Around the Tours: Osaka wins tough upon return
JAPANESE star Naomi Osaka has made a winning return to the WTA Tour in Melbourne, getting up in a tight three-set win over Frenchwoman Alize Cornet. It was the perfect start for Osaka, perhaps not the most dominant of performances, but she blew out the cobwebs and came away with the win. Cornet is a […]
2022 WTA Tour Players to Watch: Ann Li
AMERICAN Ann Li is next up in our 2022 WTA Tour Players to Watch, after having an impressive 2021 season which featured her maiden title at the recent Tenerife Ladies Open. She finished with a 25-14 win-loss record and claimed her WTA 250 title with a straight sets win over Maria Camila Osorio Serrano. >> […]
2022 WTA Tour Players to Watch: Maria Camila Osorio Serrano
COLOMBIAN teenager Maria Camila Osorio Serrano kicks off our WTA Tour Players to Watch count for 2022, after the 19-year-old broke through for her maiden title his year. Recording a 35-17 win-loss record, Osorio Serrano reached a career-high 53rd, and was 55th by year’s end. Five years ago aged 14, Osorio Serrano began her WTA […]
What’s left on the WTA Tour run home?
FOR all intents and purposes, the WTA Tour season is now over. The WTA Finals have been run and won, and the Billie Jean King Cup marked the last event for many of the world’s top players. Mid-November has traditionally been the close of business for many Top 100 players – and indeed the majority […]
WTA tour midweek update: Raducanu, Halep among stellar standouts
THE WTA Tour has heated up this week, as big wins and a top-seed loss were the talk of the town at the Transylvania Open and Courmayeur Ladies Open. Top-seeded players were unstoppable in Romania as their stellar performances helped launch them through to the quarterfinals. Among the impressive performers was US Open champion Emma […]
WTA Tour weekly title wrap: Kontaveit and Li salute
THE VTB Kremlin Cup and Tenerife Ladies Open delivered spectacular viewing, as the two tournaments concluded over the weekend. In Moscow, Estonian Anett Kontaveit produced a come-from-behind win for the ages to secure her third title of the season. Whilst in Spain, a battle between two future stars of the game saw American Ann Li […]
2021 WTA Tour preview: Jabeur’s busy season rolls on as Grand Slam winner fronts up in Romania
TUNISIAN Ons Jabeur has had a remarkable 2021 WTA Tour season, but she is not looking to slow down any time soon with yet another tournament after playing at Indian Wells – and then having to retire at the Kremlin Cup – fronting up in the Courmayeur Ladies Open in Italy. It is one of […]
2021 WTA Tour preview: Sabalenka returns in Moscow
TWO WTA Tour tournaments kick off this week in the wake of the Indian Wells concluding, with world number two Aryna Sabalenka returning following her positive COVID-19 test that forced her to miss the BNP Paribas Open. She will suit up for the WTA 500 event on the hard courts of Moscow, as we preview […]
WTA Tour Player Focus: Clara Tauson
DENMARK’S Clara Tauson is one of the brightest up and coming stars on the WTA Tour, yet has enjoyed relative anonymity in the past couple of months due to the success of fellow teenagers, Emma Raducanu and Leylah Fernandez. Whilst that pair went on to reach the US Open final, Tauson has put together an […]
WTA Tour midweek update: Hontama stuns top talents
QUARTER finalists have been decided at the Chicago fall Tennis Classic, with the final four determined in Nur-Saltan with Indian Wells edging closer by the day. CHICAGO FALL TENNIS CLASSIC WTA 500: Japanese 200th ranked talent Mai Hontama has stunned onlookers at the Chicago Fall Tennis Classic by reaching the quarter final of the event, […]
