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…
My predictions for Sydney have flopped like a lead balloon. I think they could be my worst ever predictions in the history of predicting! Thankfully, I am looking good in Hobart where I have correctly predicted 12 of the 14 first round results. This included my predicted champion, Kirsten Flipkens rebounding from 5-2 down in…
The second WTA event this week takes place in Hobart and will begin tomrrow. Let’s take a look at the draw… *UPDATED WITH CHANGES TO DRAW FOLLOWING PAVLYUCHENKOVA’S WITHRAWAL* Hsieh Su-Wei Hsieh Su-Wei and Sorana Cirstea headline the draw, which features a number of dangerous unseeded floaters. I had read somewhere that Hsieh had pulled…
Victoria Azarenka Victoria Azarenka and Mona Barthel won the warm-up tournaments for the Australian Open in Sydney and Hobart respectively. Azarenka beat Li Na, 6-2 1-6 6-3 in an intriguing, yet error-strewn contest. Azarenka was the more consistent player in the final set as Li produced far too many errors. It was a competitive final…
Li Na Li Na will play Victoria Azarenka in the final of the Apia International in Sydney after both players came from behind to upset their semi-final opponents in three set clashes. Li Na was first up and she defeated Petra Kvitova in a gritty display, 1-6 7-5 6-2. Li’s win also meant that Caroline…
Agnieszka Radwanska Agnieszka Radwanska came from a set down to beat the world number one, Caroline Wozniacki for the first time in six attempts, 3-6 7-5 6-2. Unfortunately the main talking point at the end of the match will be that Wozniacki picked up a wrist injury, which saw what had been a very competitive…
Vera Zvonareva Two of the seeds fell on the second day of action at the Apia International in Sydney. Sam Stosur was out-of-sorts as she was defeated by Francesca Schiavone, 6-2 6-4. There were some exciting points in the match (see highlights below) and Schiavone continued her solid start to the 2012 season. It was…
Lucie Safarova Last night, I was already regretting my prediction of Ana Ivanovic reaching the final in Sydney. I was right to have second thoughts about this prediction as she crashed out in the first round of action at the Apia International in Sydney. Ivanovic was beaten in straight sets by the dangerous leftie, Lucie…
The one striking thing from this weeks draw in Hobart is that there are no stand-out names and that it is a very level playing field; therefore I think there are a host of names that could go all the way and claim the title. The number one seed is Yanina Wickmayer, who will play…
