The semi finals were both tightly contested, but the higher ranked seed pulled through both times to reach their debut Kremlin Cup finals.
(Rank/Seed)
9/1 Stosur recovered to beat (12/4) Ivanovic 26 63 62. After playing a flawless 1st set that saw her hit 20 winners, Ivanovic looked a dead cert to reach the final. However, after recovering from 0-30 at 3-3 in the 2nd, Stosur won 7 of the last 9 games to reach only her 2nd final of the year.
11/3 Wozniacki battled for over 2 hours again to beat fellow Scandinavian Arvidsson 63 67(4) 64. Just as in her quarter final, Wozniacki failed to serve out the match at 6-5 and was forced to rely on breaking her opponents serve regularly in the 3rd to seal success. In a match of 18 breaks of serve, Wozniacki finally reached her 3rd final of the season.
Stosur goes into the final having won only 3 titles in her career, compared to the 11 finals she's lost. This pales in comparison to Wozniacki who is looking for her 20th title of her career! However, Stosur leads the head to head 3-2 and has won both their hard court meetings in the past. Providing Stosur is patient enough on this slow surface, I feel she will win this final and go into the Champs as an alternate next week with the confidence of a title run.
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Saturday, 20 October 2012
Friday, 19 October 2012
Seeds Strong In Moscow, Lacking In Luxembourg
With the semi finals set in both Moscow and Luxembourg, there's a distinctly different line up when comparing the two events. Moscow has seen 3 of its top 4 seeds reach the semis, compared to 0 in Luxembourg!
(Rank/Seed)
Moscow
9/1 Sam Stosur progressed comfortably through the quarter finals against Zakopalova 61 63, having trailed a point for 1-4 in the 2nd set. This was a sharp contrast to her 2 hour plus 2nd round win over Cornet 76(6) 75. This is her 1st Kremlin Cup semi.
11/3 Wozniacki ousted the defending champion (14/5) Cibulkova 62 67(1) 61, the Slovak failing to win a game after her medical time out for a foot injury at 1-2 in the 3rd.
12/4 Ivanovic beat her compatriot, qualifier Dolonc 64 61.
Arvidsson continued her strong indoor form with a 63 63 win over a jaded (16/7) Kirilenko. As the last Russian standing, this proved a disappointing for all involved, including the sparse pre-weekend crowds in the vast Olympic Stadium.
Luxembourg
V. Williams continued her winning ways, edging (15/1) Vinci 76(2) 64 in the quarter finals
Niculescu seems to have revived her form, taking out Linz finalist (19/2) Goerges in the 2nd round
(Rank/Seed)
Moscow
9/1 Sam Stosur progressed comfortably through the quarter finals against Zakopalova 61 63, having trailed a point for 1-4 in the 2nd set. This was a sharp contrast to her 2 hour plus 2nd round win over Cornet 76(6) 75. This is her 1st Kremlin Cup semi.
11/3 Wozniacki ousted the defending champion (14/5) Cibulkova 62 67(1) 61, the Slovak failing to win a game after her medical time out for a foot injury at 1-2 in the 3rd.
12/4 Ivanovic beat her compatriot, qualifier Dolonc 64 61.
Arvidsson continued her strong indoor form with a 63 63 win over a jaded (16/7) Kirilenko. As the last Russian standing, this proved a disappointing for all involved, including the sparse pre-weekend crowds in the vast Olympic Stadium.
Luxembourg
V. Williams continued her winning ways, edging (15/1) Vinci 76(2) 64 in the quarter finals
Niculescu seems to have revived her form, taking out Linz finalist (19/2) Goerges in the 2nd round
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