Shahar Peer Tamira Paszek had a breakthrough year in 2011 reaching her first ever Grand Slam quarter-final at Wimbledon; however things have not gone well for her in 2012 so far as she went 0-5 through the first two months of the season. All that changed on Wednesday as Paszek finally won a match in…
Yesterday saw seven seeds crash out but today was a much more routine day at the office as the four highest seeds left in the competition all progressed to the quarter-finals. The only match that went to three sets was between Christina McHale and Shahar Peer; McHale produced a fighting performance to come back from…
I have just realised that I forgot to do a wrap-up for the Stanford final so here goes! Serena continued her good form to defeat Marion Bartoli in the final, 7-5 6-1. Bartoli started the match well and earnt the first break to lead by 4-2 in the first set. Bartoli’s serve was really hitting…
Sam Stosur beat Elena Dementieva, 6-3 2-6 7-6 in a thriller on Arthur Ashe Stadium in what was the latest ever finish for a women’s match at the US Open. Stosur dominated the early proceedings using her penetrating groundstrokes and big serve to great effect however her form dipped in the second set as Dementieva…
Jelena Jankovic was defeated in her 2nd round match with Alisa Kleybanova last night after holding a 4-0 lead in the 1st set and having 3 set points. This was not a surprising loss for JJ (pictured right) who has struggled against Kleybanova in previous matches and as she spoke in her post-match interview, is…
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