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Paris, June 9 (Ians) The women’s singles final of the French Open 2023 on Saturday will be fought between two players on the opposite end of the spectrum — the defending champion against the giant-killer.
The summit clash of the clay court Grand Slam will have Iga Swiatek, who is hoping to win her fourth title taking on Czech Republic’s Karolina Muchova, who is chasing her maiden Grand Slam title.
Bidding to win her third French Open title, World No.1 and defending champion Iga Swiatek of Poland is the player in form, who has reached the summit clash without losing a single set.
In contrast, No.43 Karolina Muchova has already scored upset after upset in Paris, including her three-set win against No.2 Aryna Sabalenka in the semifinals.
The question, the fans will be asking on Saturday is: Can the 26-year-old Czech maintain her perfect record against Top 3 opposition to stop Swiatek...
The summit clash of the clay court Grand Slam will have Iga Swiatek, who is hoping to win her fourth title taking on Czech Republic’s Karolina Muchova, who is chasing her maiden Grand Slam title.
Bidding to win her third French Open title, World No.1 and defending champion Iga Swiatek of Poland is the player in form, who has reached the summit clash without losing a single set.
In contrast, No.43 Karolina Muchova has already scored upset after upset in Paris, including her three-set win against No.2 Aryna Sabalenka in the semifinals.
The question, the fans will be asking on Saturday is: Can the 26-year-old Czech maintain her perfect record against Top 3 opposition to stop Swiatek...
- 6/9/2023
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Madrid (Spain), May 3 (Ians) No.9 seed Maria Sakkari advanced to the semifinals at the Madrid Open after she outlasted No.31 seed Irina-Camelia Begu 6-7(3), 6-4, 6-2 in the quarterfinals, here on Tuesday night.
Sakkari had to come from behind to win against the Romanian. After losing a marathon opening set that lasted well over an hour, Sakkari bounced back to wrap up victory in 2 hours and 52 minutes.
Already a first-time quarterfinalist in Madrid, Sakkari is now through to her eighth career Wta 1000 semifinal. She’ll seek a berth in her third final at this level against No.2 seed Aryna Sabalenka, who also came from a set down in her own quarterfinal victory over Mayar Sherif.
After she failed to secure a double-break lead as an opportunity passed her by in the fifth game, Sakkari saved a breakpoint with a sliding backhand volley that helped her stretch her lead to 4-2. This time,...
Sakkari had to come from behind to win against the Romanian. After losing a marathon opening set that lasted well over an hour, Sakkari bounced back to wrap up victory in 2 hours and 52 minutes.
Already a first-time quarterfinalist in Madrid, Sakkari is now through to her eighth career Wta 1000 semifinal. She’ll seek a berth in her third final at this level against No.2 seed Aryna Sabalenka, who also came from a set down in her own quarterfinal victory over Mayar Sherif.
After she failed to secure a double-break lead as an opportunity passed her by in the fifth game, Sakkari saved a breakpoint with a sliding backhand volley that helped her stretch her lead to 4-2. This time,...
- 5/3/2023
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Madrid (Spain), May 2 (Ians) The No.2 seed Aryna Sabalenka overcame a surging Mayar Sherif 2-6, 6-2, 6-1 in a two-hour-long quarterfinal at the Madrid Open to reach her fifth semifinal in seven tournaments this year, here on Tuesday.
Australian Open champion Sabalenka trailed the unseeded Sherif by a set and a break, but from 2-1 down in the second set reeled off 11 of the next 12 games to improve her 2023 record to 27-4. The 2021 winner in Madrid, this result marks the second time the 24-year-old has made the last four in the Spanish capital.
Sabalenka advanced to her 15th career semifinal at the Wta 1000 level or above, five of which she has converted into titles. Ten of those have been in Wta 1000 tournaments, four at Grand Slams and one at the Wta Finals.
She will next face either No.9 seed Maria Sakkari or No.31 seed Irina-Camelia Begu as she bids to return to the Madrid final.
Australian Open champion Sabalenka trailed the unseeded Sherif by a set and a break, but from 2-1 down in the second set reeled off 11 of the next 12 games to improve her 2023 record to 27-4. The 2021 winner in Madrid, this result marks the second time the 24-year-old has made the last four in the Spanish capital.
