2011 January - Brisbane International Tennis

Archive for January, 2011

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Sarah Robertson Saturday 8 January 2011 Be the first to comment »

Brisbane International 2011 finalist Robin Soderling is a man on a mountainous climb. Read more

Preview: women’s finals day

Darren Saligari Saturday 8 January 2011 1 Comment »

Update 3:30 pm. There are still some tickets available for tonight’s women’s final at Brisbane International 2011. Out of the 32 qualifiers and 32 main draw singles players just Andrea ‘Petkorazzi’ Petkovic and Czech Petra Kvitova remain. Read more

Kvitova to face Petkovic in women’s final

AAP Friday 7 January 2011 1 Comment »

Czech Petra Kvitova has upset Russian fifth seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in three sets to move into the Brisbane International final. Read more

Petkovic dances into final

Tijana Jaksic Friday 7 January 2011 3 Comments »

Update 11:40 pm. Andrea Petkovic blasted her way into the finals tonight, defeating fourth-seeded Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli in straight sets 6-4 6-2. Read more

Looking forward, not back

Darren Saligari Friday 7 January 2011 1 Comment »

To say Jarmila Groth’s loss in the quarterfinals at the Brisbane International was hard to take doesn’t come even close to describing it. Read more

Stepanek a man of many faces

SMP Images Friday 7 January 2011 Be the first to comment »

Czech Radek Stepanek knows Brisbane pretty well, being the 2009 Brisbane International champion and last year’s runner-up. So here’s your chance to get to know the many faces of the World No.62 player before he tackles yet another semifinal match tomorrow. Read more

Soderling stumps Ebden

Dan Imhoff Friday 7 January 2011 2 Comments »

Update 6:45 pm. Men’s top seed Robin Soderling has inched closer to a dream final showdown with Andy Roddick at the Brisbane International after a quarterfinal dismissal of Matthew Ebden, Australia’s last remaining singles hope. Read more

Results – Friday 7 January

Friday 7 January 2011 Be the first to comment »

Main Draw
	Radek Stepanek (CZE)	d	[7]	Florian Mayer (GER)	6-3 6-3
[3]	L Dlouhy/P Hanley (CZE/AUS)	d	[1]	M Mirnyi/D Nestor (BLR/CAN)	6-4 6-2
[1]	Robin Soderling (SWE)	d	[Q]	Matt Ebden (AUS)	6-3 6-2
	Andrea Petkovic (GER)	d	[4]	Marion Bartoli (FRA)	6-4 6-2
	K Jans/A Rosolska (POL)	d	[2]	M Niculescu/Z Yan (ROU/CHN)	5-7 7-6(4) [10-8]
	Petra Kvitova (CZE)	d	[5]	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)	6-4 4-6 6-2

Radek’s right at home in Brisbane

Dan Imhoff Friday 7 January 2011 2 Comments »

Radek Stepanek has continued his love affair with Brisbane winning through to his third semifinal in as many years with a comfortable straight sets upset of the men’s seventh seed, Florian Mayer. Read more