Archive: sofia-arvidsson
Eugenie Bouchard has been getting better almost daily in recent months. It showed in the first set of her match with Serbia's Vesna Dolonc; Bouchard blasted through it in twenty minutes. Then -- perhaps she realized that she was a set away from winning the tie.
Sofia Arvidsson's best surface is indoors, so it was a shock when this proved such a blowout for a set and a half. Eugenie Bouchard was up 6-1 2-0, with chances for 3-0, and lost her grip for the rest of the set.
For as much as Venus Williams has accomplished, the seven-time Grand Slam singles champion and four-time Olympic gold medalist achieved a first on Sunday.
This event has six slots for qualifiers, rather than the usual four, but only two of the top six seeds made the qualifying final.
Samantha Stosur will need a major comeback effort as the top Australian begins her season after ankle surgery in the off-season.
Brisbane (Mon): Arvidsson Upsets Stosur In Opening Round
Young Canadian player Genie Bouchard has been chosen to wear Nike’s Maria Sharapova Nike collection.
Moscow (Mon): Safarova, Radwanska & Zakopalova Through Opening Round
Linz (Mon): Arvidsson Sends Safarova Home
's-Hertogenbosch (Wed): Schiavone Fights Off Eight Match Points To Make QFs
The Olympic nominations in tennis are pouring in but not every nation is using the ITF's criteria for sending athletes.
It really doesn't matter much what Agnieszka Radwanska does this week; she needs a final to budge her ranking total, and she will be #3 no matter what
Almost half of Francesca Schiavone's points come from last year's French Open, and she has been in lousy form this spring.
The seeds went one-for-three as the first round of the Brussels Open wrapped up on Tuesday, with Kaia Kanepi cruising but Peng Shuai and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova both falling at the Premier stop. Showing few lingering effects from the bilateral foot injury that kept her out of Rome last week, the No.8-seeded Kanepi broke serve six times en route to a one-hour, 17-minute, 63 62 victory.
Apart from Hantuchova winning, Arvidsson, Castano and Li triumph in Zone Group I categories
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