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  • The Top 10 Social Media Followings in Women’s Tennis

    The Top 10 Social Media Followings in Women’s Tennis

    Serena Williams has been the dominant player of her era, but is she the Queen of social media?

    Tennis Frontier went on a fact-finding mission to see which players were rocking the realm of Cyberspace with social media followings.  We checked out the Twitter, Facebook and Instagram followings of the major players. Overall figures are shown in brackets.

    No.10 Agnieszka Radwanska (Followers: 1,543,660)

    Polish playmaker, Aga Radwanska squeezes into the Top 10 edging out Spanish starlet Garbiñe Muguruza (1,524,314) and Martina Hingis (1,353,066) by virtue of a pretty hefty Facebook following.

    Facebook: 948,660
    Twitter: 312,000
    Instagram: 283,000

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    No.9 Petra Kvitova (1,553,991)

    Czech powerhouse and two-time major winner Petra Kvitova chimes in at Number 9 on the list. Petra has a pretty balanced following across all three of the major social media networks.

    Facebook: 664,991
    Twitter: 535,000
    Instagram: 354,000

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    No.8 Angelique Kerber (1,649,984)

    Former world number one Angelique Kerber ranks 8 on the list. The German star posts in both English and her native language.

    Facebook: 834,984
    Twitter: 357,000
    Instagram: 458,000

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    No.7 Simona Halep (2,219,669)

    The pride of Romania, Simona Halep performs solidly on Facebook and Instragram, less so on Twitter where she would rank outside the Top 10.

    Facebook: 1,412,669
    Twitter: 196,000
    Instagram: 611,000

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    No.6 Victoria Azarenka (3,500,028)

    Vika has a solid following of over 3.5 million. The Belarusian former world number one is particularly active on Twitter and this reflects in her numbers.

    Facebook: 1,490,028
    Twitter: 1,410,000
    Instagram: 600,000

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    No.5 Eugenie Bouchard (4,924,200)

    Genie bats way above her tennis accomplishments when it comes to social media.  The Canadien weighs in at Number 5 on the overall list and No.3 on Instagram. Photogenic, sassy and a marketers dream.

    Facebook: 1,524,200
    Twitter: 1,700,000
    Instagram: 1,700,000

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    No.4 Venus Williams (4,995,700)

    Legendary veteran Venus Williams appears at Number 4 on the list. Not quite as active on social media as some of her counterparts, she still rides high.

    Facebook: 2,285,700
    Twitter: 1,770,000
    Instagram: 940,000

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    No.3 Caroline Wozniacki (5,947,376)

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    Caro’s recent major winning exploits have given her a boost, but she was doing pretty well in any event. Wozniacki is very active in promotional work and Sports Illustrated photoshoots don’t harm the cause.
    The Danish star ranks 3.

    Facebook: 1,567,376
    Twitter: 3,180,000
    Instagram: 1,200,000

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    No.2 Serena Williams (23,996,996)

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    Serena Williams transcends the sport.  Nearly 24 million followers give her a buffer of over 18 million followers to third-placed Caroline Wozniacki. Williams is ranked #1 on both Instagram and Twitter in comparison to her peers.

    Facebook: 5,296,996
    Twitter: 10,800,000
    Instagram: 7,900,000

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    No.1 Maria Sharapova (26,834,575)

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    Maria Sharapova comes top of the list, courtesy of a mammoth 15 million + Facebook following. The Russian can rightfully claim the title of “Tennis Queen of Social Media”. With nearly 27 million overall followers, Sharapova is the marketing gift that just keeps giving.

    Facebook: 15,214,575
    Twitter: 8,620,000
    Instagram: 3,000,000

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  • Australian Open Day 4: Order of Play & Scores

    Australian Open Day 4: Order of Play & Scores

    Serena Williams Kei Nishikori Novak Djokovic Caroline Wozniacki

    Day 4 of the Australian Open features the Men’s and Women’s top seeds in action. Serena Williams (USA) will face Vera Zvonareva (RUS) on Rod Laver Arena, followed by Novak Djokovic (SRB), who will play Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS). The night session on Margaret Court Arena kicks off with Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) (8) playing Victoria Azarenka (BLR). The first match on Hisense pits Kei Nishikori (5) against Ivan Dodig (CRO).

    The full schedule for Day 4 is listed below (Results to follow).  All times are local.

