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WTA Katowice Gallery: Kvitova, Vinci Rout the Competition, as Beck Reaches First Semifinal

April 12, 2013 By Leave a Comment

KATOWICE (April 12, 2013) — Friday at the BNP Paribas Katowice Open quarterfinals saw the remaining two seeds, No. 1 Petra Kvitova and No. 2 Roberta Vinci, get by their respective opponents, Petra Martic and Karolina Pliskova. Young German Annika Beck defeated qualifier Maria Elena Camerin and reached her first WTA semifinal with a second [...]

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WTA Katowice Monday Gallery: Opening Ceremony with Goerges, Lisicki, Kvitova and more

April 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment

KATOWICE (April 8, 2013) — Main draw play of the BNP Paribas Katowice Open kicked off today with not only first round matches, but also the Opening Ceremony as well as a doubles exhibition match which featured Poland’s top doubles players pairing up with top wheelchair players, Marcin Matkowski partnering with Kamil Fabisiak while Mariusz Fyrstenberg [...]

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WTA Bad Gastein – Cornet prevails over Wickmayer, as Goerges and Craybas take doubles title

June 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By Romi Cvitkovic Although the WTA tournament in Bad Gastein started off with days of rain, the tournament ended in tears of joy for one of its winners, Alize Cornet. In just her second career title, she dispatched of Yanina Wickmayer 7-5, 7-6(1) in just over two hours. “It has been four years I haven’t [...]

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WTA Bad Gastein – Martic goes paragliding as Cornet and Wickmayer setup finals showdown

June 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Full singles results from the Nurnberger Gastein Ladies WTA tournament in Austria. Check out the full gallery below, including on-court action shots and a paraglider ride with Petra Martic! Quarterfinals: [7] Alize Cornet d. Estrella Cabeza Candela 6-1, 6-2 [3] Ksenia Pervak d. [Q] Chichi Scholl 6-4, 6-1 Mandy Minella d [8] Johanna Larsson 1-6, [...]

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WTA Bad Gastein gallery – Petra Martic ousted by local favorite Yvonne Meusburger

June 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By Romi Cvitkovic The WTA tournament in Bad Gastein has been getting surprised with seeds crashing out just as much as the rain delaying play. And today was no different. In a rain-interrupted Wednesday, fifth-seeded Petra Martic who had just come off of her career-best showing at a Slam by making the fourth round of [...]

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WTA Bad Gastein – Toga-themed player’s party with Julia Goerges, Alize Cornet, Yanina Wickmayer

June 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By Romi Cvitkovic The rain at WTA Bad Gastein forced play to halt for most of the day Monday, but the players still attended a toga-themed Player’s Party in the evening before calling it a day. Tennis Grandstand photographer Rick Gleijm is on-hand in Austria all week. For the full scoop, check out his gallery [...]

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Lauren Davis Claims First WTA Victory

March 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Most tennis fans remember Lauren Davis as the young American who suffered a lopsided first round loss to Samantha Stosur at the 2011 Australian Open. That match did not do much to turn heads, but her most recent win at the 2012 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells just might. The 18-year-old Davis, standing at [...]

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