Three of top four Linz seeds through to semis in one-sided day of action
IT was a speedy day of action at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz tournament, with three of the top four seeds all booking their spots in the 2020 WTA Tour semi-finals of the International event. Raging tournament favourite, Aryna Sabalenka is into the last four with the only other two players capable of causing an […]
Seeds prevail in tight clashes to round out Linz Round of 16
THE Round of 16 continued at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz with another mostly predictable day on court as the first, second, fifth and sixth seeds all proceed through to the quarter finals, while Oceane Dodin defeated Sorana Cirstea to be the lowest ranked winner on Day 6. Top seed Aryna Sabalenka blew past Stefanie Voegele to continue her […]
Seeds prevail in mixed bag of results on Day 5 at Linz
IT was a mixed bag of results on Day 5 at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz, both in terms of scores and rounds, with the remainder of the Round of 32 complete and the first three matches of the Round of 16 played. Looking to the Round of 32 first, and it was a mostly […]
Sabalenka survives early scare on Day 2 at Linz
TWO players retired on day two of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz, seeing six of the eight matches run out as expected and very little surprises bar the two late withdrawals. Top seed Aryna Sabalenka survived an early scare from Jasmine Paolini before consolidating a win, while it was Julia Grabher and Tereza Martincova who finished their matches early, […]
Yastremska, Pera out on Day 1 at Linz
PROCEEDINGS may have only just begun at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz, but two upsets greeted the competition to start on an intriguing note. Two seeds – third seed Dayana Yastremska and eighth seed Bernarda Pera – were both knocked out in straight sets in under 80 minutes, while two Russians in Ekaterina Alexandrova and Varvara Gracheva prevailed, with the […]
Which Sabalenka will we see in Linz? Belarusian standout player in final WTA Tour event
ARYNA Sabalenka has a perfect chance to head into the WTA Tour off-season by announcing herself ahead of a big 2021 season. In the final tournament of the year in the Upper Australia Ladies Linz, the Belarusian is the top seed and possesses by far the most power, but also great upside. The world number […]
WTA Countdown: 2020 Top 5 Improvers – #1 Iga Swiatek
AS the WTA Tour comes to a close for the 2020 season, Draft Central is counting down the top five standout performers across a severely disrupted year who have stepped up to a new level since the Tour’s return. Our top improver for season 2020 is Polish teenager Iga Swiatek, who not only won her […]
WTA Countdown: 2020 Top 5 Improvers – #2 Victoria Azarenka
AS the WTA Tour comes to a close for the 2020 season, Draft Central is counting down the top five standout performers across a severely disrupted year who have stepped up to a new level since the Tour’s return. A former world number one and veteran in comparison to other players on this countdown, coming […]
WTA Countdown: 2020 Top 5 Improvers – #3 Ons Jabeur
AS the WTA Tour comes to a close for the 2020 season, Draft Central is counting down the top five standout performers across a severely disrupted year who have stepped up to a new level since the Tour’s return. At number three on the countdown is Tunisian Ons Jabeur, who sits at a current career-high […]
WTA Countdown: 2020 Top 5 Improvers – #4 Jennifer Brady
AS the WTA Tour comes to a close for the 2020 season, Draft Central is counting down the top five standout performers across a severely disrupted year who have stepped up to a new level since the Tour’s return. Next up on our countdown is another American in Jennifer Brady, coming in at number four […]
