Caroline Wozniacki produced her best performance in a grand slam as she defeated Maria Sharapova, 6-3 6-4 in a superb 4th round encounter. The first set started with some electric rallies however the quality faded as Sharapova’s serve went AWOL giving away the first break of the match at 2-1 with 3 double faults in…
Caroline Wozniacki scooped the biggest title of her career as she defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova in the SF’s followed by a similarly straight forward victory in the final against Vera Zvonareva, 6-2 6-3. Wozniacki was aided by her ever improving serve which was working superbly all week giving her many more free points. She was also…
Caroline Wozniacki and Victoria Azarenka progressed through to the SF’s of Montreal after both pulled off impressive performances against more experienced opponents. Wozniacki defeated the French Open Champion, Francesca Schiavone in straight sets and demonstrated much improvement in her power game and her serve dishing out 7 aces. Azarenka defeated Bartoli for the third time…
Kim Clijsters eased into the Montreal QF where she will face a rematch against Vera Zvonareva. Zvonareva defeated Clijsters in the Wimbledon QF and Kim will be looking for revenge in what should be a high quality QF. Clijsters was comfortable in victory over a lacklustre Kaia Kanepi, 6-1 6-2 however Kim was not tested…
Caroline Wozniacki was triumphant in her return to action this week as she won the Danish Open in front of a supportive home crowd. It was not an easy week for Caroline with 3 of her 5 matches going to 3 sets. The toughest one came in the QFs where she beat up-and-coming Julia Goerges…
With Justine Henin pulling out and Serena Williams facing a race against time to be fit, Maria Sharapova and Kim Clijsters will go into the US Open as two of the favourites. Sharapova has struggled to reach her best form after undergoing shoulder surgery in 2008, however there were signs at Wimbledon that she was…
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