It now seems a good time with no WTA tournaments next week to take stock and review the progress of how the women are faring in 2012 so far. We are now into the clay court season with all systems go for the second Grand Slam at Roland Garros at the end of the May. …
Few would have predicted (including me!) that Agnieszka Radwanska would come out on top in Miami at the start of the week having seen the fantastic line-up of players, but she rose to the occasion producing another immensely solid display to defeat Maria Sharapova in the final, 7-5 6-4. The most surprising statistic was that…
The world number two, Maria Sharapova will do battle with the world number four, Agnieszka Radwanska for the Sony Ericsson Open title in Miami. The two finalists have been two of the most consistent performers in 2012 ranking at number 2 and 3 in this year’s race standings behind Victoria Azarenka, who was ousted in…
Agnieszka Radwanska Agnieszka Radwanska beat Venus Williams in the quarter-finals of the Sony Ericsson Open, 6-4 6-1. It was a very good match, but the talking point was Venus who looked shattered right from the get go. She fought courageously however as she employed an ultra-aggressive approach to the match and advanced to the net…
Victoria Azarenka (1) v Marion Bartoli (7) Agnieszka Radwanska Azarenka faced her biggest test on Monday as she came within a whisker of suffering her first loss of the year at the hands of the hard-hitting Slovakian, Dominika Cibulkova. She fought brilliantly to pull the win out of the bag, but she will need to…
Li Na goes tumbling The first two quarter-finals promised much anticipation and excitement but both failed to live up to the expectation. In the first women’s quarter-final, Victoria Azarenka produced a clinical performance to thrash Agnieszka Radwanska, 6-0 6-2. Azarenka was two points away from the double bagel before Radwanska broke the Belarusian’s serve at…
Maria Sharapova Victoria Azarenka v Agnieszka Radwanska – The first quarter-final pits together the two most consistent performers on the WTA tour in 2012. It is the fourth time that Radwanska and Azarenka will face off in 2012 in what is becoming an interesting, although somewhat one-sided rivalry with Azarenka prevailing in all their clashes…
For the fourth time this year, Victoria Azarenka and Agnieszka Radwanska will do battle in the latter stages of a main draw event. Radwanska was first into the quarter-finals when her opponent, Jamie Hampton retired whilst trailing in the third set, 3-0. I expected this to be a stroll in the park for Radwanska, but…
Juan Martin Del Potro Juan Martin Del Potro‘s 2012 has really started to shine in recent weeks and things continued to come together for the Argentine on Thursday as he defeated a disappointing Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 7-6 6-2 to progress to the semi-finals of Dubai. Tsonga has failed to bring his best tennis in 2012…
Agnieszka Radwanska and Jelena Jankovic headline next week’s BMW Malaysian Open with both receiving late wildcards into the event. The quality of the draw is not particularly strong and it seems a shrewd move from both Radwanska and Jankovic to scoop easy ranking points. Radwanska opens up her campaign against Akgul Amanmuradova and based on…
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