Maria Sharapova 1. Sam Stosur v Maria Sharapova Sam Stosur was forced to fight hard to get past Francesca Schiavone in the second round, but had things easier in the third round as she defeated Dominika Cibulkova in straight sets. Stosur will now play Maria Sharapova in a blockbuster quarter-final match. Sharapova beat Lucie Safarova,…
The Top 4 of Tokyo 3rd Round Matches Li Na 1. Caroline Wozniacki v Li Na This Asian swing has seen a return to form from Caroline Wozniacki, who now faces her toughest test of the past two weeks; step forward, Li Na who fought past Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in three sets in her second round…
The Top 4 of 2nd Round Tokyo Matches Francesca Schiavone 1. Agnieszka Radwanska v Jelena Jankovic There is a fantastic line-up of matches in Tokyo tomorrow with all sixteen 2nd round matches taking to the court. The last match up on Centre Court between Agnieszka Radwanska and Jelena Jankovic is my match of the day. …
Hsieh Su-Wei I was successful in correctly predicting that Caroline Wozniacki would win this week in Seoul. She enjoyed a somewhat surprisingly comprehensive rout of Kaia Kanepi in the final, 6-1 6-0. I also correctly predicted that Jo-Wilfried Tsonga would retain his title in Metz, although I got most other predictions in that tournament wrong!…
It’s time for Tokyo where the top eight all have byes in round one… lets take a look at the draw! QUARTER 1 – V.Azarenka (1) v A.Kerber (5) Victoria Azarenka It has been just three weeks since the US Open Final, but Victoria Azarenka is back in action as the number one seed in…
Agnieszka Radwanska capped off a fine win with a commanding 6-3 6-2 victory over Vera Zvonareva in the final of the Toray Pan Pacific in Tokyo. Zvonareva started the match in superb fashion picking up from where she had left off in her semi-final against Petra Kvitova, but she quickly wilted in surprisingly error-strewn fashion.…
Agnieszka Radwanska pulled off an unlikely win over Jelena Jankovic in the Round of 16 action in Tokyo. Jankovic had started the match in much the brighter form winning the first 9 points and racing into a 3-0 lead using her superb backhand down-the-line to great effect as she took the game to Radwanska. JJ…
It was a packed day of action in Tokyo on Wednesday as the 1st and 2nd rounds were both wrapped up. The biggest shock came as Maria Kirilenko turned the tables on Sam Stosur for a 6-2 4-6 6-4 win in an absorbing encounter. I wasn’t able to watch their epic match at their US…
Rain has heavily affected the schedule for day 2 at the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo. In the matches that did get completed, Jelena Jankovic stopped Barbara Zahlavova Strycova’s six match winning streak with a 6-4 6-2 victory. Jankovic started the match in clinical form as she raced into a 4-0 lead; however she…
Elena Dementieva continued her impressive form this week as she beat fellow Russian Vera Zvonareva, 7-5 6-2 in their Quarter-final on Thursday. The first set was a high quality affair with a number of excellent baseline rallies; Zvonareva served for the set at 5-3 however she was unable to capitalise as Dementieva went on a…
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