Agnieszka Radwanska claimed back-to-back WTA titles by dispatching Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia 6-0, 6-0. ...
05:01 PM, Jan 11, 2013
Anderson beat Benneteau 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (8) to reach the final of the Sydney International. ...
01:05 PM, Jan 11, 2013
"I'm really ready for the Australian Open. I will do of course everything to win that match tomorrow as well, and we'll see," she said after beating Li Na in the Sydney International semis. ...
06:03 PM, Jan 10, 2013
Top-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska has advanced to the Sydney International final, running her 2013 winning streak to eight matches with a 6-3, 6-4 win Thursday over former French Open champion Li Na. ...
02:57 PM, Jan 10, 2013
Top-seeded John Isner lost 6-4, 6-4 to fellow American Ryan Harrison in the second round of the Sydney International. ...
12:56 PM, Jan 09, 2013
Kuznetsova beat the former world number one Wozniacki 7-6 1-6 6-2 in a match that lasted almost four hours. ...
04:55 PM, Jan 08, 2013
Radwanska extended her unbeaten start to the season to six matches with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Kimiko Date-Krumm. ...
08:52 AM, Jan 08, 2013
Li Na defeated American Christina McHale 7-6, 7-5 to reach the second round. ...
01:09 PM, Jan 07, 2013
Former No.1 Caroline Wozniacki cruised to a 6-1, 6-2 win over Poland's Urszula Radwanska. ...
02:47 PM, Jan 06, 2013
Richard Gasquet has joined fellow Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga as a late withdrawal from the Sydney International. ...
09:53 AM, Jan 05, 2013
Sydney: Qualifier Jarkko Nieminen beat Julien Benneteau of France 6-2, 7-5 on Sunday in the rain-delayed final of the Sydney International tournament. The left-hander from Finland won his second career ATP title in his 12th final, while Benneteau lost for the sixth straight time in a tournament decider. Nieminen also became the first qualifier since Lee Hyung-Taik of South Korea in 2003 to win the Sydney title. Benneteau broke Nieminen's...
03:01 PM, Jan 15, 2012
Sydney: World No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki is optimistic of her chances of participating in the year's first Grand Slam, the Australian Open, after suffering a wrist injury after her three-set loss at the Sydney International. The Dane lost 3-6,7-5,6-2 to seventh seed Agnieszka Radwanska and immediately complained of pain to her left wrist. "I hope it's not serious. You know, I could feel it, especially in the third set. But...
12:15 AM, Jan 14, 2012
Sydney: Victoria Azarenka of Belarus overcame a second-set lapse on Friday to beat 2011 champion Li Na 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 for the Sydney International singles title. While much of the focus in Sydney had been on the battle for the No. 1 ranking between current holder Caroline Wozniacki and No. 2 Petra Kvitova, Azarenka consolidated her No. 3 ranking and indicated she'd be a serious threat in Melbourne for the...
05:53 PM, Jan 13, 2012
Sydney: Veteran Jarkko Nieminen extended his busy week at the Sydney International on Friday, beating Denis Istomin 7-6 (12), 6-3 to advance to Saturday's final. Nieminen, the 2009 Sydney runner-up, has played seven singles matches this week after being forced to qualify for the main draw, and is also in the doubles semi-finals with Australian partner Matthew Ebden. He will next play Julien Benneteau of France, who needed six match...
01:04 PM, Jan 13, 2012
Sydney: Defending champion Li Na of China moved into the Sydney International final with a 1-6, 7-5, 6-2 over Petra Kvitova on Thursday, ending the Czech player's bid to become world No 1 before the Australian Open. Kvitova needed to win the Sydney international to replace Caroline Wozniacki at No 1 at the start of next week's rankings and the Wimbledon champion was on track when she led by a...
12:55 PM, Jan 12, 2012
Sydney: Top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki came back from 4-0 down in the final set to beat Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 on Tuesday and advance to the quarter-finals of the Sydney International. The match ended on a line call that was ruled in and later, on video review, shown to be out by a few millimeters, giving Wozniacki victory on her second match point. Wozniacki, who was No. 1...
12:20 PM, Jan 10, 2012
Sydney: Italian Francesca Schiavone thinks Sam Stosur is struggling to handle the pressure of public expectation ahead of the Australian Open. Stosur agrees. Schiavone, who beat Stosur in the 2010 French Open final, bundled the Australian out of the Sydney International on Monday with a 6-2, 6-4 victory in one hour and 28 minutes. While the notoriously erratic Stosur sprayed serves and her killer punch, the forehand, misfired badly, the...
03:16 AM, Jan 10, 2012
Sydney: Petra Kvitova will challenge Caroline Wozniacki for the world number one ranking this week, though it is a subject the Czech prefers not to discuss. "I read in the newspaper that I can be number one in Sydney so I know, but this tournament is very tough," Kvitova told reporters on the sidelines of the Sydney International. "It's not easy to win these matches and this tournament. I'm still...
03:03 AM, Jan 10, 2012
Sydney: US Open champion Samantha Stosur was bundled out in the first round of the Sydney International in a 6-2, 6-4 loss to Francesca Schiavone on Monday in another setback to her preparations for next week's Australian Open. Schiavone beat Stosur in the 2010 French Open final and had little trouble disposing of the local favourite again. No. 6-ranked Stosur won only one match in Brisbane last week and will...
06:20 PM, Jan 09, 2012
Sydney: Ana Ivanovic's preparations for next week's Australian Open hit another obstacle when the former No. 1 and 2008 French Open champion was beaten 7-6 (5), 6-2 by Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic on Sunday. Ivanovic was defeated in the second round of last week's Brisbane International by Kim Clijsters, meaning the Serb will have had just three tournament matches going into the year's first Grand Slam at Melbourne...
04:12 PM, Jan 08, 2012