Sabalenka advanced to her 15th career semifinal at the Wta 1000 level or above, five of which she has converted into titles. Ten of those have been in Wta 1000 tournaments, four at Grand Slams and one at the Wta Finals.
She will next face either No.9 seed Maria Sakkari or No.31 seed Irina-Camelia Begu as she bids to return to the Madrid final.
- 5/2/2023
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Madrid (Spain), May 1 (Ians) Former champion Aryna Sabalenka ended 16-year-old Mirra Andreeva’s 16-match winning streak in the fourth round of the Madrid Open. winning their fourth-round match in straight sets.
The No.2 seed Aryna Sabalenka ended wild card Andreeva’s run with a 6-3, 6-1 win. The result puts Sabalenka, the champion here in 2021, into the last eight for the second time in her career. She has reached at least the quarterfinal stage at all seven tournaments she has contested in 2023, and her overall record now stands at 26-4.
Sabalenka will face the trailblazing Mayar Sherif of Egypt in the quarterfinals.
Andreeva, the youngest player ever to reach the last 16 of a Wta 1000 event, lost for the first time in a professional match this year. After winning consecutive Itf W60 events in April, the teenager upset Leylah Fernandez, Beatriz Haddad Maia and Magda Linette in Madrid to take her winning streak to 16 matches,...
The No.2 seed Aryna Sabalenka ended wild card Andreeva’s run with a 6-3, 6-1 win. The result puts Sabalenka, the champion here in 2021, into the last eight for the second time in her career. She has reached at least the quarterfinal stage at all seven tournaments she has contested in 2023, and her overall record now stands at 26-4.
Sabalenka will face the trailblazing Mayar Sherif of Egypt in the quarterfinals.
Andreeva, the youngest player ever to reach the last 16 of a Wta 1000 event, lost for the first time in a professional match this year. After winning consecutive Itf W60 events in April, the teenager upset Leylah Fernandez, Beatriz Haddad Maia and Magda Linette in Madrid to take her winning streak to 16 matches,...
- 5/1/2023
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Adelaide, Jan 7 (Ians) Aryna Sabalenka has marched into her first final on Australian soil without conceding a set, denying Irina-Camelia Begu at the Adelaide International on Saturday.
After a slow start to her campaign, the second seed has quickly rediscovered the shot-making brilliance which carried her past the world’s top three women to a runner-up finish at last year’s Wta Finals.
As temperatures climbed above 30 degrees Celsius, the 24-year-old was pleased to wrap up the job in 78 minutes, restricting Begu to a 6-3, 6-2 scoreline.
“Yeah I’m happy with the level I played today, especially with (Begu’s) different game,” Sabalenka was quoted as saying by adelaideinternational.com.au. “She’s playing a little bit, like, a different style, so I’m super happy that I’m able to win this match.”
Sabalenka’s best finish last year was a runner-up showing at the Wta Finals to Caroline Garcia,...
After a slow start to her campaign, the second seed has quickly rediscovered the shot-making brilliance which carried her past the world’s top three women to a runner-up finish at last year’s Wta Finals.
As temperatures climbed above 30 degrees Celsius, the 24-year-old was pleased to wrap up the job in 78 minutes, restricting Begu to a 6-3, 6-2 scoreline.
“Yeah I’m happy with the level I played today, especially with (Begu’s) different game,” Sabalenka was quoted as saying by adelaideinternational.com.au. “She’s playing a little bit, like, a different style, so I’m super happy that I’m able to win this match.”
Sabalenka’s best finish last year was a runner-up showing at the Wta Finals to Caroline Garcia,...
- 1/7/2023
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Adelaide, Jan 6 (Ians) The No.2 seed Aryna Sabalenka on Friday defeated Tokyo Olympic silver medallist Marketa Vondrousova 6-3, 7-5 in straight sets to reach the semifinals at the Adelaide International 1.
The World No.5 will play against either No.4 seed Veronika Kudermetova or unseeded Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu for her 19th career Wta Tour singles final.
The big-hitting Sabalenka was dominating the opening quarterfinal to the tune of a 6-3, 4-1, 40-0 lead against the 2019 Roland Garros finalist before things got complicated. She lost four of the next five games and failed to convert match point, before righting the ship in the late stages for a 6-3, 7-5 win.
Sabalenka hammered 38 winners to 26 unforced errors, while the crafty Vondrousova totalled 17 winners to just 10 mistakes.