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    ROD LAVER ARENA — 11:00AM

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) (6) d. Johanna Larsson (SWE) — 6-0, 6-1

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Serena Williams (USA) (1) d. Vera Zvonareva (RUS) — 7-5, 6-0

    Men’s Singles – Round 2
    Novak Djokovic (SRB) (1) d. Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) — 6-0, 6-1, 6-4

    Not Before 7:00PM

    Men’s Singles – Round 2
    Benjamin Becker (GER) d. Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) — 2-6, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Coco Vandeweghe (USA) d. Samantha Stosur (AUS) (20) — 6-4, 6-4

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    MARGARET COURT ARENA — 11:00AM 

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Venus Williams (USA) (18) d. Lauren Davis (USA) — 6-2, 6-3

    Men’s Singles – Round 2
    Stan Wawrinka (SUI) (4) d. Marius Copil (ROU) — 7-6(4), 7-6(4), 6-3

    Not Before: 3:00pm

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Casey Dellacqua (AUS) (29) d. Madison Keys (USA) — 2-6, 6-1, 6-1

    Not Before 7:00PM

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) (8) — 6-4, 6-2

    Men’s Singles – Round 2
    Milos Raonic (CAN) (8) d. Donald Young (USA) — 6-4, 7-6(3), 6-3

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    HISENSE ARENA — 11:00AM

    Men’s Singles – Round 2
    Kei Nishikori (JPN) (5) d. Ivan Dodig (CRO) — 4-6, 7-5, 6-2, 7-6(0)

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) (11) d. Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) — 6-2, 6-0

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Petra Kvitova (CZE) (4) d. Mona Barthel (GER) — 6-2, 6-4

    Not Before: 5:30pm

    Men’s Singles – Round 2
    Jerzy Janowicz (POL) d. Gael Monfils (FRA) (17) — 6-4, 1-6, 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-3

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    SHOW COURT 2 — 11:00AM

    Men’s Singles – Round 2
    John Isner (USA) (19) d. Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT) — 6-4, 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-4

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Varvara Lepchenko (USA) (30) d. Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) — 6-1, 7-6(1)

    Men’s Singles – Round 2
    David Ferrer (ESP) (9) d. Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) — 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Feliciano Lopez (ESP) / Max Mirnyi (BLR) d. James Duckworth (AUS) / Luke Saville (AUS) — 7-6(1), 6-7(5), 6-2

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Eric Butorac (USA) (12) / Sam Groth (AUS) (12) d. Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) / Andreas Seppi (ITA) — 6-3, 7-6(5)

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    SHOW COURT 3 — 11:00AM

    Men’s Singles – Round 2
    Feliciano Lopez (ESP) (12) d. Adrian Mannarino (FRA) — 4-6, 4-6, 7-6(3), 4-0 (Ret.)

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Alize Cornet (FRA) (19) d. Denisa Allertova (CZE) — 6-4, 6-7(2), 6-2

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Andrey Golubev (KAZ) / Denis Istomin (UZB) d. Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) / Nick Kyrgios (AUS) — 6-3, 2-6, 6-2

    Not Before: 6:00pm

    Men’s Singles – Round 2
    Fernando Verdasco (ESP) (31) d. Go Soeda (JPN) — 6-3, 6-2, 7-6(3)

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    COURT 6 — 11:00AM

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Garbine Muguruza (ESP) (24) d. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) — 6-1, 1-6, 6-0

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Camila Giorgi (ITA) d. Tereza Smitkova (CZE) — 6-1, 6-4

    Men’s Singles – Round 2
    Gilles Simon (FRA) (18) d. Marcel Granollers (ESP) — 7-6(5), 6-2, 6-4

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) (25) d. Kai-Chen Chang (TPE) — 6-1, 6-5

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    COURT 7 — 11:00AM 

    Men’s Singles – Round 2
    Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) d. Matthias Bachinger (GER) — 7-6(4), 7-5, 7-5

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Elina Svitolina (UKR) (26) d. Nicole Gibbs (USA) — 7-6(3), 7-6(6)

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) / Karin Knapp (ITA) d. Chia-Jung Chuang (TPE) / Shuai Zhang (CHN) — 6-3, 6-3

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) / Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) d. Jessica Moore (AUS) / Abbie Myers (AUS) — 6-0, 6-0

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    COURT 8 — 11:00AM 

    Men’s Singles – Round 2
    Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) d. Alejandro Gonzalez (COL) — 6-1, 6-3, 6-3

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Diego Schwartzman (ARG) / Horacio Zeballos (ARG) d. Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) / Jurgen Melzer (AUT) — 6-4, 6-3

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Rohan Bopanna (IND) (7) / Daniel Nestor (CAN) (7) d. Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) / Marinko Matosevic (AUS) — 7-6(2), 7-5

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Madison Brengle (USA) d. Irina Falconi (USA) — 6-1, 6-3

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    COURT 10 — 11:00AM 

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) / Nicolas Mahut (FRA) d. Martin Klizan (SVK) / Philipp Oswald (AUT) — 7-6(6), 7-6(2)

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Alexandra Panova (RUS) / Heather Watson (GBR) d. Annika Beck (GER) / Shahar Peer (ISR) — 2-6, 7-5, 3-1 (Ret.)

