Ivanovic opens Sofia with a win over Bulgarian wildcard Pironkova

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Second seed Ana Ivanovic launched the Garanti Koza WTA Tournament of Champions in Sofia by beating fellow wildcard and home star Tsvetana Pironkova. The winner of the Tournament of Champions in 2010 and 2011 Ivanovic opened her 2013...

Simona Halep downs Sam Stosur in the Kremlin Cup final for fifth title this season

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Never before this year had Simona Halep won a WTA title, but 2013 has been lucky for the Romanian who went 5-0 in finals this year, her latest victory coming today, at the $795,707...

Samantha and Simona make Moscow final

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Fresh off her Osaka title last week, Samantha Stosur eliminated fellow Grand Slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova in the semifinals of the $795,707 Kremlin Cup in Moscow and extended her fall winning streak to...

Angelique Kerber, Agnieszka Radwanska and Caroline Wozniacki move into the Tokyo quarterfinals

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On Wednesday six third-round matches took place in Tokyo and the higher seeds all progressed to the quarterfinals: Angelique Kerber, Agnieszka Radwanska and Caroline Wozniacki. Second seed Agnieszka Radwanska eliminated and took revenge on seed No.16 Dominika Cibulkova...

Venus Williams ousts top seed Victoria Azarenka in the second round of Tokyo

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Second-round action at the Toray Pan Pacific Open came to a close on Tuesday and the biggest surprise was the upset of top seed Victoria Azarenka by Venus Willliams in two sets 6-2 6-4 in one hour...

Angelique Kerber and Petra Kvitova first into the third round of Tokyo, Roberta Vinci out

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Thirteen first-round matches were played at the Toray Pan Pacific Open on Monday and the second-round action was launched with three matches. One of the second-rounders was between Roberta Vinci and Lucie Safarova and the...

Flavia Pennetta sends Simona Halep home

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Italian Flavia Pennetta stunned 21st-seeded Simona Halep and passed into the US Open quarterfinals for the fourth time in her career. The first set was finished in just 27 minutes with the result 6-2. Halep just wasn't...

Kirilenko and Kvitova fall quickly, Ivanovic and Azarenka push through to round four

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It's been an exciting day at the US Open. Some seeds got flushed away, while others were pushed to the limits before finding themselves in the fourth round of the last Grand Slam of...

US Open women’s draw analysis

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Dear readers, as you noticed, I was on a two-week summer vacation and Women's Tennis Blog was at a standstill. Just in time of the US Open I'm turning my engines on again and...

Halep celebrates in Budapest, Vinci wins Palermo

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At the Hungarian Grand Prix, which lost Top 2 seeds Lucie Safarova and Alize Cornet already in the first round, the third-seeded Simona Halep won her third title in five weeks by beating Yvonne Meusburger 6-3...
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