Sara Errani All the tournaments are at different stages so lets take a look at some of the matches for today/tomorrow starting with New Haven: WTA New Haven:TOP MATCH – Marion Bartoli vs. Sara ErraniMarin Bartoli has enjoyed some rare wins this week in New Haven following a real slump in form since defeating the…
Andrea Petkovic made a triumphant return to the WTA tour with a gritty three set victory over Timea Babos, 6-3 5-7 7-5. It was a particularly encouraging win for the German player who has been out since Stuttgart where she sustained an ankle injury. Babos has shown much promise this year and I think with…
Play is already underway in New Haven and soon to start at the other two tournaments taking place this week in Dallas (WTA) and Winston Salem (ATP) so lets take a quick look at the draws! WTA New Haven The New Haven draw has already been hit with two withdrawals (Francesca Schiavone and Nastia Pavlyuchenkova)…
Li Na progressed into the semi-finals of New Haven last night after beating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, 6-4 3-6 6-2. I watched the first set of the match, which was truly terrible! Li started the match well as she moved Pavlyuchenkova around the court and exposed her poor movement with some solid hitting. However from 3-1 up…
Nadia Petrova produced a stunning performance to beat the 2nd seed Samantha Stosur, 6-1 6-2 and reach the SF of New Haven. Petrova served and returned superbly breaking Stosur’s serve on 5 occasions. Petrova has shown she has the ability to produce the big performances as she demonstrated with her 6-0 6-1 thrashing of Kim…
All three Russians progressed to the 2nd round of New Haven after winning their first round matches on Monday. First up was Elena Dementieva who handily defeated Martinez Sanchez, who was making a welcome return from injury. Dementieva was dominant on serve especially in the 1st set where she lost only 1 point on her…
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