By Curt Janka (August 8, 2015) STANFORD, California – Despite going down an early break, Angelique Kerber raced to a lopsided semifinal win over Elina Svitolina 6-3, 6-1 at the Bank of the West Classic. Svitolina started out well, but was quickly … [Read more...]
Pliskova Powers Past Lepchenko at Bank of the West Classic
By Curt Janka (August 8, 2015) STANFORD, California – Karolina Pliskova swung freely into her fifth final of the year, beating Varvara Lepchenko 6-2, 7-5. Most of the match boiled down to serves and return of serves. Pliskova continued her … [Read more...]
Kerber Edges Radwanska in Thriller at Bank of the West Classic
By Curt Janka (August 7, 2015) STANFORD, California – All the cats. All the mice. Angelique Kerber needed every shot in her arsenal to overcome the craft and guile of Agnieszka Radwanska 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. Up an early break in the first set, Radwanska … [Read more...]
Svitolina Rallies to Beat Riske at Bank of the West Classic
By Curt Janka (August 7, 2015) STANFORD, California – Elina Svitolina waited until late in the second set to elevate her play to defeat Alison Riske 4-6, 7-5, 6-1. There were many breaks of serve and the two were quite even up until Riske was … [Read more...]
“Nobody beats me 5 times,” Lepchenko Upsets Wozniacki at Stanford
By Curt Janka (August 6, 2015) STANFORD, California – Varvara Lepchenko played steady to beat top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki at the Bank of the West Classic 6-4, 6-2 despite a number of brief rain delays. Neither player exhibited much emotion on … [Read more...]
Stanford Standout Mallory Burdette Claims US Open Wild Card
The USTA announced that Stanford University standout Mallory Burdette has earned a main draw wild card into the 2012 US Open. This year, the USTA awarded one women’s singles main draw wild card into the US Open to the American who earned the most … [Read more...]
Serena Williams Defends Stanford Title
Eight days after winning her fifth Wimbledon title, Serena Williams came back from a set point down in the opening set to topple lucky loser Coco Vandeweghe 7-5, 6-3 on Sunday to claim a second consecutive Bank of the West title at … [Read more...]
Cirstea upsets Cibulkova at Bank of the West Classic
By David Sweet STANFORD, California- Sorana Cirstea won the final 10 games, including a third-set bagel, to beat Dominika Cibulkova in their quarterfinal match at the Bank of the West Classic. Cirstea avenged her 6-1 6-1 trouncing by … [Read more...]
Watson defeats Stephens on First Day of Bank of the West Classic
By David Sweet STANFORD, California - It was a beautiful day for a tennis tournament.  The Bank of the West Classic opened on Monday with weather in the mid 70s and sunny. None of the top seeds were in action on Monday, but a few were … [Read more...]
Big Hype, No Drama – Serena Destroys Sharapova at Stanford
The billing didn’t live up to the build-up in Stanford on Friday night. Serena Williams demolished Maria Sharapova 6-1, 6-3 to advance to the semifinals of the Bank of the West Classic. Williams currently the 169th ranked player in the world due … [Read more...]