Victoria Azarenka and Sam Stosur will play out the final of the Qatar Open in Doha after both won their semi-finals on Saturday. Azarenka won a dramatic semi-final as she overcame an injury to beat Agnieszka Radwanska, 6-2 6-4 in a somewhat more straightforward match than their previous encounters. It was interesting to see Radwanska…
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…
Sam Stosur The second round matches in Doha saw the exodus of the seeds as a stunning seven seeded players crashed out of the competition. Sam Stosur was one of the rare few to advance with a hard fought 6-4 7-6 victory over Sorana Cirstea. Stosur lost her first round match at the Australian Open…
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova‘s terrible start to 2012 continued as she suffered a 1-6 6-2 6-3 loss to Ksenia Pervak in the first round of the Qatar Open in Doha. Pavlyuchenkova actually started the match well racing through the first set and boasting solid stats on serve winning 69% of 1st serve points and 78%…
Victoria Azarenka Victoria Azarenka tops the bill for this week’s Qatar Open in Doha. This is the first main event in quite sometime where Caroline Wozniacki does not headline the draw. She is the number two seed and is joined by Samantha Stosur, Agnieszka Radwanska, Marion Bartoli, Vera Zvonareva, Francesca Schiavone and Jelena Jankovic as…
Marion Bartoli and Angelique Kerber won their semi-finals on Saturday to set up an intriguing final in Paris. Bartoli was first into the final with a 7-6 6-0 victory over Klara Zakopalova. Zakopalova was the much better player in the early proceedings, but she she faltered when given a chance to take the first set. …
Marion Bartoli The quarter-finals at the WTA Premier event in Paris failed to disappoint on Friday as three of the matches were pushed to three sets and the remaining one saw the top seed ousted. The best match of the day saw Marion Bartoli produce a terrific fightback to beat Roberta Vinci, 4-6 6-4 7-6. …
Yanina Wickmayer I am running out of superlatives to describe Mona Barthel as she continued her mightily impressive streak with another convincing win on Thursday. Barthel won the last nine games of her match with Pauline Parmentier to win 6-3 6-0 and storm into the quarter-finals where she will play Yanina Wickmayer. Wickmayer recorded a…
Chanelle Scheepers It was business as usual for Maria Sharapova who overcame stiff early opposition before strolling past Chanelle Scheepers in a 6-3 6-1 victory. Sharapova twice went up a break in the first set but was pegged back both times by Scheepers who returned extremely well in the early stages. However at 3-3, Sharapova…
Li Na This week’s tournament in Paris has seen a flurry of withdrawals and this was further compounded on Monday as the number 3 seed, Li Na retired from her match down 7-6 4-2 to Tsvetana Pironkova. Pironkova raced into a 5-0 lead in just 18 minutes, but was pegged back to 5-5 as Li…