It was Sabalenka’s fourth straight win over Vondrousova and her second straight triumph against the Czech Down Under. Last year, Sabalenka defeated her 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 in...
The World No.5 will play against either No.4 seed Veronika Kudermetova or unseeded Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu for her 19th career Wta Tour singles final.
The big-hitting Sabalenka was dominating the opening quarterfinal to the tune of a 6-3, 4-1, 40-0 lead against the 2019 Roland Garros finalist before things got complicated. She lost four of the next five games and failed to convert match point, before righting the ship in the late stages for a 6-3, 7-5 win.
Sabalenka hammered 38 winners to 26 unforced errors, while the crafty Vondrousova totalled 17 winners to just 10 mistakes.
It was Sabalenka’s fourth straight win over Vondrousova and her second straight triumph against the Czech Down Under. Last year, Sabalenka defeated her 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 in...
- 1/6/2023
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Bucharest (Romania), Sep 18 (Ians) Romanian tennis player and No. 2 seed Irina-Camelia Begu won the Tiriac Foundation Trophy tournament after defeating Reka Luca Jani 6-3, 6-3 in the final, here on Sunday.
Begu had taken a Top-50 wild card into the Wta 125 tournament in her hometown of Bucharest, where she had previously won the 250-level title in 2017.
The 32-year-old Romanian has been on an upswing in 2022, reaching the fourth round of a major for the first time in six years at Roland Garros and then collecting her fifth tour-level trophy in Palermo in July.
This week, No. 41-ranked Begu continued that form by winning the event without dropping a set and conceding only 18 games in five matches. The final was her toughest of those, though as Begu needed an hour and 47 minutes to quell a dogged Jani, who led by an early break in the second set.
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Begu had taken a Top-50 wild card into the Wta 125 tournament in her hometown of Bucharest, where she had previously won the 250-level title in 2017.
The 32-year-old Romanian has been on an upswing in 2022, reaching the fourth round of a major for the first time in six years at Roland Garros and then collecting her fifth tour-level trophy in Palermo in July.
This week, No. 41-ranked Begu continued that form by winning the event without dropping a set and conceding only 18 games in five matches. The final was her toughest of those, though as Begu needed an hour and 47 minutes to quell a dogged Jani, who led by an early break in the second set.
Though Begu’s bigger...
- 9/18/2022
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Miami, March 25 (Ians) No.70 Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania earned her first top 10 win since 2018, defeating top seed Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 6-4 in the second round of the Miami Open on Thursday. Begu’s victory closed out a tough Day 3 for the seeds in Miami, coming just minutes after No.65 Ann Li […]...
- 3/25/2022
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Paris, June 11 (Ians) Czech Republic's Barbora Krejcikova could become the first woman since Mary Pierce of France in 2000 to clinch both the singles and doubles French Open titles after the 25-year-old advanced on Friday to the final with partner Katerina Siniakova .
Barbora and Katerina defeated Polish-American pair Magda Linette and Bernarda Pera 6-1, 6-2 on Friday.
Barbora and Katerina will meet Poland's Iga Swiatek and American Bethanie Mattek-Sands -- who overcame Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania and Nadia Podoroska of Argentina 6-3, 6-4 -- in the final.
In 2018, Barbora, who has set up a title clash in women's singles against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, was ranked world No.1 in doubles.
Together, Barbora and Katerina are headed to their fourth major final as a team, and second at French Open.
Barbora and Katerina won the French Open and Wimbledon titles together in 2018. Barobra will return to the No.1 spot in doubles rankings should she triumph with her partner.
Barbora and Katerina defeated Polish-American pair Magda Linette and Bernarda Pera 6-1, 6-2 on Friday.
Barbora and Katerina will meet Poland's Iga Swiatek and American Bethanie Mattek-Sands -- who overcame Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania and Nadia Podoroska of Argentina 6-3, 6-4 -- in the final.
In 2018, Barbora, who has set up a title clash in women's singles against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, was ranked world No.1 in doubles.
Together, Barbora and Katerina are headed to their fourth major final as a team, and second at French Open.
Barbora and Katerina won the French Open and Wimbledon titles together in 2018. Barobra will return to the No.1 spot in doubles rankings should she triumph with her partner.
- 6/11/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
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