Caroline Wozniacki and Petra Kvitova booked their places in the semi-finals of New Haven yesterday with striaght-set wins. Wozniacki picked up a worrying knee injury during her match with Dominika Cibulkova but benefitted from a complete capitulation from the Slovak to win 6-2 6-1. Kvitova beat fellow Czech Lucie Safarova, 6-3 6-3 to win the…
The US Open draw was released last night and I will be preparing my previews and predictions this weekend for the final Grand Slam of 2012 so stay tuned….
Sara Errani All the tournaments are at different stages so lets take a look at some of the matches for today/tomorrow starting with New Haven: WTA New Haven:TOP MATCH – Marion Bartoli vs. Sara ErraniMarin Bartoli has enjoyed some rare wins this week in New Haven following a real slump in form since defeating the…
Andrea Petkovic made a triumphant return to the WTA tour with a gritty three set victory over Timea Babos, 6-3 5-7 7-5. It was a particularly encouraging win for the German player who has been out since Stuttgart where she sustained an ankle injury. Babos has shown much promise this year and I think with…
Play is already underway in New Haven and soon to start at the other two tournaments taking place this week in Dallas (WTA) and Winston Salem (ATP) so lets take a quick look at the draws! WTA New Haven The New Haven draw has already been hit with two withdrawals (Francesca Schiavone and Nastia Pavlyuchenkova)…
Li Na and Angelique Kerber will contest the Cincinnati final in what should be a highly competitive match. Li has hit a rich vein of form having made the final in Montreal just last week. She defeated an ailing Venus Williams, 7-5 3-6 6-1 in the Cincy semi finals; despite the win, there were still…
Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer set up a mouthwatering final in Cincinnati as both progressed with straight set wins in their semi-finals. Djokovic beat Juan Martin Del Potro, 6-3 6-2. It was an entertaining match with some gruelling rallies and Djokovic putting in an extremely impressive performance. Del Potro has been hampered by a wrist…
Venus Williams Angelique Kerber v Petra Kvitova Angelique Kerber will be full of beans having taken out Serena Williams in the quarter-finals; however Petra Kvitova will also be super-confident having won five matches on her way to the title in Toronto and another three here in Cincy. Their last match was an entertaining three-setter in…
Angelique Kerber Angelique Kerber‘s 2012 season just keeps getting better and better as she inflicted the first defeat on Serena Williams since the French Open with a 6-4 6-4 triumph in Cincinnati. Serena played a pretty horrendous match and was all over the place mentally, but I think Kerber deserves a lot of credit for…
Angelique Kerber Serena Williams v Angelique Kerber Serena Williams has looked far from her best in Cincinnati so far. She laboured to a 6-4 6-3 victory over Urszula Radwanska, recovering from deficits in both sets. It must have been so demoralising for Radwanska to see Serena playing miles below her best, but still comfortably winning. …
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