Tuesday saw second round wins for Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova and Mona Barthel. Thr brimming-with-confidence, Barthel knocked out the number 6 seed Angelique Kerber, 6-1 6-2 in just over an hour. Barthel was very solid with 30 winners to 12 unforced errors, but Kerber was well below her best. Her game has become far too…
Ana Ivanovic 1st round action kicked off in Doha today where Ana Ivanovic, Caroline Wozniacki and Mona Barthel all won in straight sets. Ivanovic dispelled any injury worries with a 6-1 6-2 rout of a woeful Tamira Paszek, who has won just one of her six matches in 2013. I bet she is longing for…
A stellar line-up of women including 17 of the world’s top 20 will play in Doha, the first of the Premier 5 events in 2013. The top eight seeds will all receive byes into the second rounds. Lets take a look at the draw… Victoria Azarenka QUARTER 1 – V.Azarenka (1) v S.Errani (6) The…
This first week has been completely hectic with seven tournaments taking place. I love that we have live tennis once more but do we need this much going on?! I am struggling to keep up! Here is a round-up from all the remaining tournaments… Agnieszka Radwanska WTA Auckland: Three seeds remain in Auckland and all…
The ATP is also very busy this week with three tournaments gracing the schedule in Doha, Brisbane and Chennai. ATP Doha Doha has always been the flagship event in the first week of the year, often attracting at least one of the big four; however this has been a tough year for the event in…
Victoria Azarenka As the 2012 tennis season wrapped up I was thankful for a breather from tennis. It was such a great, great year, but not only did the players need a break, I did too! Its now mid-December and I am fully craving tennis once more and ready to rock and roll with my…
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%…
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