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Tennis: Azarenka rides Gulf breeze past Oprandi in opener

Victoria Azarenka began her bid for back-to-back titles for the second tournament in a row with a victory over herself, a treacherous Gulf wind as well as a middle ranking opponent at the Qatar Open on Wednesday. The world number one, who defended her Australian Open title last time out, was within a point of losing the first three games before winning 6-2, 6-3 over Romina Oprandi, the world number 62 from Switzerland.

Tennis: Qatar Open results - 4th update

Results from the third day of the WTA Qatar Open on Wednesday (x denotes seeded player): 2nd rd Victoria Azarenka (BLR x1) bt Romina Oprandi (SUI) 6-2, 6-3 Christina McHale (USA) bt Lucie Safarova (CZE x17) 6-4, 6-2 Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) bt Ekaterina Bychkova (RUS) 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 Sara Errani (ITA x6) bt Timea Babos (HUN) 6-4, 6-0 Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x4) bt Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) 6-3, 6-2 Ana Ivanovic (SRB x13) bt Simona Halep (ROM) 6-3, 0-0 - retired Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x10) bt Sorana Cirstea (ROM) 7-6 (9/7), 6-0

Tennis: Qatar Open results - 3rd update

Results from the third day of the WTA Qatar Open on Wednesday: Women's singles 2nd round Petra Kvitova (CZE x7) bt Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 6-4, 0-0 retired Victoria Azarenka (BLR x1) bt Romina Oprandi (SUI) 6-2, 6-3 Klara Zakopalova (CZE) bt Sloane Stephens (USA x16) 4-6, 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (7/5) Sara Errani (ITA x6) bt Tímea Babos (HUN) 6-4, 6-0 Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x4) bt Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) 6-3, 6-2 Christina McHale (USA) bt Lucie Safarova (CZE x17) 6-4, 6-2 Ana Ivanovic (SRB x13) bt Simona Halep (ROM) 6-3, 0-0 retired

Tennis: Qatar Open results - 3rd update

Results from the third day of the WTA Qatar Open on Wednesday: Women's singles 2nd round Petra Kvitova (CZE x7) bt Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 6-4, 0-0 retired Victoria Azarenka (BLR x1) bt Romina Oprandi (SUI) 6-2, 6-3 Klara Zakopalova (CZE) bt Sloane Stephens (USA x16) 4-6, 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (7/5) Sara Errani (ITA x6) bt Tímea Babos (HUN) 6-4, 6-0 Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x4) bt Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) 6-3, 6-2 Christina McHale (USA) bt Lucie Safarova (CZE x17) 6-4, 6-2 Ana Ivanovic (SRB x13) bt Simona Halep (ROM) 6-3, 0-0 retired

UPDATE 10-Tennis-Qatar Open women's singles round 2 results

Feb 13 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Qatar Open Women's Singles Round 2 matches on Wednesday 8-Samantha Stosur (Australia) beat Monica Niculescu (Romania) 6-4 1-6 6-3 10-Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) beat Sorana Cirstea (Romania) 7-6(7) 6-0 Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia) beat Ekaterina Bychkova (Russia) 6-3 1-6 6-3 Urszula Radwanska (Poland) beat 15-Roberta Vinci (Italy) 6-2 5-7 6-0 7-Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) beat Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) 6-4 0-0 (Makarova retired) 1-Victori

Tennis: Qatar Open results - 2nd update

Results from the third day of the WTA Qatar Open on Wednesday: Women's singles 2nd round Sara Errani (ITA x6) bt Tímea Babos (HUN) 6-4, 6-0 Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x4) bt Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) 6-3, 6-2 Christina McHale (USA) bt Lucie Safarova (CZE x17) 6-4, 6-2 Ana Ivanovic (SRB x13) bt Simona Halep (ROM) 6-3, 0-0 abandon Nadia Petrova (RUS x11) bt Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 afp

UPDATE 14-Tennis-Qatar Open women's singles results

Feb 12 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Qatar Open Women's Singles matches on Tuesday Round 2 Mona Barthel (Germany) beat 5-Angelique Kerber (Germany) 6-1 6-2 2-Serena Williams (U.S.) beat Daria Gavrilova (Russia) 6-2 6-1 3-Maria Sharapova (Russia) beat Caroline Garcia (France) 6-3 6-2 Round 1 Ekaterina Bychkova (Russia) beat 12-Maria Kirilenko (Russia) 3-0 (Kirilenko retired) Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia) beat Laura Robson (Britain) 6-4 6-1

Tennis: Qatar Open results - collated

Results from the second day of the WTA Qatar Open on Tuesday (x denotes seeding): 1st round Ekaterina Bychkova (RUS) bt Maria Kirilenko (RUS x12) 3-0 retired Sloane Stephens (USA x16) bt Anna Tatishvili (GEO) 6-2, 6-2 Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) bt Laura Robson (ENG) 6-4, 6-1 Timea Babos (HUN) bt Heidi El Tabakh (CAN) 6-2, 6-3 Romina Oprandi (SUI) bt Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) 7-6 (7/2), 7-5 Monica Niculescu (ROM) bt Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 6-4, 6-1 Marion Bartoli (FRA x9) bt Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 7-6 (7/5), 6-3

Tennis: Qatar Open results - 6th update

Results from the second day of the WTA Qatar Open on Tuesday (x denotes seeding): 1st round Sloane Stephens (USA x16) bt Anna Tatishvili (GEO) 6-2, 6-2 Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) bt Laura Robson (ENG) 6-4, 6-1 Timea Babos (HUN) bt Heidi El Tabakh (CAN) 6-2, 6-3 Romina Oprandi (SUI) bt Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) 7-6 (7/2), 7-5 Monica Niculescu (ROM) bt Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 6-4, 6-1 Marion Bartoli (FRA x9) bt Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 7-6 (7/5), 6-3 Klara Zakopalova (CZE) bt Varvara Lepchenko (USA) 7-6 (10/8), 3-0 retired

Tennis: Qatar Open results - collated

Results from the second day of the WTA Qatar Open on Tuesday (x denotes seeding): 1st round Ekaterina Bychkova (RUS) bt Maria Kirilenko (RUS x12) 3-0 retired Sloane Stephens (USA x16) bt Anna Tatishvili (GEO) 6-2, 6-2 Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) bt Laura Robson (ENG) 6-4, 6-1 Timea Babos (HUN) bt Heidi El Tabakh (CAN) 6-2, 6-3 Romina Oprandi (SUI) bt Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) 7-6 (7/2), 7-5 Monica Niculescu (ROM) bt Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 6-4, 6-1 Marion Bartoli (FRA x9) bt Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 7-6 (7/5), 6-3
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