. It was a limp display from Azarenka who only showed very small glimpses of what she can really do on the court. She served poorly throughout with 6 double faults, which is…
Victoria Azarenka and Serena Williams set up a blockbuster final in Madrid. In the semi-finals, Azarenka recorded her sixth win of the year against Agnieszka Radwanska, 6-2 6-4. It was another disappointing performance from Radwanska who was given several chances by the world number one in the second set but failed to assert her authority…
Lucie Hradecka The semi-finals were all set in Madrid with three names you could have predicted, but one major surprise. The qualifier, Lucie Hradecka joined Agnieszka Radwanska, Victoria Azarenka and Serena Williams in the final four with a 7-6 7-6 victory over Sam Stosur. There were no breaks in this quarter-final with rock solid serving…
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