Kiwi/Aussie Showdown Next at the Family Circle Cup
By Stephanie Neppl (April 2, 2013) CHARLESTON, SC – Marina Erakovic is the lone New Zealand tennis player ranked in either the top 100 of the WTA or ATP tours. The 24-year old Kiwi ended New Zealand’s drought of tournament wins in February this year when she won the Memphis hard court title. She [...]
Erakovic Wins First WTA Title
(February 23, 2013) Marina Erakovic of New Zealand won her first WTA title at the US National Indoor Tennis Championships on Saturday when the No.3 seed Sabine Lisicki had to retire due to gastrointestinal illness with Erakovic up 6-1.
“It’s very unfortunate I wasn’t able to finish the match,” Lisicki said. “I put all the energy I had left in my body into the match, but...
Erakovic Stuns Hsieh In First Round of Pattaya Open
PTT PATTAYA OPEN
Pattaya City, Thailand
January 28-February 3, 2013
$235,000/International
Hard/Outdoors
Results – Monday, January 28, 2013
Singles – First Round
Marina Erakovic (NZL) d. (3) Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE) 62 62
Mathilde Johansson (FRA) d. Chang Kai-Chen (TPE) 64 63
Alexandra Panova (RUS) d. Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) 76(6) 32 ret. (right shoulder injury)
(WC) Varatchaya Wongteanchai...
Erakovic beats No. 3 seed Hsieh
Unseeded Marina Erakovic of New Zealand beat third-seeded Hsieh Su-wei of Taiwan 6-2, 6-2 Monday in the first round of the Pattaya Open.
Hsieh lost to defending champion Daniela Hantuchova in last year's semifinals and was upstaged on Monday by Erakovic, who is ranked 74th in the world.
Also, wild-card entrant Varatchaya Wongteanchai of Thailand beat Annika Beck of Germany...
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January 28, 2013
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Erakovic beats 3rd-seeded Hsieh at Pattaya Open
Unseeded Marina Erakovic of New Zealand beat third-seeded Hsieh Su-wei of Taiwan 6-2, 6-2 Monday in the first round of the Pattaya Open.
Hsieh lost to defending champion Daniela Hantuchova in last year's semifinals and was upstaged on Monday by Erakovic, who is ranked 74th in the world.
Also, wild-card entrant Varatchaya Wongteanchai of Thailand beat Annika Beck of Germany...
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January 28, 2013
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Erakovic, Dulko Lose in Bogota
XX COPA BBVA COLSANITAS
Bogotá, Colombia
February 13-19, 2012
$220,000/International
Red Clay/Outdoors
Results – Thursday, February 16, 2012
Singles – Second Round
Edina Gallovits-Hall (ROU) d. (1) Marina Erakovic (NZL) 64 64
Alexandra Panova (RUS) d. (5) Gisela Dulko (ARG) 75 62
Karin Knapp (ITA) d. (WC) Catalina Castaño (COL) 63 26 62
(Q) Paula Ormaechea (ARG) d. Petra Rampre...
No seeded players in Bogota quarters
The last two seeded players were knocked out of the Copa BBVA Colsanitas in second-round matches Thursday in the clay-court tournament.
Top-seeded Marina Erakovic of New Zealand was beaten 6-4, 6-4 by Edina Gallovits-Hall of Romania while No. 5 Gisela Dulko lost to Alexandra Panova of Russia 7-5, 6-2.
In two other second-round matches, Karin Knapp of Italy defeated Catalina Castano...
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February 14, 2012
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