2012 Tennis Thread

So this week we have 3 tournaments from ATP Tour: ATP Costa do Sauipe, ATP Rotterdam and ATP San Jose.
In the WTA Tour there is 2 tournaments, WTA Bogota and WTA Doha.
 
2nd seed Caroline Wozniacki was the biggest second round causality, in Doha.
The Dane, who was playing in her first match in the tournament after being granted a first round bye was beaten 4-6 6-4 7-6(3) by Lucie Safarova.
 
2nd seed Caroline Wozniacki was the biggest second round causality, in Doha.
The Dane, who was playing in her first match in the tournament after being granted a first round bye was beaten 4-6 6-4 7-6(3) by Lucie Safarova.
This could be the beginning of the end for baby cakes Caroline. You heard it here first...
 
Roger Federer claimed his 71st career singles title with a 6-1 6-4 won over Juan Martin Del Potro in the ATP Rotterdam final.

Spain's Nicolas Almagro battled to a 6-3 4-6 6-4 victory against the plucky Filippo Volandri in the final of the Brazil Open in Sao Paulo.

Spain's Lara Arruabarrena beat Russia's Alexandra Panova 6-2 7-5 in the final of WTA Bogota. It is the first title of 19-year-old Arruabarrena's career.

Victoria Azarenka continued her outstanding run of form as she stormed to victory in the final of the Qatar Open in Doha, 6-1 6-2 against Samantha Stosur.
 
Raonic secures San Jose title

Big-serving Canadian Milos Raonic became the first two-time winner on the ATP World Tour this season when he beat unseeded Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan 7-6(3) 6-2 in the final of the San Jose Open.
 
Radwanska wins eighth title in Dubai
Agnieszka Radwanska broke into the world's top five for the first time after beating Germany's Julia Goerges 7-5 6-4 in the final of the Dubai Championships on Saturday.

Timea Babos won the first WTA title of her career with a 6-4 6-4 victory over Alexandra Cadantu in the WTA Monterrey final.
 
World number five David Ferrer claimed his 13th career title with a 4-6 6-3 6-2 victory over fellow Spaniard and 2011 winner Nicolas Almagro in the Buenos Aires Open final on Sunday.

Austria's Jurgen Melzer won the fourth title of his career by beating Canada's Milos Raonic in the ATP Memphis final 7-5 7-6(4).
 
Argentine Juan Martin Del Potro claimed his 10th career ATP title when he beat local favourite Michael Llodra 6-4 6-4 in the final of the Marseille Open on Sunday.

Del Potro is back in top form and is a real threat for the Top 4 players.
 
So this week we have 3 tournaments from ATP Tour: ATP Acapulco, ATP Dubai and ATP Delray Beach.
In the WTA Tour there is 2 tournaments, WTA Kuala Lumpur and WTA Acapulco.
 

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Radwanska wins eighth title in Dubai
Agnieszka Radwanska broke into the world's top five for the first time after beating Germany's Julia Goerges 7-5 6-4 in the final of the Dubai Championships on Saturday.

Timea Babos won the first WTA title of her career with a 6-4 6-4 victory over Alexandra Cadantu in the WTA Monterrey final.
and Sofia Arvidsson won the tournament in Memphis with a 6-3 6-4 win over Marina Erakovic. This was the first win on the WTA tour by a Swedish woman since 2006 when Sofia won her first tournament (also in Memphis).
 
Novak Djokovic lost is 1st match of 2012 after succumbing 6-2 7-5 to Andy Murray in the semi-finals of the Dubai Championships on Friday.

That's for me is the big news of this week.
 
Federer downs Murray for fifth Dubai title

Roger Federer swatted aside Andy Murray 7-5 6-4 to win the Dubai Championship, the Swiss maestro's 72nd tour title, as he abandoned the baseline to dominate from the net.
 
Sara Errani defeated fellow Italian Flavia Pennetta 5-7 7-6 (2) 6-0 to win her third WTA title, in Acapulco.

Taiwan's Hsieh Su-Wei became the first Asian winner of the Malaysian Open when her opponent Petra Martic retired with exhaustion after also playing her semi-final on Sunday.
Hsieh beat the fifth-seeded Martic 2-6, 7-5, 4-1 with the 26-year-old looking set to win in conventional fashion.
 
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