1. Serena Williams v Dominika Cibulkova Serena Williams Serena Williams was a slow starter in her third round match with Ayumi Morita falling 0-3 down in the first set, but she turned things around to win six straight games and then complete a 6-3 6-3 win. Her 4th round opponent will be Dominika Cibulkova, who…
I am just in the process of writing my previews for the Australian Open and will publish them when the qualifiers have been placed in the draw, which hopefully should be by the time I get up tomorrow morning 🙂 Meanwhile in Sydney, Agnieszka Radwanska capped off another terrific week with a somewhat surprising 6-0…
Agnieszka Radwanska Agnieszka Radwanska v Dominika Cibulkova (Sydney Final) Agnieszka Radwanska won her 9th match of the year against an error-strewn Li Na, 6-3 6-4 to progress to the Sydney final where she will be the favourite to win her second title of the year. Dominika Cibulkova claimed her third top 10 scalp of this…
Li Na Agnieszka Radwanska v Li Na Two of the unbeaten 2013 records will go up against each other in the first of the Sydney semi-finals. Agnieszka Radwanska was solid as a rock as she edged past Roberta Vinci in a tight two setter, 6-4 7-5. Li Na was forced to battle hard for her…
Here is part two of the countdown of my favourite WTA matches of the year. If you missed 20-16, then click here 🙂 15. Victoria Azarenka d. Maria Sharapova, 3-6 6-2 6-4 (US Open, SF) This year’s US Open was a real classic and for the first time in years, there were some exciting and competitive matches gracing…
Caroline Wozniacki 1. Caroline Wozniacki v Dominika Cibulkova (Moscow) Caroline Wozniacki was in fine form in her first match in Moscow last night. Many of the players have noted the slow court surface, but that actually favours Wozniacki’s game and she is looking good for a strong assault on the title. She defeated Urszula Radwanska,…
This weeks tournaments wrapped up yesterday with Dominika Cibulkova winning in Carlsbad and Polona Hercog retaining her title in Bastad. Cibulkova beat Marion Bartoli, 6-1 7-5 to claim her second career title and move up to number 13 in the world rankings. Hercog beat Mathilde Johansson, 0-6 6-4 7-5 in one of those crazy chokefest…
Dominika Cibulkova Lets take a look at what has happened over the past few days and towards todays finals: WTA Carlsbad: Three of the four quarter-finals in San Diego reached epic proportions in the soaring heat; Jelena Jankovic wasted two match points against Yung-Jan Chan, 6-7 7-6 7-5, Marion Bartoli survived Christina McHale, 7-5 4-6…
Sorana Cirstea produced one of her best performances this year as she beat Dominika Cibulkova in the quarter-finals of Stanford, 6-7 6-2 6-0. Cirstea hit 45 winners to 23 unforced errors although the match was overshadowed by a crazy first set dominated by some appalling officiating that consistently went against Cirstea… just take a look…
The top 4 on Day 10 Sam Stosur 1. Sara Errani v Angelique Kerber Angelique Kerber will continue her rise up the rankings into the top 8 virtue of her reaching her first ever quarter-final at Roland Garros. She has done remarkably well to avoid the upset train with tough wins over Flavia Pennetta and…
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