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Timea Babos (HUN) (10) / Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) (10) d. Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) / Katarzyna Piter (POL) — 6-1, 6-3

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) (6) / Horia Tecau (ROU) (6) d. Ricardas Berankis (LTU) / Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT) — 6-4, 6-2

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    COURT 11 — 11:00AM

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL) (11) / Robert Farah (COL) (11) d. Mate Pavic (CRO) / Andre Sa (BRA) — 3-6, 6-3, 6-2

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) (9) / Lucie Hradecka (CZE) (9) d. Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) / Olga Savchuk (UKR) — 6-0, 7-6(4)

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Jeremy Chardy (FRA) / Lukasz Kubot (POL) d. Daniele Bracciali (ITA) / Jesse Huta Galung (NED) — 6-3, 6-4

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Pablo Andujar (ESP) / Dustin Brown (GER) d. Ivo Karlovic (CRO) / Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) — 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(5)

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    COURT 12 — 11:00AM  

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Alexander Peya (AUT) (5) / Bruno Soares (BRA) (5) d. Viktor Troicki (SRB) / Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) — 6-1, 6-4

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Zarina Diyas (KAZ) / Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) d. Darija Jurak (CRO) / Megan Moulton-Levy (USA) — 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(5)

    Not Before: 3:00pm

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Julien Benneteau (FRA) (2) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) (2) d. Hsin-Han Lee (TPE) / Ze Zhang (CHN) — 6-1, 6-4

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Raquel Kops-Jones (USA) (5) / Abigail Spears (USA) (5) d. Kimberly Birrell (AUS) / Priscilla Hon (AUS) — 6-3, 7-5

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    COURT 13 — 11:00AM 

    Men’s Singles – Round 2
    Vasek Pospisil (CAN) d. Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) — 6-7(3), 7-6(4), 6-3, 6-4

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Yung-Jan Chan (TPE) (14) / Jie Zheng (CHN) (14) d. Klara Koukalova (CZE) / Stefanie Voegele (SUI) — 6-3, 6-0

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Robert Lindstedt (SWE) (9) / Marcin Matkowski (POL) (9) d. Malek Jaziri (TUN) / Adil Shamasdin (CAN) — 6-4, 6-4

    Not Before: 4:00pm

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    COURT 15 — 11:00AM 

    Men’s Singles – Round 2
    Steve Johnson (USA) d. Santiago Giraldo (COL) (30) — 6-3, 6-4, 6-2

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Sara Errani (ITA) (1) / Roberta Vinci (ITA) (1) d. Karolina Pliskova (CZE) / Anna Schmiedlova (SVK) — 6-2, 6-0

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Kiki Bertens (NED) / Johanna Larsson (SWE) d. Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO) / Lisa Raymond (USA) — 7-6(7), 6-3

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Simone Bolelli (ITA) / Fabio Fognini (ITA) d. Steve Johnson (USA) / Sam Querrey (USA) — 5-7, 6-4, 6-3

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    COURT 19 — 11:00AM

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) d. Anna Tatishvili (USA) — 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-2

    Men’s Singles – Round 2
    Gilles Muller (LUX) d. Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) (13)  — 7-6(5), 1-6, 7-5, 6-1

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) / Maria Torro-Flor (ESP) d. Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) / Yuliya Beygelzimer (UKR) — 4-6, 6-2, 6-1

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    COURT 20 — 11:00AM  

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Julia Goerges (GER) (16) / Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) (16) d. Maddison Inglis (AUS) / Alexandra Nancarrow (AUS) — 6-4, 6-1

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Lara Arruabarrena (ESP) / Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) d. Zhaoxuan Yang (CHN) / Qiu Yu Ye (CHN) — 5-7, 6-4, 6-4

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) / Lucie Safarova (CZE) d. Tatjana Maria (GER) / Raluca Olaru (ROU) — 6-3, 6-2

