Sophie Taylor

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WTA Tour wrap: Collins earn another final berth as Sherif makes history in Romania

THE Silicon Valley Classic and Winners Open finalists have been decided in both San Jose, USA and Cluj-Napoca, Romania, following straight sets victories across the board during the semi finals. At the WTA 500 event in San Jose, fourth seed Daria Kasatkina and seventh seed Danielle Collins both overcame their respective opposition to earn finals berths. For […]

ATP Tour wrap: Brooksby’s run cut short as Sinner and McDonald contest final

JANNIK Sinner put a stop to wildcard Jenson Brooksby‘s run of form as Mackenzie McDonald earned his maiden ATP Tour level final appearance with a victory over former champion Kei Nishikori at the Citi Open in Washington D.C.. Two youngsters in 19-year-old Sinner and 20-year-old Brooksby put on a tough battle in the first semi-final of the day, […]

WTA Tour wrap: Seeds proceed in one-sided days at San Jose and Romania

COME from behind wins appeared to be the theme of the day at the Silicon Valley Classic in San Jose, with all four seeds claiming three set wins. It was a different story at the Winners Open in Romania, as the lone seed of the day also participated in the only three-setter in a much […]

ATP Tour wrap: Harris ousts Nadal as seeds fall in Washington

THE Citi Open has continued today with plenty of intriguing results playing out and seeing the top two seeds – Rafael Nadal and Felix Auger-Aliassime – fall in the third round. Overall it was a shaky day for seeds, with just three making it through the the quarter finals and just one within the top five. It […]

WTA Tour wrap: Americans dominate in San Jose while seeds fall in Romania

THE Silicon Valley Classic WTA 500 event in San Jose has continued with six matches playing out to finish off the Round of 32, whilst in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, seeds fell across the board as four home hopefuls claimed opening round wins. Three of six American competitors claimed a second round berth in the United States, […]

ATP Tour wrap: Americans control the airways as Round of 32 and 64 come to blows

A HUGE day of results was had at the Citi Open, with the Round of 64 completed as the Round of 32 began and plenty of Americans setting up shop on home turf in Washington. In the Round of 54, all five Americans reigned supreme while it was a completely different story for the trio […]

WTA Tour wrap: Silicon Valley Open and Winners Open shape up on day one

TWO WTA events have begun overnight, with the Silicon Valley Classic hard court 500 tournament starting up in San Jose, United States, while the newly coined Winners Open 250 event has begun in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. In San Jose, both seeds reigned supreme on the opening day, with sixth seed Croatian Petra Martic claiming a speedy […]

ATP Tour wrap: Americans make their mark as Citi Open begins

THE Citi Open in Washington, United States has begun, with the ATP 500 event starting with a huge opening day of Round of 64 action. A big day of action saw a trio of Americans claim wins on home soil, with plenty of intriguing results across the board. Two wildcards were amongst that group, with Jenson […]

ATP Tour wrap: Ruud claims third title in three weeks as Isner wins sixth Atlanta trophy

WHILST the Tokyo Olympics have been taking centre stage this week, the ATP Tour has not stopped with a couple more winners adding to their trophy cabinets this week following title victories in Kitzbuhel, Austria and Atlanta, United States. While rainfall delayed proceedings in Kitzbuhel, that did not seem to impact top seed Norwegian Casper Ruud who completed […]

Men’s Olympics wraps: Zverev claims gold for Germany

ALEXANDER Zverev has had a monumental week on the court, taking down everyone in his path to claim the Tokyo 2020 gold medal. Defeating world number one Novak Djokovic just two days ago, Zverev backed it up with a cool, calm and collected straight sets win over Russian Olympic Committee (ROC)’s Karen Khachanov. While Khachnov had […]

Women’s Olympics wrap: Bencic takes gold over Vondrousova, Monfils takes bronze

BELINDA Bencic has claimed Olympic gold for Switzerland, overcoming a shaky second set to take out the win against unseeded Marketa Vondrousova who takes home silver for the Czech Republic. Meanwhile, fourth seed Ukrainian Elina Monfils took out the bronze clash, coming from behind to defeat Kazakh Elena Rybakina. Bencic’s victory was by no means straightforward, only just […]

Men’s Olympics wrap: Djokovic denied medal by Carreno Busta

THE bronze medal matchup between world number one Novak Djokovic and Pablo Carreno Busta always looked to be a cracker with both players in fine form, but it appeared the sixth seeded Spaniard had the extra bit of spark with Djokovic coming in off the back of an unprecedented loss to Alexander Zverev the day prior. It was an outstanding 6.4 […]

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