Ana Ivanovic If you have been reading some of my blog entries, you will no doubt have read me harping on about Mona Barthel! After a few setbacks in recent weeks, she delivered one of her biggest wins to date with a 7-5 7-6 victory over Ana Ivanovic. I was unable to watch the match…
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…
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…
Ana Ivanovic This week’s tournament in Dubai has seen its fair share of withdrawals with Victoria Azarenka pulling out of the tournament today (as I had suspected!) and joining the likes of Petra Kvitova, Li Na and Vera Zvonareva on the sidelines. However as the second round of action wrapped on Wednesday, all remaining five…
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…
Nine of the top ten players are heading for Sydney in what is an exceptionally strong draw. Caroline Wozniacki is the top seed and has a bye into the second round. Wozniacki competed at the Hopman Cup last week where she won her first two matches before losing a tight three setter to Petra Kvitova. …
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…
There were no shocks in Brisbane today as all the first round matches were completed on day two of the new season. Sam Stosur eased into the second round with a 6-2 6-3 win over Anastasiya Yakimova. Stosur was comfortably the better player and it was a solid performance for the first match of her…
Here is the next post in my series of entries previewing the 2012 tennis season… I have already stated who I think will win the majors; now I give you my predictions for the top 10 in the WTA rankings at the end of 2012. Like this year, I expect the ranking points to be…
Agnieszka Radwanska continued her fabulous recent form with a 6-1 6-4 victory over Zheng Jie. Radwanska was playing with a great deal of confidence and was totally dominant during the 1st set. The second set was much closer as Zheng kept fighting and the two played out some stunning rallies. Eventually Radwanska’s consistency was too…
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