No. 15 seed, Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia, eliminated the No. 1 seed, Victoria Azarenka of Belarus in straight sets on Sunday in round four of the 2012 French Open, 6-2, 7-6(4). After losing the first set, Azarenka appeared to be getting back on track as she broke to lead 2-0 in the second, but 23-year-old
No. 24 seed, Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia, played her heart out and narrowly defeated No. 1, Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark in round four at Wimbledon, 1-6, 7-6(5), 7-5. Also, No. 32 seed, Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria easily downed No. 23 seed, Venus Williams of the USA. In the Quarterfinals, Dominika will face No. 6 seed,
No. 25 seed, Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia, defeated No. 3 seed, Vera Zvonareva of Russia, 4-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 in round three of the WTA BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells. It was a 3-hour marathon as the 21-year-old Cibulkova played her heart out against 26-year-old Zvonareva. Zvonareva had won the three previous meetings between
World No. 1, Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark, seems intent on proving to a skeptical world that she is indeed deserving of her ranking as she cruised easily through her first two rounds at the 2011 Australian Open without dropping a set. Caroline lost only one game in her 2nd round match on Wednesday, destroying Vania
No. 7 seed Vera Zvonareva will face No. 1 seed, Caroline Wozniacki in one of the semifinals of the 2010 U.S. Open. This is Zvonareva's first time in the semifinals, having never made it past the 4th round in seven tries, while Wozniacki was a finalist here last year on her third try. Zvonareva defeated
Maria Sharapova of Russia, former World No. 1 and 2004 Wimbledon champion, has easily gained the 3rd round at Wimbledon 2010. Maria seems to be on cruise control, downing countrywoman, Anastasia Pivovarova 6-1, 6-0, and Raluca Olaru of Romania, 6-1, 6-4. At this point, Maria seems to have come back quite well from last year's
Venus Williams of the USA advanced easily to round 3 with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over unseeded No. 59 ranked Arantxa Parra Santonja of Spain at the French Open in Paris. The match pitted two of the older players on tour against each other - Venus, age 29 versus Arantxa, age 27. Even with a
Maria Kirilenko of Russia is making her way through the draw at the 2010 WTA Internazionali BNL d'Italia currently being played May 2-9 in Rome, Italy. In reaching the Quarterfinals, she knocked off No. 5 seed Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 in round 2. In round 3, she defeated Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia, 4-6, 6-1,
