My full predictions for the WTA Indian Wells draw have now been posted and are available via the tab at the top of the page. There are a few useful qualifiers in there and I think Lesia Tsurenko and Mallory Burdette both have good opportunities to make the third round.
There is a lot to discuss for the first Premier Mandatory draw in Indian Wells. Let’s take a look at the draw where the top 32 players all have a bye into the second round… FIRST QUARTER – V.Azarenka (1) v C.Wozniacki (8) Caroline Wozniacki Victoria Azarenka remains unbeaten on the WTA tour in 2013…
Maria Sharapova The Indian Wells final will be contested between the world number one and world number two in a repeat of the Australian Open final. Victoria Azarenka has continued her superb start to 2012 with a series of comprehensive victories over Svetlana Kuznetsova, Julia Goerges, Agnieszka Radwanska and Angelique Kerber, who provided a stern…
Victoria Azarenka v Angelique Kerber – After a testing opening match with Mona Barthel, Azarenka has cruised through the draw and improved through each match. In the semi-finals, she will play an in-form Kerber who will break the top 15 for the first time in her career following a routine win over Li Na in…
Li Na goes tumbling The first two quarter-finals promised much anticipation and excitement but both failed to live up to the expectation. In the first women’s quarter-final, Victoria Azarenka produced a clinical performance to thrash Agnieszka Radwanska, 6-0 6-2. Azarenka was two points away from the double bagel before Radwanska broke the Belarusian’s serve at…
Maria Sharapova Victoria Azarenka v Agnieszka Radwanska – The first quarter-final pits together the two most consistent performers on the WTA tour in 2012. It is the fourth time that Radwanska and Azarenka will face off in 2012 in what is becoming an interesting, although somewhat one-sided rivalry with Azarenka prevailing in all their clashes…
For the fourth time this year, Victoria Azarenka and Agnieszka Radwanska will do battle in the latter stages of a main draw event. Radwanska was first into the quarter-finals when her opponent, Jamie Hampton retired whilst trailing in the third set, 3-0. I expected this to be a stroll in the park for Radwanska, but…
I did not realise that all eight of the 4th round matches in the WTA draw were taking place today so here are my predictions for the last 4 matches… Caroline Wozniacki Marion Bartoli v Lucie Safarova – As is the case, when a player struggles in their first match, they often have a much…
Victoria Azarenka v Julia Goerges – Azarenka was back to her best in her third round win over Svetlana Kuznetsova in the last round, but faces another tough challenge in the big serving German. Goerges has started to string wins together, but does not have a great record against Azarenka having lost their last two…
Petra Kvitova Christina McHale has had some big wins in her career beating the likes of Caroline Wozniacki, Marion Bartoli and Svetlana Kuznetsova. Last night, she added Petra Kvitova to that growing list as she produced an excellent performance to beat the world number three, 2-6 6-2 6-3. McHale finished the match with a sublime…
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