The final match from the red group features the number three seed, Maria Sharapova up against the number seven seed, Flavia Pennetta. Sharapova, who is undefeated in Singapore this year, will be looking to level up the head-to-head with Pennetta who currently leads it, 3-2. The state of the group and who could qualify is…
Agnieszka Radwanska and Flavia Pennetta will both be looking for their first victories of the 2015 WTA Finals in Singapore when they play each other in a must-win match in the red group on Tuesday. Pennetta was making her first appearance at the WTA Finals on Sunday and would have liked her chances against the…
Singles action at the 2015 WTA Finals in Singapore will begin on Sunday with the number one seed, Simona Halep going up against the number seven seed, Flavia Pennetta in a match scheduled for not before 3pm local time. This should be a fascinating opener with Pennetta comprehensively defeating Halep in their last match at…
FINALLY… One day before the draw for the 2015 WTA Finals and we HAVE A CONFIRMED LINE-UP! The last place in Singapore was snapped up by Lucie Safarova after Carla Suárez Navarro lost in straight sets to Daria Kasatkina, 6-1 6-2, in the quarter-finals of Moscow. It sounds like Carla had an absolute mare. I’m…
The Race to Singapore is still on (sobbing) after Karolina Pliskova and Carla Suárez Navarro both won on Tuesday. Pliskova saved two match points (!) against Alexandra Dulgheru, 6-4 5-7 7-6(7) to keep her slim hopes of qualifying for Singapore alive. Pliskova was a break up in the second and third sets, but then found…
1. Flavia Pennetta v Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Beijing, R1) The 2015 US Open champion, Flavia Pennetta (still can’t get over this) returned to action in Beijing where she has won her first two matches. In the first round, Pennetta overcame a game effort from the Chinese wildcard, Xinyun Han, 7-5 4-6 6-4. Pennetta also needed three…
Just wow. This is the second day in a row that tennis has rendered me a speechless and sputtering wreck. Flavia Pennetta won the 2015 US Open, her first Grand Slam singles title, with a 7-6(4) 6-2 victory over Roberta Vinci. In her victory speech, Pennetta also dropped a bombshell as she announced her retirement…
ROBERTA VINCI. I’m trying to put words together but AHHHHHHH! And breatheeeeeeeee. In all my years of watching tennis, i’ve never witnessed anything quite like that. Roberta Vinci created one of the upsets in tennis history to defeat Serena Williams and set up an all-Italian US Open final against Flavia Pennetta. Wow it’s actually…
The second of the women’s semi-finals on Thursday night will feature Simona Halep up against Flavia Pennetta. Halep produced one of her best performances of the year to come from a break down in a rain-interrupted third set to defeat Victoria Azarenka, 6-3 4-6 6-4. This was a really compelling match from start to finish…
Flavia Pennetta maintained both her superb record against Sam Stosur and at the US Open to reach a sixth quarter-final in seven years in New York. Pennetta won her seventh consecutive match against Stosur, winning, 6-4 6-4 with one break of serve in each set. Of all the players on tour, Stosur has to be…
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