History to be made in Dubai final
TWO FIRST-time WTA Tour 1000 finalists will face off in a historic Dubai Tennis Championships final after both Mirra Andreeva and Clara Tauson beat their more experienced, Grand Slam-final opponents in the semi-finals of the tournament overnight. Andreeva in particular will break special ground, with the 17-year-old becoming the youngest ever WTA 1000 finalist since […]
Teenage Mirra dismantles Swiatek in Dubai
DAMAGING Russian young gun Mirra Andreeva took out the highest remaining seed at the 2025 Dubai Tennis Championships, with the 17-year-old eliminating world number two Iga Swiatek in the quarter finals overnight. In a match that lasted one hour and 36 minutes, Andreeva closed it out rather easily 6-3 6-3 to advance through to the […]
Deadly Dane shocks Sabs in Dubai domination
FOR THE greatest current hard court player, world number one Aryna Sabalenka sure is making a habit of losing on hard courts of late. Since her run to the Australian Open final – and narrowly missing a three-peat – the Belarussian has won just one match – against qualifier Veronika Kudermetova – and lost three, […]
Analysis: Coco Gauff’s forehand woes return
FOR SUCH an incredibly talented young player, world number three Coco Gauff has two major weaknesses in her game. The first is her serve, which she deliberately targeted at the end of the 2024 WTA Tour season by hiring technical coach Matt Daly to improve her high number of double faults that were costing her […]
Doha finalists defeated in Dubai
MAKING the final in the Qatar Open proved to be a poison chalice for the Dubai Tennis Championships as both Doha champion Amanda Anisimova and runner-up Jelena Ostapenko suffered shock losses in the first round overnight. Ansimova had just cracked the Top 20 for the first time but went down to compatriot McCartney Kessler 6-2 […]
Radu-can-do advances to Dubai second round
SNAPPING a four-game losing streak, British wildcard Emma Raducanu won her first match since the Australian Open with a straight sets victory over Greek talent Maria Sakkari, 6-4 6-2 in the Dubai Tennis Championships. Sakkari’s form of two wins from her past five was not much better, but in a battle of two players desperately […]
Anisimova completes WTA Tour comeback
A FORMER world number 21 who faced her struggles over the last few years, Amanda Anisimova is a WTA Tour champion at the 1000 level. The American ended the run of Latvian Jelena Ostapenko at the Qatar Open overnight by winning 6-4 6-3 and securing her first Tour title in more than two years, and […]
Penko powers past Swiatek to deny four-peat
OF COURSE it just had to be ‘Penko’. The only player in four years that could stop Iga Swiatek in Doha, Latvian hard-hitter Jelena Ostapenko not only beat the world number two in the event where she has won the past three titles, but completely humbled her in a one-sided contest. Ostapenko ran out a […]
Iga advances to semis with 15th straight Doha win
WORLD number two Iga Swiatek is just two wins away from a fourth consecutive Qatar Open title after dismissing fellow Grand Slam winner and Top 5 player Elena Rybakina 6-2 7-5 in the quarter finals of the WTA1000 event overnight. The second seed looked to be doing it easy in the first set, but found […]
Penko powers past Paolini in Doha
‘PENKO’ is back and thriving on the WTA Tour with Latvian former Top 5 player and Grand Slam winner Jelena Ostapenko snapping her horror start to 2025 by reaching the quarter finals of the 2025 Qatar Open WTA1000 event in Doha. A mind-blowing demolition of Italian world number four Jasmine Paolini was on the menu […]
