Erakovic bundled out in Miami

New Zealand tennis No 1 Marina Erakovic has drawn clay court specialist Irina-Camelia Begu in the first round of the $US4.33 million ($5.34m) Sony Open tournament in Miami. At No 53 in the world, the Romanian is ranked nine spots above Erakovic, who ...

Marina Erakovic has fallen at the first hurdle in the prestigious Miami tennis tournament, losing 6-1 4-6 6-4 to Irina-Camelia Begu from Romania. The match lasted 2 hours 28 minutes and it is the second time in a row that Erakovic has lost in the ...

Fourth seed Radwanska advances at Australian Open news.taaza.com: (4 Months ago) Melbourne, Jan 16 (IANS) Fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska advanced to the third round of the Australian Open women's singles after Wednesday's straight-set win over ...

New Zealand No 1 Marina Erakovic says she needs to win the mental battle of playing at big tennis tournaments to take her career to the next level. With part one of the American WTA season over, attention switches to Europe and initially tournaments ...

PARIBAS - Number one seed Petra Kvitova cruised into the semi-finals of the BNP Paribas Katowice Open with a straight-sets win over Croatian Petra Martic. The Czech world number eight strolled to a 6-3 6-2 win over Martic in just under 70 minutes at ...

Petra Kvitova is through to the quarter-finals of the Katowice OpenPetra Kvitova overcame a shaky start to despatch Mandy Minella and claim a place in the quarter-finals of the Katowice Open in Poland.The Czech top seed had been trailing 4-1 in the ...

KATOWICE, Poland, April 11 (UPI) -- Kvitova, a former Wimbledon champion and ranked No. 8 in the world beat Mandy Minella of Luxembourg 7-5, 6-2 to advance to a Friday match against fellow Croat Petra Martic. Vinci rallied to eliminate Dutchwoman ...

The 25-year-old Israeli, ranked No. 118 in the world, comfortably beat Craybas (240) to progress to quarterfinal. Shahar Pe'er Photo: REUTERS Shahar Pe'er advanced to her first WTA Tour quarterfinal since January 2012 on Thursday, beating Jill ...

Fourth and fifth seeds Julia Goerges and Alize Cornet crashed out of the Katowice Open. Cornet suffered a two-set hammering at the hands of qualifier Anna Schmiedlova, 6-3 6-0, while Germany's Goerges was forced to retire from her match against ...