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    COURT 22 — 11:00AM 

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Carlos Berlocq (ARG) / Leonardo Mayer (ARG) d. Johan Brunstrom (SWE) / Nicholas Monroe (USA) — 6-4, 6-4

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Caroline Garcia (FRA) (7) / Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) (7) d. Andrea Petkovic (GER) / Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) — 6-4, 5-7, 6-2

    Not Before: 3:00pm

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Oliver Marach (AUT) / Michael Venus (NZL) d. Peter Gojowczyk (GER) / Lukas Rosol (CZE) — 6-3, 7-6(4)

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Santiago Giraldo (COL) / Joao Sousa (POR) d. Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL) / Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) — 6-4, 6-4

  • WTA: Week No. 1

    WTA: Week No. 1

    Maria Sharapova Venus Williams Simona Halep

    The 2015 tennis season started with multiple events in different cities. Brisbane, Auckland, and Perth in Australia, plus Shenzhen in China were all hosting events. All this serving as warm-up to the first Grand Slam of 2015 in Melbourne, Australia.

    The first title of the season went to one of the oldest players on tour. Venus Williams scored her 46th career title in Auckland in a drama-filled three-set encounter against Caroline Wozniacki. The two former world No. 1’s delighted a packed crowd on a bright, windy, sunny afternoon for close to two hours. The final score was 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 in favor of Venus.

    Ana Ivanovic was in the same position as Venus, but she was competing in Brisbane, the only Premier-level event of the week, though Ana was the second seed and across the net was the top seed again. Maria Sharapova and Ana Ivanovic delivered and made the final in a dream match-up. Both former No. 1’s fought for 2 and 1/2 hours before Maria finished first in the three-set match. The first set alone took over an hour. Final score:  6-7(4), 6-3, 6-3.

    With Li Na’s retirement, Shenzhen was left without a defending champion in its third year of existance but WTA delivered two Top 10 stars in the form of Simona Halep and Petra Kvitova. In the end, the two stars delivered. Simona Halep won her first title of 2015, and her ninth overall in a little over an hour via straight sets; Petra Kvitova lost the semifinals to eventual runner-up Timea Bacsinszky.

  • Singapore BNP Paribas WTA Finals – Day 6: Semifinals – Order of Play & Scores

    Singapore BNP Paribas WTA Finals – Day 6: Semifinals – Order of Play & Scores

    Serena Williams Caroline Wozniacki Simona Halep Agnieszka Radwanska

    Day 6 of the BNP Paribas WTA Finals features the semifinals. First up are Serena Williams (1) and Caroline Wozniacki (8). They’re followed in the evening session by Simona Halep (4) and Agnieszka Radwanska (6).

    [Scores added as known. All times are local.]

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    Center Court — 12:00 P.M.

    Su-Wei Hsieh/Shuai Peng (2) d. Alla Kudryavtseva/Anastasia Rodionova — 6-1, 6-4

    Not Before 2:30 P.M.

    Serena Williams (1) (USA) d. Caroline Wozniacki (8) (DEN) — 2-6, 6-3, 7-6(6)

    Not Before 6:00 P.M.

    Simona Halep (4) (ROU) d. Agnieszka Radwanska (6) (POL) — 6-2, 6-2

    Cara Black/Sania Mirza (3) d. Kveta Peschke/Katarina Srebotnik — 4-6, 7-5, 11-9

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  • Singapore BNP Paribas WTA Finals – Day 5 – Order of Play & Scores

    Singapore BNP Paribas WTA Finals – Day 5 – Order of Play & Scores

    Serena Williams Maria Sharapova Caroline Wozniacki Ana Ivanovic Simona Halep Petra Kvitova Eugenie Bouchard Agniezska Radwanska

    Round-robin action concludes on Day 5 of the BNP Paribas WTA Finals. Up first are Maria Sharapova (2) and Agnieszka Radwanska (6), followed by Petra Kvitova (3) and Caroline Wozniacki (8). The night session features Simona Halep (4) and Ana Ivanovic (7).

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    Center Court — 1:30 P.M.

    Maria Sharapova (2) (RUS) d. Agnieszka Radwanska (6) (POL) — 7-5, 6-7(4), 6-2
    Caroline Wozniacki (8) (DEN) d. Petra Kvitova (3) (CZE) — 6-2, 6-3

    Not Before 7:30 P.M.

    Ana Ivanovic (7) (SRB) d. Simona Halep (4) (ROU) — 7-6(7), 3-6, 6-3
    Kveta Peschke/Katarina Srebotnik d. Sara Errani/Roberta Vinci (1) — 2-1 (Ret.)

