Roberta Vinci sent Italy into the Fed Cup final for the fifth time in eight years with a 6-2, 6-7, 6-3 victory over Czech Republic's Lucie Safarova in Palermo on Monday. The match was held over because of rain on Sunday. Vinci's triumph gave Italy, winners of the trophy in 2009 and 2010, an unassailable 3-1 lead over the twice defending champions, meaning the doubles was not played. Russia await...
12:21 AM, Apr 23, 2013
Palermo: Roberta Vinci will face Petra Kvitova on the opening day of the Fed Cup semi-finals between Italy and the two-time defending champion Czech Republic. Vinci beat former Wimbledon champion Kvitova in straight sets in Poland last weekend to move up to a career-high ranking of No. 12. The semifinal opens Saturday with seventh-ranked Sara Errani facing the 25th-ranked Lucie Safarova. After reverse singles on Sunday on the red clay...
06:22 PM, Apr 19, 2013
The seventh seeded Indo-American pair lost 1-6, 4-6 in just 66 minutes, losing serve three times in each set. ...
12:08 PM, Mar 27, 2013
Petra Kvitova, Maria Kirilenko, Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci moved into the third round of BNP Paribas Open. ...
06:45 AM, Mar 09, 2013
Sara Errani reached her second final of the season on Friday, beating doubles partner Roberta Vinci 6-3, 6-3. ...
11:45 PM, Feb 22, 2013
Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci won the first Australian Open title of 2013, beating Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua 6-2, 3-6, 6-2. ...
02:52 PM, Jan 25, 2013
Sofia: Caroline Wozniacki and Roberta Vinci had easy straight-set victories Tuesday in their first round-robin matches at the season-ending Tournament of Champions. The top-seeded Wozniacki defeated Hsieh Su-Wei of Taiwan 6-2, 6-2 in 60 minutes while it took Vinci five minutes longer to rout Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova 6-1, 6-2. Wozniacki converted all five of her break points and only lost her serve once, in the second set. "I always try...
09:50 AM, Oct 31, 2012
New York: Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci both got to celebrate this time. Four days after facing off in a US Open singles quarter-final, when Errani didn't even crack a smile after clinching victory, they were dancing on court Sunday over their doubles title. The second-seeded Italians beat Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka 6-4, 6-2 for their second Grand Slam championship " and second in three months after they broke...
08:41 AM, Sep 10, 2012
New York: Roberta Vinci toppled second seed Agnieszka Radwanska to cap a rousing upset double for Italy at the US Open on Monday that also put her doubles partner Sara Errani into the women's singles quarter-finals. Errani, the 10th seed, beat sixth-seeded Angelique Kerber of Germany 7-6, 6-3, and 20th seed Vinci followed onto Louis Armstrong Stadium court for a 6-1, 6-4 shocker to end a doubly delightful afternoon for...
08:50 AM, Sep 04, 2012
London: Rohan Bopanna and his Chinese partner Jie Zheng reached the mixed doubles quarter-finals at the Wimbledon with a straight-set victory over the Italian pair of Daniele Bracciali and Roberta Vinci here on Thursday. The 10th seeded Indo-Chinese combo caused an upset with a comfortable 6-0, 6-3 victory over their sixth-seeded opponents in just 40 minutes at the All England Club. They will now take on the second-seeded American duo...
06:55 PM, Jul 05, 2012
Paris: One day before she plays for the singles title, Sara Errani teamed with Roberta Vinci on Friday to win the women's doubles crown at the French Open. The Italians beat Russians Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 to capture their first Grand Slam doubles title. Errani is the first player since Kim Clijsters in 2003 to reach the singles and doubles final at Roland Garros. Errani and...
10:50 PM, Jun 08, 2012
Indian Wells, California: Top-ranked Novak Djokovic defeated Kevin Anderson 6-2, 6-3 to reach the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open on Monday, improving his match record to 12-1 this year, but No. 8 Mardy Fish and Andy Roddick were knocked out. Djokovic broke Anderson's serve once in each set playing in the heat of the day at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, where he won in 2008 and last...
08:58 AM, Mar 13, 2012
Paris: Second-seeded Marion Bartoli powered past Petra Martic of Croatia 7-5, 6-1 to reach the Open GDF Suez quarter-finals on Thursday. Roberta Vinci of Italy and Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium also moved into the quarters along with Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic and German pair Mona Barthel and Angelique Kerber. Bartoli hit a forehand return winner to clinch victory. The Frenchwoman won seven consecutive games to lead 4-0 in...
01:17 PM, Feb 10, 2012
