Tag: WTA Beijing

Sloane Stephens beats Eugenie Bouchard to advance to the third round in Beijing

The third chapter of this rivalry goes to Sloane Stephens. The American had the daunting task to face an in-form Genie Bouchard in the second round of the China Open. One week ago it was Genie to win in three sets, this time it is Sloane...

Serena Williams advances, Venus trashed in Beijing

Different fates for the Williams in Beijing. Serena The world no.1 suffers (a lot) against a really good Francesca Schiavone. Serena managed to get the decisive break in the first set only in the 10 game and in the second set she had to...

Bouchard and Stephens again on a collision course in Beijing

We may have the third chapter of what is going to be one of the most exciting rivalries in the WTA circuit in the years to come. Sloane and Genie got to the draw in Beijing in a completely different manner. Bouchard Sloane got straight away to...

Azarenka commits 15 double faults to crash out in Beijing Opener

This is not a very good moment for Vika Azarenka. After a good summer when Vika won Cincinnati (beating Serena Williams) and she has reached two finals in New York and Carlsbad, the world no.2 is now struggling to even win a match. After crashing out...

Radwanska survives Voegle in the Beijing Opener

Tough start of the tournament for the defending champion. This wasn’t really easy to see as Agnieszka Radwanska was meant to beat world no. 56 Stefanie Voegle without many problems in the opener in Beijing, but the Swiss played a really good match from the...

Wobbling Bouchard qualifies for the Beijing main draw

Difficult stuff for Genie Bouchard in Beijing, but you could expect that. After losing a 3 hours match against Venus Williams in the Tokyo quarters, Genie had to immediately take a flight to Beijing to play  SaiSai Zheng and Karolina Schmiedovla in the next following days! Genie...

Genie Bouchard to play the qualifications in Beijing

No time for resting for the upcoming star! Genie Bouchard has still lots of work to do!. After a wonderful tournament in Tokyo where she lost in the quarters against an in-tune Venus Williams (a 3 hours battle!), Genie had to fly to Beijing to...

WTA Beijing draw: Analysis and preview

We have a great line up at the China Open. With the exception of an injured Maria Sharapova, all top players will participate to the event. Serena the favorite The hot favourite for the title is definitely Serena also because Vika Azarenka is struggling with an illness,...

Injured Sharapova retires from Tokyo and Beijing, in doubt for Istanbul

Another (very) excellent retirement from the Asian Swing. Maria Sharapova announced that she won’t be able to play any soon as she is still coping with her shoulder bursitis. This is the same injury that made Maria to undergo an operation in 2008 that posed...

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