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The two World No, 1s got to do their stuff and in almost comic time on both occasions, the rains came. No – the heavens opened in almost biblical rage that these puny mortals would dare wave their tennis racquets about.
Venus Williams saved face for the American sisters after the Doha pullout of world No. 1 Serena, powering into the second round over Petra Martic 6-2, 6-2. The elder sibling next faces fellow former Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova, with the Czech making her first appearance since a first-round Australian Open loss following a recovery from a virus.
Petra Kvitova is a proven Grand Slam player, a former Wimbledon champion no less. But the Australian Open’s sixth seed looked anything but that quality as she suffered a humiliating first round exit to Thailand’s world no.88 Luksika Kumkhum.
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It is very rare to find a veteran player who was sitting outside of the top 100 and at times who though about quitting who can find a way to come though qualifying and mow down an elite WTA field at a Premier level event.
Angelique Kerber has been a very good, but not great player since 2011, when she came out of nowhere and reached the US Open semifinals. After that, and a very solid 2012, it appeared that lefthander really did have Grand Slam winning potential.
WIMBLEDON - Belgium’s Kirsten Flipkens freely admits that she is an improbable semifinalist at Wimbledon
One main draw match was started before a second day of rain forced cancellation of the day's program. Sloane Stephens stood level with Tsvetana Pironkova
Indian Wells Late Wednesday Singles – First Round: Christina McHale def. Tsvetana Pironkova 6-3 6-4 A good start, but
It would seem that no one, but no one, wanted to miss Dubai. At least among players already in the area for Doha.
Not exactly a big surprise Wozniacki won, given that Caroline Wozniacki was 3-0 coming in and Tsvetana Pironkova 1-2
The WTA welcomed the announcement by the Bulgarian Tennis Federation (BTF) that Qatar Airways would be the title sponsor for the forthcoming Tournament of Champions
This will very likely put Kim Clijsters back in the Top Fifty. Which is, obviously, how things ought to be....
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
Anna Tatishvili caused the first major upset of theBudapest Grand Prix on Monday when she came from a set down to defeat No.3 seed Tsvetana Pironkova in the first round. Pironkova, the World No.43, was the highest-ranked player in action on Day 1 in Budapest and from the early exchanges she looked a class above Tatishvili, reeling off the first five games and wrapping up the opening set in under half an hour.
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