Olympic WTA awards: Golden Empress, Bridesmaids, Gutsy Performers and others
Our guest blogger Omair likes to give WTA players unofficial titles on the account of their performance at big events. Notice how Serena improved from the Biggest Disappointment at Roland Garros, to Grass Empress...
Venus through to her first semifinal of 2012, Serena’s winning streak stopped
Unexpectedly, it was Venus Williams who continued to progress at the Western & Southern Open, while Serena Williams fell in the quarterfinals, ending her 19-match winning streak with only her fourth defeat of the...
Li and Kerber advance to Cincinnati final
Li Na advanced to the Western & Southern Open final by beating an injury-affected Venus Williams 7-5 3-6 6-1, while Angelique Kerber, who eliminated hot Serena Williams in the quarters, continued to progress, and after...
Li finally crowns 2012 season with Carlos Rodriguez on board
Last week at Montreal Li Na lost a tough three-setter to Petra Kvitova in the final, but this week Li made one crucial additional step and went all the way to the Premier-level Western...
Tokyo semifinalists: Petrova, Stosur, Kerber, Radwanska
Semifinals are set at the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo: Nadia Petrova vs. Sam Stosur and Angelique Kerber vs. Agnieszka Radwanska.
Nadia Petrova was the first to advance, with a massive 3-6 7-5 6-3 win over...
Quarterfinals set at the China Open
Now we know all the quarterfinalists of the 4,828,050 China Open. The Marion Bartoli vs. Carla Suarez Navarro quarterfinal was determined yesterday, while after today's third-round matches we know the six remaining members of...
Azarenka and Sharapova quickly through to Beijing semis, Li qualifies for Istanbul
Top seed Victoria Azarenka was the first to advance to the China Open semifinals, ending the impressive week of world No.69 Romina Oprandi, who took out Urszula Radwanska, Camila Giorgi and seed No.11 Ana...
WTA Championships – a look at how the players are faring in their groups
On Sunday night, the official draw ceremony took place at the $4.9-million WTA Championships in Istanbul, dividing the eight players into two round-robin groups. Serena Williams is the only multiple champion at the year-end finale and...
Serena downs Kerber to open Red Group action
Angelique Kerber came to her first match at the WTA Championships and her first match as a Top 5 player as the only player at the tournament who has defeated Serena Williams this year and...
No.1 Azarenka saves two match points to win absolute marathon against Kerber
It has been by far the most thrilling match of the WTA Championships. In short, in the first set Victoria Azarenka wasted four successive set points and one more, while Angelique Kerber used her...