Scheepers sails at Grand Prix SAR
Chanelle Scheepers of South Africa routed Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor 6-2, 6-1 on Wednesday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Grand Prix SAR.
Scheepers broke the Spanish player's serve seven times in the match and next meets either seventh-seeded Kristina Mladenovic of France or Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan.
Putintseva reached the second round after beating Mathilde Johansson...
WTA Katowice Gallery: Radwanska Exhibition Match; Pironkova, Minella, Peer and more
KATOWICE (April 9, 2013) — Tuesday at the BNP Paribas Katowice Open included a special doubles exhibition match featuring Poland’s top talent, Agnieszka Radwanska, and also saw two seed bow out, No. 5 seed Alize Cornet and No. 4 Julia Goerges as she was forced to retire down 4-1 in the third set. Full results and gallery below.
SINGLES – FIRST ROUND
Mandy Minella (LUX) d Vesna...
Female Tennis Player Gets Stung By Wasp On Her ‘Backside’ During Match
Lauren Davis didn’t have the best of luck when she took on France’s Alize Cornet at the Sony Open this week. Following the second set of her match against France’s Alize Cornet at the Sony Open, Lauren was stung by a wasp directly on her rear end and it looked like it hurt. You can tell from the pictures that it was’t exactly a pleasant experience. To make matters worse...
NOT THE BEES!
Player stung on behind during loss
During her third-round loss against Alize Cornet at the Sony Open, Lauren Davis had the unfortunate experience of having a wasp sting her on her backside.
Lauren Davis loss stings ... literally
Novak Djokovic, the world No. 1, cruised through to round four; Maria Sharapova, the world No. 2, had to fight a little harder to get there. But for Lauren Davis, the third round of the Sony Open proved both disappointing and painful.
She got stung on the butt by a wasp. Then she drew blood on her thigh with an errant finger nail.
The 19-year-old who trains at the Evert Academy...
“Lucky Loser” Lauren Davis Out of Luck in Miami
Lauren Davis in action against Alize Cornet
By Jane Voigt
MIAMI, FL (March 24, 2013) — How does a tournament fare when it loses star power? Sure, Venus Williams is out, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer were never in, and Juan Martin del Potro lost early. That doesn’t mean there isn’t plenty to see here at Sony Open Tennis, where a slew of story-lines and drama played out today...
What to Watch in the WTA This Week: Previews of Acapulco, Florianopolis, and Kuala Lumpur
Can Errani carry her success from one surface and hemisphere to another?
While eight of the top ten men are active in the week before Indian Wells, only two of the top ten women have chosen live matches over practice sessions. Two clay tournaments in the Western Hemisphere accompany an Asian hard-court tournament as the last chance to reverse or extend momentum before the March...
Djokovic routs Harrison to advance
Venus Williams, wearing a dress that looked as if it has been taken from an artist's palette, set up a third-round clash with Maria Sharapova after outplaying Alize Cornet of France 6-3, 6-3 in the first of the night matches on Rod Laver Arena.
Novak Djokovic has no need of an artist's brushstrokes. He just uses canon fire to demolish his opponents and, for the second time...
Venus Williams through to face Sharapova in Australian Open Third Round
By Jaclyn Stacey
(January 16, 2013) MELBOURNE PARK, Australia - Venus Williams comfortably defeated France’s Alize Cornet in straight sets 6-3, 6-3 to advance to a third round meeting with Maria Sharapova in the Australian Open third round on Friday.
The young Frenchwoman broke Williams at the beginning of the match to lead 2-0 but she could not match the power and experience...
Serena Williams Powers Past Cornet in Brisbane
(January 1, 2013) Serena Williams nailed six aces in sailing past Alize Cornet of France 6-2, 6-2 on Tuesday at the Brisbane International.
Williams dominated with her power rocking one of her aces at 124 mph (200 kilometers per hour).
“I just really went for it. I’ve hit 200 before, but they never go in so I was really excited that it went in,” Williams said. “I tried...
Generali Ladies Results
Results Tuesday from the Generali Ladies, a $220,000 (?154,000) WTA Tour event on indoor hard courts at Tips Arena (seedings in parentheses):
Singles First Round Carla Suarez Navarro, Spain, def. Magdalena Rybarikova, Slovakia, 6-3, 6-4.
Romina Oprandi, Switzerland, def. Alexandra Cadantu, Romania, 6-2, 6-1.
Mallory Burdette, United States, def. Ksenia Pervak, Kazakhstan, 6-3...
Top-seeded Azarenka advances at China Open
Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka and No. 2 Maria Sharapova both advanced to the second round of the China Open on Monday.
Azarenka easily beat Alize Cornet of France 6-1, 6-0, while Sharapova had a harder time knocking off Simona Halep of Romania 7-5, 7-5.
Azarenka is hoping to rebound from last week in Tokyo where she withdrew from the tournament after a bout of dizziness in the third...
Begu beats Vekic for first WTA title
Unseeded Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania beat Croatian teenager Donna Vekic 6-4, 6-4 in the Tashkent Open final on Saturday to take home her first WTA title.
Vekic, a 16-year-old qualifier who had won seven straight matches coming into the final, was looking to become the youngest winner on the WTA tour in six years. But she struggled to keep up with Begu and her serve let her down...
Urszula Radwanska into 2nd round at Tashkent Open
Urszula Radwanska of Poland and two other seeded players advanced to the second round of the Tashkent Open on Monday.
