No. 2 seed, Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark and No. 11 seed, Elena Dementieva of Russia are set to face each other on Saturday in the final of the 2010 Pan Pacific Open being played in Tokyo, Japan. Wozniacki withstood a late comeback in her semifinal match to defeat 8th seeded Victoria Azarenka of Belarus on
No. 15 ranked Maria Sharapova of Russia was sent packing today by No. 67 ranked wildcard Kimiko Date Krumm of Japan in the first round of the 2010 Pan Pacific Open being played in Tokyo, Japan. The 23-year-old Maria was the defending champion of this tournament, but was shown the exit door by a local
Qualifier Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic ousted top-seeded Jelena Jankovic of Serbia Tuesday night in the 2nd round of the 2010 WTA Rogers Cup in Montreal, Canada. This win over No. 3 ranked Jankovic in straight sets, 7-6(3), 6-3, was the biggest victory of Benesova's career. After the match she said: "It was almost
It was 4th seed former #1 Kim Clijsters battling it out with 10th seed former #1 Maria Sharapova in the final of the WTA Tour Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA yesterday, Aug. 15th, 2010. The fans got their money's worth at the 3-set match in which Kim came out
Russian third seed, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, defeated compatriot Elena Vesnina 5-7, 7-5, 6-4 on Sunday to capture the WTA Istanbul Cup title in Istanbul, Turkey. At 19-years-old, Pavlyuchenkova is ranked No. 24, the highest-ranked teenager in the world. It was her second career championship after Monterrey earlier this season. Pavlyuchenkova did it the hard way, taking
Eight seed, Victoria Azarenka of Belarus overwhelmed Russian fifth seed, Maria Sharapova 6--4, 6-1 in Sunday's 2010 WTA Tour Bank of the West Classic in Stanford, California, USA. A day after her 21st birthday, Azarenka broke the Russian three times in the first set then took advantage of Sharapova's 16 unforced errors in the second
Lindsay Davenport, playing in her first WTA tournament since the 2008 U.S. Open, has won the doubles title in the 2010 Bank of the West Classic at Stanford, California, USA, on Sunday afternoon. She teamed up with Liezel Huber and defeated Yung-Jan Chan and Jie Zheng in the final Aug. 1, 7-5, 6-7 (8), (10-8).
Ekaterina Makarova of Russia won the women's final against Victoria Azarenka of Belarus at the 2010 WTA AEGON International held in Eastbourne, England June 14-19. Ekaterina won the match in straights sets, 7-6(5), 6-4. Ekaterina is ranked No. 103, and was a qualifier, while Victoria was also unseeded but ranked much higher at No. 15.
Justine Henin of Belgium won the championship of the 2010 WTA Tour UNICEF Open played in s'Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands June 13-19. She defeated Andrea Petkovic of Germany in three sets, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. After dropping the 1st set, Justine was down a break in the 2nd, and again trailed 0-3 in the 3rd. After the
Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark was among the early upsets at the 2010 WTA AEGON International being played June 14-20 in Eastbourne, England. The No. 1 seed was defeated in the 1st round by Aravane Rezai of France 6-4, 1-6, 6-3. The Wimbledon warmup claimed other top seeds in the 1st round, including No. 2 seed
