Frech bagel no worries for Pole
DESPITE not winning a game in the opening set of her Round of 32 match in Beijing, Polish 23rd seed Magdalena Frech turned her form around to take down higher ranked opponent Diana Shnaider and reach the fourth round of the China Open. The 31-year-old lost their only previous encounter back in Toronto when the […]
Holger Rune’s Nishikori’s homecoming
DANISH rising talent Holger Rune has ended the run of local hope and former Top 5 player Kei Nishikori with a come-from-behind three-set win at the Japan Open Tennis Championships. The world number 14 who is still searching for his first title in 2024 and five overall, won 3-6 6-2 7-5 in two hours and […]
Nishikori edges closer to third Tokyo triumph
FORMER Top 5 ATP Tour player Kei Nishikori reached the quarter finals of his home ATP 500 event in Tokyo with a commanding 6-2 6-3 victory over Australian Jordan Thompson. The Japanese home favourite is a two-time winner at the event, getting up in 2012 and 2014, but it has been a decade-long break between […]
Best local hope breezes into Beijing third round
WORLD number seven Qinwen Zheng wasted no time asserting her authority on the second round match at her home WTA 1000 tournament, defeating Russian lucky loser Kamilla Rakhimova in an hour and 15 minutes, dropping just two games along the way. It was Zheng’s first career win at the event with plenty of support cheering […]
Brilliant Bia produces memorable title win
COMING back from a disappointing first set, Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia produced a Korea Open final to remember. The South American who is ranked 17th in the world was seeded three at the WTA Tour event in Seoul, and overcame an early challenge from top seeded Russian Daria Kasatkina to win 1-6 6-4 6-1. In […]
Raducanu rolls into Seoul quarters
BRITISH young gun Emma Raducanu is into the 2024 Korea Open quarter finals after putting away eighth seed and Seoul reigning runner-up Yue Yuan in straight sets. While the 6-4 6-3 defeat might appear as regulation, the match lasted two hours and four minutes and took Raducanu seven match points before closing out the contest. […]
Sister Act in Seoul, Kudermetovas reach quarters
IT was truly a family affair in the second round of the Korea Open in Seoul, with sisters Polina and Veronika Kudermetova both causing upsets against fellow Russian opponents to stamp their ticket into the quarter finals. The older of the sisters, Veronika, who is a former Top 10 player and now ranked 27th in […]
Raducanu overcomes Stearns test
BRITISH Grand Slam winner Emma Raducanu produced some of her best tennis in a hard-fought win over talented young American Peyton Stearns in Korea overnight to reach the second round. In a nail-biting contest in hot conditions, Raducanu successfully pulled off the win in two tiebreak sets, winning 7-4 and 7-5 in the first and […]
Kostyuk in a Rus, destroys Dutchwoman at Seoul
WITH a Top 12 spot up for grabs providing the WTA 500 tournament goes well, Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk was not mucking around in the Korea Open yesterday. The 18th ranked talent is one of five Top 20 players headlining the field and made light work of Netherlands’ Arantxa Rus, 6-3 6-1 in an hour and […]
Frech finishes off Gadecki to claim maiden title
IN A battle of two players yet to win a WTA Tour title, it was Poland’s Magdalena Frech who capped off a marvellous WTA 500 tournament in Mexico to take out the Guadalajara Open yesterday. The fifth seed survived a hard-fought win over Australian qualifier Olivia Gadecki 7-6 6-4 in just under two hours. While […]