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  • Singapore BNP Paribas WTA Finals – Day 4 – Order of Play & Scores

    Singapore BNP Paribas WTA Finals – Day 4 – Order of Play & Scores

    Serena Williams Maria Sharapova Ana Ivanovic Agnieszka Radwanska Simona Halep Petra Kvitova Eugenie Bouchard Caroline Wozniacki

    Action on the fourth day of the BNP Paribas WTA Finals kicks off with Agnieszka Radwanska (6) taking on Caroline Wozniacki (8). They’re followed by Maria Sharapova (2) and Petra Kvitova (3). The evening session features Serena Williams (1) and Eugenie Bouchard (5).

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    Center Court — 1:30 P.M.

    Caroline Wozniacki (8) (DEN) d. Agnieszka Radwanska (6) (POL) — 7-5, 6-3

    Petra Kvitova (3) (CZE) d. Maria Sharapova (2) (RUS) — 6-3, 6-2

    Not Before 7:30 P.M.

    Serena Williams (1) (USA) d. Eugenie Bouchard (5) (CAN) — 6-1, 6-1

    Cara Black/Sania Mirza (3) d. Raquel Kop-Jones/Abigail Spears — 6-3, 2-6, 12-10

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  • Singapore BNP Paribas WTA Finals – Day 2 – Order of Play & Scores

    Singapore BNP Paribas WTA Finals – Day 2 – Order of Play & Scores

    Caroline Wozniacki Maria Sharapova Petra Kvitova Agnieszka Radwanska

    Second day action at the BNP Paribas WTA Finals features the players in the White Group: Caroline Wozniacki will take on Maria Sharapova, and Petra Kvitova will play Agnieszka Radwanska.

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    7:30 P.M.:

    (8) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) d. (2) Maria Sharapova (RUS) — 7-6(4), 6-7(5), 6-2

    (6) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. (3) Petra Kvitova (CZE) — 6-2, 6-3

     

    [Scores added as known. All times are local.]

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  • Draw Set for Singapore BNP Paribas WTA Finals

    Draw Set for Singapore BNP Paribas WTA Finals

    Serena Williams Maria Sharapova Caroline Wozniaki Simona Halep Petra Kvitova Ana Ivanovic Eugenie Bouchard Aga Radwanska Singapore 2014

    The draw for the two round-robin teams for the 2014 BNP Paribas WTA Finals, in Singapore, has been set.

    White Group:

    Maria Sharapova
    Petra Kvitova
    Agnieszka Radwanska
    Caroline Wozniacki

    Red Group:

    Serena Williams
    Simona Halep
    Eugenie Bouchard
    Ana Ivanovic

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  • Ivanovic Takes Tokyo Title

    Ivanovic Takes Tokyo Title

    Ana Ivanovic

    In a battle between two former number one ranked players, third seeded Ana Ivanovic of Serbia defeated No. 2 seed Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark in a straight set match that took 1 hour and 40 minutes. The final score: 6-2, 7-6(2).

    Caroline, a former winner here in 2010 and a finalist in this year’s US Open, got ahead twice in the second set only to lose the lead and ultimately lose the match in a second set tiebreak.

    Ivanovic, the 2008 French Open champion, added to her 51 match record win, a career best for her, by winning the WTA premier tournament, in which she did not drop a set. This is career title No. 15 for Ivanovic, and her fourth of the year. The win puts her ahead of Jelena Jankovic as the top Serbian player.

    The result puts both Ivanovic and Wozniacki ahead of Angelique Kerber in the race to the year end championship in Singapore, with the Serb occupying the sixth place in that race.

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    Cover Photo (Creative Commons License): Christian Mesiano

  • Supreme Serena Wins 18th Major Title at US Open

    Supreme Serena Wins 18th Major Title at US Open

    2014 US Open W Winner - Serena

    Serena Williams has won the US Open for the sixth time, beating her good friend Caroline Wozniacki, 6-3, 6-3.  This makes Serena’s 18th Major title overall, tying her with Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert, and putting her four titles behind Steffi Graf, the all-time leader with 22 Majors.

    The first set was a nervy affair, featuring five straight breaks of serve, and more errors than winners.  In the second, Williams broke Wozniacki in the first game, giving her a lead she never relinquished.  The Dane seemed to be finding her game midway through the second set, but it was too little too late.

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    Cover Photo (Creative Commons License): Marianne Bevis

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