Aces and Faults - yourtennisnews.com » kuznetsova http://yourtennisnews.com Get up to date tennis info. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:20:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Djokovic and Kuznetsova win China Open http://yourtennisnews.com/djokovic-and-kuznetsova-win-china-open/ http://yourtennisnews.com/djokovic-and-kuznetsova-win-china-open/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:49:29 +0000 anthony http://yourtennisnews.com/?p=110 Novak Djokovic won the China Open with a 6-2, 7-6 (4) victory over Marin Cilic, and Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia defeated Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 6-2, 6-4 in the women’s final on Sunday.

The second-seeded Serb broke Cilic’s serve in the…

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]]> Novak Djokovic won the China Open with a 6-2, 7-6 (4) victory over Marin Cilic, and Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia defeated Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 6-2, 6-4 in the women’s final on Sunday.

The second-seeded Serb broke Cilic’s serve in the sixth game and again in the eighth to take the first set.

The second set was much tighter, with each breaking the other’s serve three times to force the tiebreak. But Cilic then struggled, and his return at 6-4 went wide, handing Djokovic the win.

The sixth-seeded Kuznetsova needed just 1 hour, 20 minutes to complete her victory.

The third-ranked Djokovic’s path to the title was eased by Cilic’s upset of top-seeded Rafael Nadal in Saturday’s semifinal. The rain delay also appeared to have been a factor, allowing Djokovic time to regroup.

Kuznetsova has already qualified for the season-ending WTA Tour Championship in Doha at the end of the month, and will spend some time in Moscow practicing before arriving in the Persian Gulf a to acclimatize to the conditions.

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]]> http://yourtennisnews.com/djokovic-and-kuznetsova-win-china-open/feed/ 0 Sharapova Goes Down in China http://yourtennisnews.com/sharapova-goes-down-in-china/ http://yourtennisnews.com/sharapova-goes-down-in-china/#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 06:39:11 +0000 anthony http://yourtennisnews.com/?p=105 Maria Sharapova was eliminated from the China Open on Wednesday, losing to Peng Shuai of China 6-2, 6-4, and Svetlana Kuznetsova moved into the quarterfinals by beating Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine 6-3, 4-6, 6-0.

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]]> Maria Sharapova was eliminated from the China Open on Wednesday, losing to Peng Shuai of China 6-2, 6-4, and Svetlana Kuznetsova moved into the quarterfinals by beating Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine 6-3, 4-6, 6-0.

Peng broke Sharapova twice in the first set, and then again in the sixth game of the second as the former top-ranked Russian appeared to show the strain of her three-set comeback victory over Victoria Azarenka of Belarus the night before. Sharapova did save two match points at 5-4 before losing.

The sixth-seeded Kuznetsova outplayed Bondarenko for much of the match and next faces Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia, who defeated Aleksandra Wozniak of Canada 6-4, 6-4.

In addition, fourth-seeded Elena Dementieva of Russia beat Li Na of China 6-2, 6-0.

Nikolay Davydenko of Russia advanced in the men’s field, beating Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-1, 6-0. Davydenko will face Marin Cilic of Croatia, who beat Julien Benneteau of France 6-2, 2-6, 6-0.

Second-seeded Novak Djokovic trounced Viktor Troicki 6-3, 6-0, while Fernando Verdasco defeated Juan Carlos Ferrero 7-5, 6-4.

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