The second-seeded Radwanska rallied from 5-1 down in the second set to win 6-4, 7-5 against Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor of Spain.
Third-seeded Alize Cornet of France swept aside Nina Bratchikova of Russia, winning 6-1, 6-3. Seventh-seeded Alexandra Panova of Russia...
Tashkent Open Results
Results Monday at the Tashkent Open, a $220,000 ATP World Tour event played on outdoor hard courts at The Olympic Tennis School (seedings in parentheses):
Singles First Round Urszula Radwanska (2), Poland, def. Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor, Spain, 6-4, 7-5.
Alize Cornet (3), France, def. Nina Bratchikova, Russia, 6-1, 6-3.
Alexandra Panova (7), Russia, def. Jarmila Gajdosova, Australia...
WTA Bad Gastein – Cornet prevails over Wickmayer, as Goerges and Craybas take doubles title
By Romi Cvitkovic
Although the WTA tournament in Bad Gastein started off with days of rain, the tournament ended in tears of joy for one of its winners, Alize Cornet. In just her second career title, she dispatched of Yanina Wickmayer 7-5, 7-6(1) in just over two hours.
“It has been four years I haven’t won a singles title, so it’s just happiness now. I’m so happy,...
Cornet Captures Bad Gastein
France’s Alize Cornet stopped Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium 7-5, 7-6 (1) on Sunday to win the Gastein Ladies. For the 73rd ranked Cornet it’s her first title in four years. she last won a tournament in Budapest in 2008.
“I knew it would be a really tough match, Cornet said. Yanina’s a really good player. I was about to lose the second set but I fought so much and tried to...
Cornet captures Gastein Ladies title
Alize Cornet of France defeated Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium 7-5, 7-6 (1) on Sunday to win the Gastein Ladies for her first title in four years.
The seventh-seeded Cornet, ranked 73rd, earned her second career title after winning in Budapest, Hungary, in 2008. She is 2-3 in WTA finals. She lost the final in Strasbourg last month.
''This was the tournament I wanted to win...
WTA Bad Gastein – Martic goes paragliding as Cornet and Wickmayer setup finals showdown
Full singles results from the Nurnberger Gastein Ladies WTA tournament in Austria. Check out the full gallery below, including on-court action shots and a paraglider ride with Petra Martic!
Quarterfinals:
[7] Alize Cornet d. Estrella Cabeza Candela 6-1, 6-2
[3] Ksenia Pervak d. [Q] Chichi Scholl 6-4, 6-1
Mandy Minella d [8] Johanna Larsson 1-6, 6-2, 6-2
[2/W] Yanina Wickmayer...
Cornet reaches Gastein Ladies final
Alize Cornet of France eased past Ksenia Pervak of Kazakhstan 6-2, 6-2 Saturday to advance to the final of the Gastein Ladies.
The third-seeded Pervak, who also lost in the semifinals last year, dropped all of her eight service games.
No. 7 Cornet, who is looking for her second career WTA title after winning in Budapest four years ago, will play either No. 2 Yanina Wickmayer of...
Gastein Ladies Results
Results Tuesday from the Gastein Ladies, a WTA event on outdoor clay at the Europaeischer Hof (seedings in parentheses):
Singles First Round Mandy Minella, Luxembourg, def. Ajla Tomljanovic, Croatia, 6-3, 6-4.
Sarah Gronert, Germany, def. Eva Birnerova, Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-0.
Richel Hogenkamp, Netherlands, def. Julia Goerges (1), Germany, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Alize Cornet (7), France...
WTA Bad Gastein – Toga-themed player’s party with Julia Goerges, Alize Cornet, Yanina Wickmayer
By Romi Cvitkovic
The rain at WTA Bad Gastein forced play to halt for most of the day Monday, but the players still attended a toga-themed Player’s Party in the evening before calling it a day. Tennis Grandstand photographer Rick Gleijm is on-hand in Austria all week. For the full scoop, check out his gallery below!
Not much occurred on-court today, but luckily, the last of...
WTA Bad Gastein – Qualification weekend, draw ceremony and Julia Goerges arrival
By Romi Cvitkovic
Alize Cornet, Barbara Haas, Andreas Prommegger and Nicole Rottmann (Rick Gleijm/Tennis Grandstand)
Set in the picturesque Gastein valley of the Austrian Alps, the red clay tennis courts of the NÜRNBERGER Gastein Ladies tournament lay in sharp contrast to the green of the surrounding national park. Bad Gastein is known as a luxurious spa town in the Austrian...
French Open 2012 Tennis Fashion. Day 2: Cibulkova and Cornet - Lacoste Women's Fashion
Since we've already touched Lacoste fashion at French Open speaking about Andy Roddick's 2012 French Open fashion, we would like to continue it and show what Lacoste presented on the women's side.
Alize Cornet, Dominica Cibulkova; French Open 2012
I really liked Alize Cornet's Lacoste dress in blue, which was also worn by Dominica Cibulkova, but in orange...
Francesca Schiavone victorious against a resurgent Alize Cornet in Strasbourg
By Romana Cvitkovic
Italian tennis player Francesca Schiavone has a lot to celebrate after winning the Internationaux de Strasbourg over French wildcard Alize Cornet, 6-4, 6-4. It had been two years since Schiavone’s last title at the 2010 French Open and her first final since last year’s French Open.
Going in to today’s final, the expected winner was Schiavone as she...
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