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This was as close as it looks; the two Czechs were hitting hard and well. But Petra Kvitova has a huge edge in big-match experience, and perhaps it showed.
Check out the results from the final match between Kvitova & Pliskova during the Apia International in Sydney.
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Tennis Channel and Tennis Channel Plus will have exclusive, live coverage of the Fed Cup finals this weekend, Nov. 8-9, as Wimbledon champion and World No. 4 Petra Kvitova leads the Czech Republic against Germany. After not making it to the final last year, the Czech Republic is hoping to be the Fed Cup champions again, having won the title in 2012 and 2011.
What is it about Maria Sharapova and three hour matches? She had led 5-1 in the second set, had three match points, and failed to convert. She lost the set on a double-fault. It meant that she had to stay out there for three hours and nine minutes -- and all of it effectively for nothing.
Maria Sharapova defeated Agnieszka Radwanska over three dramatic sets on Friday, but it was not enough to keep her Singapore dream alive. Maria Sharapova bowed out of the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global with her head held high after a battling back to defeat a determined Agnieszka Radwanska, 7-5, 6-7(4), 6-2.
By virtue of Friday's results at the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global, Serena Williams has clinched the year-end World No.1 ranking, the fourth time in her career the American has finished a season at No.1 in the world after doing it in 2002, 2009 and 2013.
One race ends, another begins. Maria Sharapova can surely forget about the year-end #1. The question now is, can she manage to hold off Petra Kvitova and Simona Halep in the contest for #2? Maybe Sharapova was still tired after her opening match, but this wasn't really competitive. It took only an hour and fifteen minutes, and Sharapova won a feeble 40% of the points.
Sharapova’s fourth WTA title of the year ties her with Ana Ivanovic for second-most behind Serena Williams’ six. It is also the most WTA titles she has won in a season since she won five in 2006.
If Petra Kvitova feels like she's spinning her wheels, who can blame her? She's won eight straight matches, has a title and a final -- and she's still in danger of falling in the rankings! That sort of uncertainty is perhaps fitting after a very unpredictable contest on the court: "It's tough to say something about the match. I mean, it was really up and down.
For the third time in as many meetings, Eugenie Bouchard (Westmount, QC) was defeated in straight sets by world no. 3 Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic on Saturday in the final of the Wuhan Open, a WTA Premier 5 event in China. / Pour la troisième fois en autant de rencontres, Eugenie Bouchard (Westmount, QC) s’est inclinée en deux manches face à la Tchèque Petra Kvitova, troisième mondiale, cette fois, en finale de l’Open de Wuhan, une épreuve de catégorie Premier 5 de la WTA présentée en Chine.
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Women's tennis is bracing itself for the news that reigning Australian Open champion Li Na, China's most prominent sportswoman and a major force in opening up Asia as the most growing region in tennis, will announce her retirement within the next 24 hours.
Serena Williams beat Taylor Townsend 6-3, 6-1, opening play with a win as she goes for a repeat title. But the winner was complimentary of her teenaged opponent. "I think it was an interesting match, she played really well, started out super strong," said Williams.
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