Sam Stosur (6) v Chanelle Scheepers Serena Williams Both players scored bagels in their 2nd round matches; Stosur comfortably saw off Valeria Savinkyh, 6-4 6-0 meanwhile Scheepers had to fight back to beat Anabel Medina Garrigues in a lopsided 1-6 6-4 6-0 win. Scheepers is on good form at the moment having also reached the third…
Kim Clijsters Mona Barthel continued her incredible start to 2012 with a career-best win over the world number 15, Jelena Jankovic. The manner of the defeat was perhaps most surprising as Barthel routed Jankovic, 6-0 6-3 and lost just 10 points in a sensational first set. Jankovic also lost her first match at Indian Wells…
Alisa Kleybanova No win this year has made me more happy than Alisa Kleybanova’s 2-6 6-3 6-2 victory over Johanna Larsson in the first round of the Sony Ericsson Open. Kleybanova, who has fought of Hodgkins Lymphoma disease, won her first match since the Premier event in Madrid last May. Kleybanova demonstrated her fighting spirit in…
QUARTER 1 – Novak Djokovic (1) v David Ferrer (5) Juan Martin Del Potro Novak Djokovic was outplayed by John Isner in the Indian Wells semi-finals and looked to have lost the air of invincibility that he had for so much of last year. His route through the draw is likely to include Viktor Troicki…
My predictions for this week’s tournament in Miami can be found here. I will add my predictions for the remaining first round matches when the qualifiers have been added to the draw.
Where do I start? This week’s draw is the most exciting women’s draw for quite some time and I will try to summarise it without rambling 😉 QUARTER 1 – Victoria Azarenka (1) v Marion Bartoli (7) Alisa Kleybanova Victoria Azarenka continued her fairytale start to 2012 with another dominating victory over Maria Sharapova in…
Maria Sharapova The Indian Wells final will be contested between the world number one and world number two in a repeat of the Australian Open final. Victoria Azarenka has continued her superb start to 2012 with a series of comprehensive victories over Svetlana Kuznetsova, Julia Goerges, Agnieszka Radwanska and Angelique Kerber, who provided a stern…
Victoria Azarenka v Angelique Kerber – After a testing opening match with Mona Barthel, Azarenka has cruised through the draw and improved through each match. In the semi-finals, she will play an in-form Kerber who will break the top 15 for the first time in her career following a routine win over Li Na in…
Li Na goes tumbling The first two quarter-finals promised much anticipation and excitement but both failed to live up to the expectation. In the first women’s quarter-final, Victoria Azarenka produced a clinical performance to thrash Agnieszka Radwanska, 6-0 6-2. Azarenka was two points away from the double bagel before Radwanska broke the Belarusian’s serve at…
Maria Sharapova Victoria Azarenka v Agnieszka Radwanska – The first quarter-final pits together the two most consistent performers on the WTA tour in 2012. It is the fourth time that Radwanska and Azarenka will face off in 2012 in what is becoming an interesting, although somewhat one-sided rivalry with Azarenka prevailing in all their clashes…
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