Agnieszka Radwanska won her first title of the 2012 season with a hard fought 7-5 6-4 victory over Julia Goerges in the final of the Premier event in Dubai. Radwanska was the more solid player producing 12 winners, but only 6 unforced errors. Goerges went through good and bad patches as she offered up a…
Julia Goerges The quarter-final line-up for Dubai promised much, but failed to deliver on the most part. The one shining light came in the final match of the day as Julia Goerges came back from a set down for the second time this week to beat Daniela Hantuchova, 6-4 3-6 6-4 in a fantastic contest. …
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…
Kim Clijsters Victoria Azarenka and Kim Clijsters will meet in a semi-final showdown after both players won their quarter-finals on day 9 of the Australian Open. Kim Clijsters stopped a late fightback from Caroline Wozniacki to win, 6-3 7-6. Clijsters was dominant for a set and a half as she raced out into a 6-3…
Kim Clijsters produced an incredibly gutsy performance to fight off a worrying ankle injury and 4 match points to topple Li Na in a 4-6 7-6 6-4 victory. It will be difficult for any match in 2012 to top the drama and tension that this 4th round match provided. It looked to be all over…
Agnieszka Radwanska The first four days of a Grand Slam are the most exciting days for me because there is just so much going on! Therefore it is impossible to cover all the goings on in every match! Most notably on the first day of action at the Australian Open, Agnieszka Radwanska survived a brutal…
Li Na Li Na will play Victoria Azarenka in the final of the Apia International in Sydney after both players came from behind to upset their semi-final opponents in three set clashes. Li Na was first up and she defeated Petra Kvitova in a gritty display, 1-6 7-5 6-2. Li’s win also meant that Caroline…
Agnieszka Radwanska Agnieszka Radwanska came from a set down to beat the world number one, Caroline Wozniacki for the first time in six attempts, 3-6 7-5 6-2. Unfortunately the main talking point at the end of the match will be that Wozniacki picked up a wrist injury, which saw what had been a very competitive…
Caroline Wozniacki Caroline Wozniacki will have been wary about facing off against Dominika Cibulkova after being knocked out of the Apia International last year by the Slovakian. Wozniacki somehow managed to find a way past Cibulkova this time round rallying from a 4-0 deficit in the third set to win 7-5 2-6 6-4. Wozniacki started…
I thought I would just move away from my 2012 previews briefly to highlight some of the funniest moments of 2011. Eurosport have just uploaded a blog from Mats Wilander about the highlights of the 2011 WTA season and they have included a video of the funniest moments of 2011. Unfortunately the page doesn’t seem…
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