Serena Williams 1. Serena Williams v Li Na Serena Williams kicked off proceedings in the red group with a solid straight sets victory over Angelique Kerber, 6-4 6-1. Serena was not at her best and displayed some fraught emotions at times as she let slip an early break in the first set before regrouping. Li…
Petra Kvitova 1. Petra Kvitova v Agnieszka Radwanska Last year’s champion, Petra Kvitova will open up the YEC in Istanbul for the second year in a row. The first match is a potentially pivotal match against the world number 4, Agnieszka Radwanska. Since claiming the title in New Haven, Kvitova has not played her best…
2012 has been a special year for the WTA and it is now time for the ladies to wrap up proceedings at the Year Ending Championships in Istanbul. The draw looks pretty even; the red group features Victoria Azarenka, Serena Williams, Angelique Kerber and Li Na, meanwhile the white group consists of Maria Sharapova, Agnieszka…
Serena wins the US Open Serena Williams claimed her second Grand Slam title of the year as she defeated Victoria Azarenka, 6-2 3-6 7-5 in one of the best finals we have witnessed on the ladies side for quite sometime. Serena was at her punishing best in the first set, in particular ripping the return,…
Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka will contest the 2012 US Open final tonight under the lights of the Arthur Ashe stadium. Serena Williams has been in utterly devastating form up to this stage and she continued her destruction of the draw with a 6-1 6-2 thrashing of Sara Errani in the semi-finals. In truth, her…
Maria Sharapova v Victoria Azarenka Both Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka endured tough quarter-finals to make this sure-to-be, rip-roaring semi-final. Sharapova came from behind to beat an inspired Marion Bartoli, 3-6 6-3 6-4. Azarenka was also pushed hard by Sam Stosur as she edged the impressive Aussie, 6-1 4-6 7-6. Sharapova had played no matches…
Ivanovic Ana Ivanovic v Serena Williams Serena Williams encountered a few sticky moments in her second round with Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, but since then has cruised her way through the draw with three straight bagels; she destroyed Andrea Hlavackova, 6-0 6-0 in her 4th round match. Serena was in the quiet and intense mood,…
Angelique Kerber Angelique Kerber‘s 2012 season just keeps getting better and better as she inflicted the first defeat on Serena Williams since the French Open with a 6-4 6-4 triumph in Cincinnati. Serena played a pretty horrendous match and was all over the place mentally, but I think Kerber deserves a lot of credit for…
Angelique Kerber Serena Williams v Angelique Kerber Serena Williams has looked far from her best in Cincinnati so far. She laboured to a 6-4 6-3 victory over Urszula Radwanska, recovering from deficits in both sets. It must have been so demoralising for Radwanska to see Serena playing miles below her best, but still comfortably winning. …
Jelena Jankovic Here is a quick round-up of what has been happening so far this week: WTA Stanford: Serena Williams won her opening match against Nicole Gibbs, 6-2 6-1 to set up a quarter-final match with Chanelle Scheepers; however the number 4 seed, Jelena Jankovic was not so lucky as she lost yet another first…
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