2012 has been a special year for the WTA and it is now time for the ladies to wrap up proceedings at the Year Ending Championships in Istanbul. The draw looks pretty even; the red group features Victoria Azarenka, Serena Williams, Angelique Kerber and Li Na, meanwhile the white group consists of Maria Sharapova, Agnieszka…
Maria Sharapova Angelique Kerber v Maria Sharapova The top billing for the quarter-finals in Beijing will see Angelique Kerber take on Maria Sharapova. Kerber improved her stunning record in three set matches this year to 20-2 with a 6-1 2-6 6-4 victory over Caroline Wozniacki in the third round. It was Kerber’s third win over…
Caroline Wozniacki Caroline Wozniacki v Angelique Kerber Caroline Wozniacki has had to fight for her life to make the third round having won two gruelling three setters against Chanelle Scheepers and Hsieh Su-Wei. Against Hsieh, she was a set and a double break down, but her fighting instincts came to the forefront as she came through,…
Agnieszka Radwanska Agnieszka Radwanska v Angelique Kerber Agnieszka Radwanska won the best-of-buddies clash with Caroline Wozniacki, 6-4 6-3. It was a typical match between the two with gruelling rallies, some great play and some shocking too. Radwanska was the more consistent player and was able to finish the points off better than Wozniacki. Radwanska will…
Maria Sharapova 1. Sam Stosur v Maria Sharapova Sam Stosur was forced to fight hard to get past Francesca Schiavone in the second round, but had things easier in the third round as she defeated Dominika Cibulkova in straight sets. Stosur will now play Maria Sharapova in a blockbuster quarter-final match. Sharapova beat Lucie Safarova,…
The Top 4 for Day 8 Andy Murray 1. Andy Murray v Milos Raonic Andy Murray looked a spent force in a third round thriller with Feliciano Lopez, but found a way to progress to the 4th round. He plays the night match with Milos Raonic, who produced easily his best performance of the tournament…
Andy Roddick Thursday was a dramatic day at the US Open with the final night match proving to be the most thrilling so far as Angelique Kerber completed a hattrick of victories of Venus Williams in 2012 with a hard fought, 6-2 5-7 7-5 victory. This was by far the closest of their matches although at…
Li Na and Angelique Kerber will contest the Cincinnati final in what should be a highly competitive match. Li has hit a rich vein of form having made the final in Montreal just last week. She defeated an ailing Venus Williams, 7-5 3-6 6-1 in the Cincy semi finals; despite the win, there were still…
Venus Williams Angelique Kerber v Petra Kvitova Angelique Kerber will be full of beans having taken out Serena Williams in the quarter-finals; however Petra Kvitova will also be super-confident having won five matches on her way to the title in Toronto and another three here in Cincy. Their last match was an entertaining three-setter in…
Angelique Kerber Angelique Kerber‘s 2012 season just keeps getting better and better as she inflicted the first defeat on Serena Williams since the French Open with a 6-4 6-4 triumph in Cincinnati. Serena played a pretty horrendous match and was all over the place mentally, but I think Kerber deserves a lot of credit for…
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