London: Petra Kvitova's preparations for the defence of her Wimbledon title suffered a setback when she was beaten by Russia's Ekaterina Makarova in the first round of the Eastbourne International on Tuesday. The number two seed, who beat Maria Sharapova in the final of last year's Wimbledon, lost 7-5, 6-4 to Makarova who is ranked 48th in the world. Kvitova had looked in good shape heading into the grasscourt season,...
06:55 PM, Jun 19, 2012
London: Sam Stosur stormed into the semi-finals of the Eastbourne International tournament by beating top seed Vera Zvonareva and Venus Williams's comeback ended with defeat by Daniela Hantuchova on Thursday. Australian seventh seed Stosur, who reached the last eight without dropping a set, triumphed 4-6 7-6 6-4 against the Russian who beat Serena Williams on Wednesday to gain a touch of consolation for last year's Wimbledon final defeat by the...
08:35 AM, Jun 17, 2011
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