Francesca Schiavone saved 2 match points to beat Jelena Jankovic, 5-7 7-6 6-3 and advance to the semi-finals. I mentioned yesterday that I was hoping for more drama and sure enough, they delivered up a treat! Jankovic wasted so many chances in this match; she was up 7-5 4-3 and then had 2 match points…
Kaia Kanepi The first three days of the new season had seen just one seeded player exit the WTA events in Brisbane and Auckland. However normal order was restored on the WTA tour today as the upsets were well and truly flowing! The number 7 seed in Brisbane, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova was well and truly thumped…
Agnieszka Radwanska pulled off an unlikely win over Jelena Jankovic in the Round of 16 action in Tokyo. Jankovic had started the match in much the brighter form winning the first 9 points and racing into a 3-0 lead using her superb backhand down-the-line to great effect as she took the game to Radwanska. JJ…
Elena Dementieva continued her impressive form this week as she beat fellow Russian Vera Zvonareva, 7-5 6-2 in their Quarter-final on Thursday. The first set was a high quality affair with a number of excellent baseline rallies; Zvonareva served for the set at 5-3 however she was unable to capitalise as Dementieva went on a…
Caroline Wozniacki and Coco Vandeweghe were just two of the names to make the QF’s of WTA Tokyo on Wednesday. Wozniacki continued her impressive form of late with a comprehensive 6-1 6-2 victory over Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Once again, Pavlyuchenkova struggled to cope with Wozniacki as she was on the end of yet another disappointing one-sided…
Caroline Wozniacki and Vera Zvonareva both battled through to the Semi-finals following straight set wins in the Quarter-finals. The quality of the two matches was severely affected by the swirling winds on the Arthur Ashe Stadium which made for extremely difficult playing conditions. Vera Zvonareva was the first to progress with a 6-3 7-5 victory…
Jelena Jankovic was knocked out of the US Open after a disappointing defeat to Kaia Kanepi losing 6-2 7-6. Jankovic failed to cope with the windy conditions and despite having a brief resurgence in the second set, Kanepi stood strong to defeat Jankovic in a one-sided tiebreak. Kanepi has been on superb form after a…
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