Top seed Caroline Wozniacki cruised through to the second round of the WTA Auckland Classic on Tuesday but other seeded players struggled in their opening matches of the new year.
The third and fourth seeds Barbora Strycova and Agnieszka Radwanska were both pushed to three sets, as was number two seed Julia Goerges on the rain-disrupted previous day.
The other four seeds,Read more
Dominika Cibulkova powered into her first WTA final of the year on Friday with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Belgian qualifier Elise Mertens in New Haven, Connecticut. The Slovakian will face either defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland or Australian Daria Gavrilova in Saturday's title match in the final WTA tournament before the US Open begins on Monday. Cibulkova, theRead more
Novak Djokovic suffered arguably the biggest defeat of his career when he crashed out of the Australian Open to 117th-ranked Uzbek Denis Istomin on Thursday, extending his mystifying slump in form.
With Istomin inspired, the defending champion sent down 72 unforced errors as he lost 7-6 (10/8), 5-7, 2-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-4 in the second round to end his bidRead more
Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska was one win away from her second Sydney International title after crushing fatigued Barbora Strycova 6-1 6-2 in the semi-finals on Thursday.
The 2013 champion and second seed was too clinical for the 19th-ranked Czech, who was showing the draining effects of the four hours 22 minutes on court in her Wednesday's singles and doubles matches.
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Top seed and world number three Agnieszka Radwanska made short work of her second round opponent at the WTA Shenzhen Open on Tuesday.
The Pole disposed of Romania's Sorana Cirstea 6-0, 6-3 in an hour and 18 minutes. Cirstea, ranked 78th in the world, lost more than half the points she served and faced 14 break points, losing six ofRead more
Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska overpowered Karolina Pliskova 7-5 6-3 on Friday to clinch the last available place in the semi-finals of the WTA tour championship and stay on course to defend the title she won last year.
Radwanksa made a stunning comeback to win the 2015 tournament despite losing her first two round-robin matches and made it through to the lastRead more
World number four Agnieszka Radwanska defeated Ekaterina Makarova of Russia 6-4 6-1 to reach the third round of the Wuhan Open Tuesday.
Radwanska could next meet an in-form Caroline Wozniacki in the third round at the $2.6 million hard court event. The former world number one, Wozniacki knocked out the Pole in the semi-finals of the Pan Pacific Open inRead more
Top seed Agnieszka Radwanska booked her place in the quarterfinals of the Aegon International Eastbourne after beating Eugenie Bouchard on Wednesday.
Radwanska broke five times to complete a 6-3, 6-3 victory in little over an hour. Next up will be face of Dominika Cibulkova, whom she has already met twice this season. Cibulkova overcame a slow start to seeRead more
Struggling top seed Agnieszka Radwanska will be searching for her first victory of the pre-Wimbledon grass court season when the Eastbourne International begins on Monday.
The world number three has played only one match so far this season on the lawns, going out in Birmingham to CoCo Vandeweghe.
"The first match is always tricky pretty much without practice on grass,"Read more