WTA Tour wrap: Top two seeds on track for Budapest final
YULIA Putintseva and Danielle Collins are on track to face off in a mouth-watering final after the pair won their respective quarter finals at the Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest overnight. The number one and two seeds respectively need one more win to advance through to the final, but play much lower ranked opponents in […]
WTA Tour wrap: Upsets aplenty as rain delays continue
THE Round of 16 has continued in Hungary and Czech Republic overnight, with the Ladies Open in Switzerland seeing yesterday’s delayed matches complete before rain forced proceedings to a stop once more with three of the six Round of 16 matches suspended until tomorrow. In Hungary, just second seed Danielle Collins survived in a day of upsets […]
WTA Tour wrap: Kasatkina destroys Bencic for Roland Garros third round spot
DARIA Kasatkina caused the upset of the day by ousting 10th seed Belinda Bencic from Roland Garros in their second round clash. The Russian took no prisoners in a one-hour and 16-minute beating, running out a 6-2 6-2 winner over the talented Swiss player. Bencic was one of only two seeds to fall outside of […]
WTA Tour wrap: Osaka and Sabalenka fire as Kerber falls at Roland Garros
IT was a convincing opening day at the 2021 Roland Garros, with the Round of 128 seeing just one seed fall from 10 of the day’s entrants. One of those winners was Naomi Osaka, who has been well and truly in the media spotlight this week following her announcement not to partake in press conferences during […]
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 […]
Who is in the best position to take out the WTA Tour US Open trophy?
WHICH player is in the best position to take out the WTA Tour US Open title? In a compromised season of tennis action, really anything could happen here with the reigning champion out of the draw and plenty of the top talent missing out due to ongoing COVID-19 concerns. But with rankings on the line […]
