We're getting nostalgic at the end of the year so let's check out what has happened in 2012!
January
It was all Azarenka at the beginning of the year. She won Sydney and Melbourne (Australian Open). The number one spot was hers: bow for Queen Victoria!
My favorite match in the Australian Open was the quarterfinal nailbiter Clijsters against Na Li. Kim came back after four match points down in the tiebreak to take the match: watch the hightlights (see that crowd explode for their Aussie Kim!). Absolutely nerve wrecking!
February
Azarenka wins Qatar, Kerber takes Paris (Open GDF Suez), Radwanska owns Dubai!
March
Bartoli ends Azarenka's 26-streak of winning at Miami after the number one conquered Indian Wells first. In the end it's Radwanska who profits (after losing only against Azarenka the past three months!) by winning against Sharapova.
April
Serena takes the last American spring tournament in Charleston and then we advance to clay. Check out some of the new colors debuted (but hopefully we won't see again!):
Errani was the absolute relevation on clay! She took Barcelona (singles and doubles!) and Budapest. Sharapova won in Stuttgart and won a Porsche of course.
May
More clay in May! Serena devastates Azarenka in Madrid while Sharapova and Radwanska can both take a title before the French Open (Rome for the Russian, Brussels for the Pole). Azarenka falls short in Paris against a fabulous Cibulkova while Sharapova gets her Career Grand Slam by beating surprising finalist Errani! She takes the number one spot for a couple of weeks too.
Most remarkable match in Rolang Garros: Serena upset in the first round! Razzano needed eight match points to finally seal the deal!
June
Not really big shots between Roland Garros and Wimbledon with Paszek winning in Eastbourne (after Kerber had 5 matchpoints!) and Oudin taking Birmingham.
Regardless of the Suisse Federer, a total American win at Wimbledon. Serena in singles, Venus & Serena in doubles and Mike Bryan and Lisa Raymond in mixed doubles. Radwanska pushes Serena to a three setter.
July
Serena and Errani both win one more tournament before the Olympics (Stanford and Palermo). Let's remember the wonderful moment where my prediction came true about the medals!
August
August is US Open Series month! Kvitova takes the Rogers Cup and New Haven (after years of non-success on American soil). Na Li captures the Cincinnati title. But it was the awesome Serena who destroyed everybody on her way to the US Open title. Azarenka may be number one but she couldn't halt Serena.
The US Open also ment Kim Clijsters' final tournament. After losing in the second round against Laura Robson in singles and being knocked out of the doubles with comrad Flipkens, her final match was in mixed doubles with Bob Bryan! (Fun guaranteed)
September
The ninth month in the year was quite calm with big tournaments in Seoul and Tokyo. Wozniacki captured her first title in South Korea while Petrova conquered Japan.
October
Azarenka won the China Open after beating Sharapova ... again. Wozniacki didn't have to wait long for another title, she took the Kremlin cup.
And then the end-year tournament in Istanbul, the non-official world championships, right? Sharapova may have gotten her revenge on Azarenka but Serena was unstoppable.
That was it folks, in a nutshell! I'm gonna do a post about the fun times of 2012 before looking on to 2013! Keep posted!
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