WTA Tour wrap: Clay events kick off in Charleston, Bogota
TWO WTA clay events began this week with the WTA 500 Volvo Car Open starting up in Charleston, United States, as the WTA 250 Copa Colsanitas began in Bogota, Colombia. With a host of exciting talent competing, expect a huge week of tennis action across the two tournaments. It was a rough day for hometown […]
ATP Miami Open 1000: Hurcakz takes out maiden Masters title
EXPERIENCE was the difference in a huge clash between mates and occasional doubles partners as Hubert Hurkacz and Jannik Sinner went head-to-head in the Miami Open 1000 final, with the Polish 26th seed winning in their maiden matchup to clinch his first Masters 1000 title. Hurkacz took just one hour and 43 minutes to dispose of […]
ATP Miami Open 1000: Sinner and Hurkacz to put friendship aside for Miami Open title fight
DOUBLES partners and rising stars on the ATP Tour, Jannik Sinner and Hubert Hurkacz will put their friendship aside when they do battle on the Grandstand Court to determine the 2021 ATP 1000 Miami Open winner later today. Hurkacz and Sinner both toppled Top 10 opponents in respective upsets, and will now face off in […]
WTA Miami Open 1000: Barty goes back-to-back as Andreescu retires injured
WORLD number one Ash Barty has defended her 2019 WTA Miami Open 1000 crown with a straight sets win over a sore Bianca Andreescu. The Australian top seed got up 6-3 4-0 in the match to make it 12 consecutive wins in Miami. Having defeated Top 20 talents, Belarusian duo Victoria Azarenka and Aryna Sabalenka, […]
Miami Open 1000: Barty books semis spot as Hurkacz upsets Tsitsipas
WORLD number one Ash Barty is through to the 2021 Miami Open final after defeating fifth seed Elina Svitolina in straight sets. The Australian talent took one hour and 27 minutes to shake off the Ukrainian and advance through to the decider, continuing her run of good form this year after reaching a quarter final […]
ATP Miami Open 1000: Bautista Agut to face Sinner in semis
ROBERTO Bautista Agut is set for a rematch with teenage Italian Jannik Sinner after toppling the number one player in Miami to book a semi-final spot. The seventh seed Spaniard won 6-4 6-2 over Daniil Medvedev in the Miami Open 1000 ATP Masters quarter finals. “I want to give Daniil all the credit, I know […]
WTA Miami Open 1000: Sakkari and Andreescu to contend for Miami final spot
THE second Miami Open semi-final has been confirmed, with Maria Sakkari and Bianca Andreescu set to go head-to-head following respective wins on Day 10 of proceedings. Sakkari disposed of world number two Naomi Osaka, with the 23rd seed Greek talent in Sakkari got off to a flying start with a 6-0 first set before the Japanese talent […]
WTA Miami Open 1000: Barty survives Sabalenka as Svitolina outclasses Sevastova to set up semi-final clash
JUST two matches played out on the ninth day of tennis action at the WTA 1000 Miami Open event, as the quarter finals began with tantalising clashes that went down to the wire. The first played out between world number one Ash Barty and seventh seed Aryna Sabalenka, with the former at risk of losing her mantle if […]
ATP Miami Open 1000: Korda continues run with Schwartzman upset
SEBASTIAN Korda will have the hopes of a nation on his shoulders after being the sole United States representative through to the 2021 Miami Open ATP 1000 quarter finals from a brutal day of Round of 16 action. Korda had a fantastic win over fifth seed Diego Schwartzman, 6-3 4-6 7-5 in two hours and […]
ATP Miami Open 1000: Korda dominates on home soil as Hurkacz upsets Shapovalov
IN a day that largely went the way of the higher ranked player in each Miami Open ATP 1000 contest, the fourth round of the tournament was decided following eight singles matches played out overnight. Unlike the day before where all bar two matches were three-setters, this day was a little different with many of […]
