WTA Tour wrap: Teenage stars take the cake
FOUR of the eight quarter finalists at the 2021 MUSC Health Women’s Open have been decided after four matches were played out on the Charleston clay. Third seed Shelby Rogers was the only seeded player through to the quarter finals, defeating American Claire Liu in straight sets, 6-2 6-2. The second highest ranked remaining player […]
ATP Tour wrap: Beltings galore as top seeds return at Monte Carlo Masters
TOP seeds and clay court specialists made their way through to the third round of the 2021 Monte Carlo Masters event, with a massively one-sided day of results. As the 14 remaining matches in the second round were completed, just one of those – Frenchman’s Lucas Pouille‘s victory over Australian Alexei Popyrin – went went […]
WTA Tour wrap: Osorio Serrano continues dream run with defeat of second seed Linette
A HUGE second day of action at the WTA 250 MUSC Health Women’s Open event in Charleston, United States saw a couple of unlikely winners amongst a flurry of American talents continuing their strong run on home soil. Arguably the biggest win of the day went to Colombian teen Maria Camila Osorio Serrano, who snatched up […]
ATP Tour wrap: Popyrin’s stunning turnaround confirms second round spot
AUSTRALIAN young gun Alexei Popyrin has produced a stunning comeback after dropping the first set to love, to book a second round spot in the 2021 Monte Carlo Masters 1000 event. Popyrin fell 6-0 down against Spaniard Pablo Andujar, then somehow managed to pick himself off the canvas to post a 0-6 6-2 7-6 victory […]
ATP Tour wrap: Rainy day grinds Monte Carlo Masters Day 2 to a halt
DAY 2 at the Monte Carlo Masters was interrupted by intermittent rainfall, limiting proceedings and eventually grinding the day to a halt with only four matches completed and five in the process when the cancellation was announced. Russian Aslan Karatsev outclassed Italian wildcard Lorenzo Musetti in a huge clash which ended up playing over the course of around five […]
WTA Tour wrap: Americans reign on opening day of Charleston 250 event
IT was a successful opening day of the 2021 MUSC Health Women’s Open WTA 250 event in Charleston, with the Americans mostly successful on home soil and seeing four of the day’s five seeds collect wins. Third seed Shelby Rogers exploded out of the blocks with a 6-0 6-1 victory over compatriot Caty McNally, requiring just 62 minutes […]
WTA Tour wrap: Osorio Serrano outlasts on home soil as Kudermetova takes out Charleston
TWO maiden WTA Tour titleholders have been named, as Veronika Kudermetova downed Danka Kovinic to take out the Charleston WTA 500 title, whilst homegrown hero Maria Camila Osorio Serrano claimed a huge three set victory over fifth seed Tamara Zidansek in Bogota, Colombia. At the Volvo Car Open in Charleston, United States, Kudermetova was just too strong and overcame her Montenegrin […]
ATP Tour wrap: Hometown heroes take out trophies as Monte Carlo gets underway
THE home crowds rallied at the Sardegna and Marbella ATP 250 final events on Sunday, with an Italian and a Spaniard taking out the respective trophies following impressive three-set victories. Meanwhile, the Monte Carlo Masters event has begun in Monaco, with just two main draw encounters opening proceedings as the qualifiers were completed. At Sardegna, […]
WTA Tour wrap: Two maiden title winners to be crowned after semi-finals results
FOUR WTA Tour players yet to lift a Tour trophy will compete for the respective crowns in Charleston and Bogota. Two of those players will break their drought, knocking out the remaining title winners and booking their places in the WTA finals. Montenegro’s Danka Kovinic and Russia’s Veronika Kudermetova will face off in the Charleston […]
ATP Tour wrap: Munar eyes off maiden title as Sonego upsets Fritz
JAUME Munar is eyeing off a maiden title in Marbella after accounting for teenage young gun Carlos Alcaraz and booking his spot in the Andalucia Open final. The world number 95 had a tough time against the teenager, but managed to hold off his opponent 7-6 6-4, winning the first set tiebreaker 7-4, and breaking […]
WTA Tour wrap: Badosa stuns Barty to book Charleston semi spot
SPANISH up-and-comer Paula Badosa has stunned world number one Ash Barty to book herself a semi-finals spot at the 2021 Volvo Car Open in Charleston. The 71st ranked Paula Badosa won in straight sets, 6-4 6-3 to book herself a place in the final four, joining fellow unseeded talent Danka Kovinic in the final four. […]
ATP Tour wrap: Spanish conquer opponents in Marbella
IN a throw back to their WTA Russian counterparts last month, Spain has completely dominated the quarter finals at the Andalucia Open to ensure a homegrown winner in Marbella. All four Spaniards in action won through to the semi-finals at the ATP 250 event, meaning there will be two all-Spanish finals to determine who makes […]
