Carolne Wozniacki recorded arguably the biggest win of her career with a 6-4 6-4 triumph over Serena Williams in the quarter-finals of the Sony Ericsson Open. I must say I DID not see this coming at all and very much like yesterday when Andy Roddick defeated Roger Federer in the third round of the ATP…
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…
Maria Sharapova (2) v Li Na (8) Maria Sharapova has struggled to hit top form this week, but still finds herself comfortably in the quarter-finals for the loss of just one set in her opening match to Shahar Peer. Her superior mental strength was enough to get her past Ekaterina Makarova in straight sets yesterday, …
Victoria Azarenka hung on to her winning streak by the skin of her teeth as she came back from a 1-6 0-4 deficit against Dominika Cibulkova to record her 26th win of the season. It was a terrifically entertaining match and one of the best in 2012 so far. Cibulkova was playing the best tennis of…
Serena Williams Serena Williams hit a stunning 20 aces to exact revenge on Sam Stosur for the 2011 US Open loss and secure her place in the quarter-finals. Serena started slowly and went down an early break but finally managed to make her pressure pay on the Stosur serve as she broke back at 4-4…
Marion Bartoli Victoria Azarenka (1) v Dominika Cibulkova (16)Azarenka waltzed into the third round with another dominant display over the young Brit, Heather Watson. She will face Cibulkova who rather surprisingly swept past Zheng Jie, 6-2 6-0. Zheng won just nine points on her serve and was broken at every opportunity by the Slovakian. Azarenka…
Yanina Wickmayer Yanina Wickmayer needed a host of match points to finally defeat Kim Clijsters, 6-4 7-6 and advance to the 4th round. I must admit I did not see this coming and have had the first big scalp of my predictions this week! It sounds as if Clijsters was struggling with her movement and…
Zheng Jie Victoria Azarenka (1) v Heather Watson Like her first match in Indian Wells, Azarenka was forced to fight hard against an inspired opponent. She beat Michaella Krajicek, 6-3 7-5 winning three straight games and riding on her ever-growing mental toughness and her opponent’s shattering nerves. Her opponent in the third round will be…
Sam Stosur (6) v Chanelle Scheepers Serena Williams Both players scored bagels in their 2nd round matches; Stosur comfortably saw off Valeria Savinkyh, 6-4 6-0 meanwhile Scheepers had to fight back to beat Anabel Medina Garrigues in a lopsided 1-6 6-4 6-0 win. Scheepers is on good form at the moment having also reached the third…
Kim Clijsters Mona Barthel continued her incredible start to 2012 with a career-best win over the world number 15, Jelena Jankovic. The manner of the defeat was perhaps most surprising as Barthel routed Jankovic, 6-0 6-3 and lost just 10 points in a sensational first set. Jankovic also lost her first match at Indian Wells…
