Linette cruises to Thailand Open win and second title
POLAND’S Magda Linette has won her second career WTA Tour title in Thailand yesterday after running away with a straight sets win over Switzerland’s Leonie Kung in the final. The 28-year-old Pole came into the final with just one win – Bronx last year – to her name along with a maiden 125K title back […]
St Petersburg Ladies Trophy: Young gun Rybakina makes her third final in 2020, faces reigning champ
REIGNING champion Kiki Bertens will take on rising star, Elena Rybakina in the final of St Petersburg Ladies Trophy after the pair won their respective semi-finals. Rybakina made her way through to her third final of the year with a come-from-behind 3-6 7-5 6-1 victory over sixth seed, Maria Sakkari. Just a day after Sakkari […]
Thailand Open: Swiss qualifier to face Polish seed in final
SWISS qualifier, 19-year-old Leonie Kung will take on fifth seed, Magna Linette of Poland after the duo won through to the final of the Thailand Open courtesy of a couple of impressive wins. The fifth seed Pole got home relatively straight forward with a 7-5 6-4 victory over Romanian Patricia Tig. The match lasted 94 […]
St Petersburg Ladies Trophy: Kvitova pulls out as Sakkari downs Bencic
ILLNESS has forced third seed, Petra Kvitova to forfeit her St Petersburg Ladies Trophy quarter final clash, allowing safe passage for Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova into the semi-finals. It was not the only result where the lower ranked player took home the win, as sixth seed Maria Sakkari bundled out number one seeded Swiss star, Belinda […]
Thailand Open: Swiss youngster continues run to semis as top four seeds all out in Hua Hin
A STUNNING day of results has seen the remaining top four seeds ousted to blow the Thailand Open draw wide open. Number one seed and tournament favourite, Elina Svitolina was bundled out, as was third seed Wang Qiang and Chinese compatriot fourth seed, Zheng Saisai. While Svitolina’s exit might be a headline story, it was […]
2020 Dubai Tennis Championships preview: Clijsters returns in tournament full of Grand Slam winners
ARGUABLY the most anticipated tournament since the Australian Open, the 2020 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships are choc-a-block full of big names and Grand Slam winners from the WTA Tour. Most of the top 10 are in appearance despite Ash Barty and Bianca Andreescu unfortunately withdrawing from the tournament. Three of the four Australian Open […]
St Petersburg Ladies Trophy: Kvitova survives scare as Alexandrova continues run
THREE more seeds have booked their spot in the St Petersburg Ladies Trophy quarter finals with the completion of Round of 16 yesterday. In a day of largely expected results and straight sets wins, there was one surprise three-setter. Third seed, Petra Kvitova took two hours and 16 minutes to shake off determined Belgian, Alison […]
Thailand Open: Svitolina makes light work to book quarter finals spot
TOURNAMENT favourite, Elina Svitolina has bundled out Australian qualifier, Storm Sanders in 57 minutes thanks to a 6-1 6-2 victory in the Round of 16 at the Thailand Open. Svitolina was far too strong for the Australian to book a quarter finals matchup with Japanese eighth seed Nao Hibino, serving up five aces and winning […]
St Petersburg Ladies Trophy: Dodin piles on more pain for sore Konta
JOHANNA Konta‘s winless streak on the WTA Tour stretched into its fifth month, having not won since the fourth round of the US Open last year. Having publicly announced her soreness this year, Konta was bundled out in the first round of Brisbane (Barbora Strycova) and Melbourne Park (Ons Jabeur), then bypassed Fed Cup in […]
Thailand Open: Swiss teenager upsets seed as other favourites advance
ALL of the six matches at the Thailand Open in Hua Hin featured seeded players, with five of the winners coming into the tournament as the top eight ranked players. The final two matches of the first round was played, while the first four of eight Round of 16 matches were completed as the quarter […]
