Julia Goerges The quarter-final line-up for Dubai promised much, but failed to deliver on the most part. The one shining light came in the final match of the day as Julia Goerges came back from a set down for the second time this week to beat Daniela Hantuchova, 6-4 3-6 6-4 in a fantastic contest. …
Ana Ivanovic This week’s tournament in Dubai has seen its fair share of withdrawals with Victoria Azarenka pulling out of the tournament today (as I had suspected!) and joining the likes of Petra Kvitova, Li Na and Vera Zvonareva on the sidelines. However as the second round of action wrapped on Wednesday, all remaining five…
Peng Shuai Peng Shuai had her most significant scalp of the year so far as she beat Marion Bartoli, 6-4 6-3 in the first round of Dubai. Peng has had a disappointing start to 2012 having failed to advance past the second round in any of her tournaments this year; however she displayed some of…
Jelena Jankovic Jelena Jankovic enjoyed a straightforward victory over Petra Cetkovska, 6-2 6-2 in the first round of the Dubai Duty Free Championships. In truth, Jankovic was not tested by Cetkovska, who hit 10 double faults throughout the lacklustre 73-minute contest. The most exciting moment was when the umpire, Mohammed Layani called Jelena “Mr Jankovic”…
Victoria Azarenka The women move from Doha to Dubai this week to contest the Dubai Duty Free Championships. The draw has been downgraded this year from 56 players to 28 as Doha and Dubai have swapped over in the calendar. To be honest, I completely lost interest in the Doha tournament which featured few entertaining…
Victoria Azarenka and Sam Stosur will play out the final of the Qatar Open in Doha after both won their semi-finals on Saturday. Azarenka won a dramatic semi-final as she overcame an injury to beat Agnieszka Radwanska, 6-2 6-4 in a somewhat more straightforward match than their previous encounters. It was interesting to see Radwanska…
Yesterday saw seven seeds crash out but today was a much more routine day at the office as the four highest seeds left in the competition all progressed to the quarter-finals. The only match that went to three sets was between Christina McHale and Shahar Peer; McHale produced a fighting performance to come back from…
Sam Stosur The second round matches in Doha saw the exodus of the seeds as a stunning seven seeded players crashed out of the competition. Sam Stosur was one of the rare few to advance with a hard fought 6-4 7-6 victory over Sorana Cirstea. Stosur lost her first round match at the Australian Open…
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova‘s terrible start to 2012 continued as she suffered a 1-6 6-2 6-3 loss to Ksenia Pervak in the first round of the Qatar Open in Doha. Pavlyuchenkova actually started the match well racing through the first set and boasting solid stats on serve winning 69% of 1st serve points and 78%…
Victoria Azarenka Victoria Azarenka tops the bill for this week’s Qatar Open in Doha. This is the first main event in quite sometime where Caroline Wozniacki does not headline the draw. She is the number two seed and is joined by Samantha Stosur, Agnieszka Radwanska, Marion Bartoli, Vera Zvonareva, Francesca Schiavone and Jelena Jankovic as…
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