KIRSTEN FLIPKENS RUMORS
Agnieszka Radwanska's behind-the-back return is tennis' play of the year
Agnieszka Radwanska, volleying with Kirsten Flipkens at the 2013 Sony Open, ran past one of Flipkens' returns as it hit the top of the net and bounced up. Radwanska does a complete 360 and,...
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Sony Open Tennis – Tuesday Results, Wednesday Schedule
SONY OPEN TENNIS Miami, FL, USA March 19-31, 2013 Hard/Outdoors Results – Tuesday, March 26, 2013 WTA Singles – Quarterfinals (1) Serena Williams (USA) d. (5) Li Na (CHN) 63 76(5) (4) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. (30) Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) 46 64 62 WTA Doubles – Quarterfinals (1) Errani/Vinci (ITA/ITA) d. (7) Mattek-Sands/Mirza (USA/IND) 61 [...]
Flipkens Talks About Relationship with Clijsters
Kirsten Flipkens photo by Cristiano Andujar/Foto Arena
By Barbara Galiza
(February 26, 2013) Florianópolis – This week, at 27, Kirsten Flipkens reached the highest ranking of her career – 31st – and became Belgium’s No. 1 tennis player for the first time. Her happiness, however, was short-lived. Complaining of a right leg injury, Flipkens fell in three sets in WTA Florianópolis’...
Flipkens back to best after health scare
After the year she's had, a lopsided loss to Maria Sharapova at the Australian Open is an event Kirsten Flipkens can keep in perspective.
Nine months ago, Flipkens flew from a tournament in Thailand to her native Belgium and stepped off the plane with extreme pain in her calf. She went to a doctor and was told she had blood clots in both legs.
''My life could have been...
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January 20, 2013
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Fit-again Flipkens back to best after health scare
After the year she's had, a lopsided loss to Maria Sharapova at the Australian Open is an event Kirsten Flipkens can keep in perspective.
Nine months ago, Flipkens flew from a tournament in Thailand to her native Belgium and stepped off the plane with extreme pain in her calf. She went to a doctor and was told she had blood clots in both legs.
''My life could have been...
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January 20, 2013
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Bakery Open For Business: Sharapova Toasts Flipkens To Secure Australian Open Quarterfinal Berth
Ample reason has Sharapova to smile after four overwhelming victories.
In the wake of her statement triumph over Venus Williams, world #2 Maria Sharapova faced the challenge of avoiding complacency as she prepared for a fourth-round encounter with the unremarkable Kirsten Flipkens. At first, that challenge did seem to trouble an inconsistent, uninspired Russian, who struggled through...
Flipkens and Hradecka Move into Québec City Final
BELL CHALLENGE
Québec City, Canada
September 10-16, 2012
$220,000/International
Hard/Indoors
Results – Saturday, September 15, 2012
Singles – Semifinals
Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) d. (3) Mona Barthel (GER) 76(6) 76(3)
(8) Lucie Hradecka (CZE) d. (Q) Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 75 76(5)
Doubles – Semifinals
(3) Malek/Mladenovic (GER/FRA) d. Dabrowski/Riske (CAN/USA) 63 61
Order...
Flipkens wins Bell Challenge title
Belgium's Kirsten Flipkens won the Bell Challenge on Sunday for her first WTA Tour title, beating eighth-seeded Lucie Hradecka of the Czech Republic 6-1, 7-5.
The 26-year-old Flipkens knocked off top-seeded Dominika Cibulkova in the first round, and topped third-seeded Mona Barthel in the semifinals.
In the doubles final, third-seeded Tatjana Malek of Germany and Kristina Mladenovic...
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September 13, 2012
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Ferrer and Petzschner move into UNICEF Open Final
UNICEF OPEN
‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
June 17-23, 2012
Grass/Outdoors
Friday, June 22, 2012
Singles - Semifinals
(8) Nadia Petrova (RUS) d. (Q) Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) 64 62
(Q) Urszula Radwanska (POL) d. Kim Clijsters (BEL) w/o (left abdominal injury)
Singles – Quarterfinals
(Q) Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) d. (6) Roberta Vinci (ITA) 64 76(5)
Doubles – Semifinals
(2) Kirilenko...
Belgium's Flipkens out with blood clots
Belgium's Kirsten Flipkens has had to withdraw from the Fed Cup World Group playoffs because she has blood clots in a calf muscle.
Belgium is already without Kim Clijsters and Yanina Wickmayer heading into the April 21-22 competition against Japan.
Flipkens's absence leaves Tamaryn Hendler as Belgium's top-ranked player at No. 210 in the WTA standings.
Clijsters has...
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April 10, 2012
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