Julia Goerges is having another fairytale week just like the one she enjoyed on the indoor clay courts of Stuttgart last April as she defeated the former world number one, Caroline Wozniacki, 7-6 7-5 to advance to the finals of the Dubai Duty Championships. This was Goerge’s third consecutive win against Wozniacki and today’s was…
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. …
Li Na This week’s tournament in Paris has seen a flurry of withdrawals and this was further compounded on Monday as the number 3 seed, Li Na retired from her match down 7-6 4-2 to Tsvetana Pironkova. Pironkova raced into a 5-0 lead in just 18 minutes, but was pegged back to 5-5 as Li…
Ana Ivanovic In one of the most dramatic matches of 2011, Ana Ivanovic wasted 5 match points and a commanding third set lead to lose to Kim Clijsters in the fourth round of Miami. Last night in Brisbane, Ana Ivanovic suffered another painful defeat at the hands of the Belgian as she wasted a 3-0…
Julia Goerges The second WTA event this week takes place in Auckland. Although many of the star names have opted to start their year in Brisbane, the draw has strength in depth and will be an interesting watch. Like last year, I get the feeling that an unheralded name will cause a surprise or two. …
10. Sam Stosur d. Nadia Petrova 7-6 6-7 7-5 (US Open) Stosur and Petrova fought out a truly epic third round encounter at the US Open, which was the longest ever women’s match at the US Open in the tiebreak era at three hours and 21 minutes. If I had actually watched this match live,…
Sabine Lisicki was knocked out of WTA Linz by Alberta Brianti in a 7-5 4-6 6-3 loss. Lisicki raced out into a 5-2 lead but struggled throughout the set with her serve and ball toss. This then seemed to affect the rest of her game as she could barely get a ball in court and…
Julia Goerges saved two match points to defeat Anastasija Sevastova, 6-4 3-6 7-6 on day 1 of singles action in Linz. Sevastova played some good quality tennis that was well above her ranking of 108 in the world. Sevastova made the 4th round at the Australian Open this year, but has been injured for long…
Peng Shuai came through a tight encounter with Julia Goerges, 6-4 7-6. The first set was a close affair but Peng was the more consistent player; Goerges as usual, was spraying too many balls. It was a pretty average match for a set and a half but it came alive towards the end of the…
I have to admit that so far, the WTA tournament in Toronto has been somewhat of an anticlimax so far. Firstly, Venus Williams pulled out with a viral illness and then we were prevented a potential blockbuster third round encounter between Serena Williams and Kim Clijsters when Kim was forced to retire in her second…
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