WTA Tour wrap: All Russian final in St. Petersburg as Mexico shapes up to be a cracker
THE semi-finals are almost complete at the Monterrey and St. Petersburg WTA events, with an all-Russian encounter set up to challenge the St. Petersburg WTA 500 trophy, while the Mexico WTA 250 event sees a couple of intriguing names. At Monterrey, Swiss 28-year-old Viktorija Golubic ended the run of eighth seed Ann Li, downing the […]
WTA Tour wrap: Top seeds out in St. Petersburg
THE St. Petersburg all-Russian semi-finals have been decided with the home nation eliminating the final foreign player, whilst the first two quarter finals are in the books in Monterrey. The top two seeds have been ousted in the heavily-weighted Russian St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy quarter finals, with Ekaterina Alexandrova and Veronika Kudermetova both dumped from […]
WTA Tour wrap: Remarkable Russian quarter finals on the way at St. Petersburg
ROUND of 16 results at Monterrey and St. Petersburg are almost complete, with the Russian WTA 500 tournament producing some remarkable results that put the tournament and its upcoming quarter finals in the history books. Meanwhile in Mexico, with just two matches complete thus far, we take a look back at the outcome of yesterday’s […]
WTA Tour wrap: Li and Ostapenko the big winners on opening days at Monterrey and St. Petersburg
PROCEEDINGS have begun at the WTA 250 tournament in Monterrey, Mexico and WTA 500 tournament in St. Petersburg, Russia, with some quality talents making their mark already. At Monterrey, one seed fell and one seed prevailed in tight encounters to open the competition, as eighth seed Ann Li ran out victorious in a 6-3 7-5 matchup with Dutch […]
Australian Open Women’s Round of 32 wrap: Top ranked players all advance to fourth round
JUST one unseeded player remains in the bottom half of the Australian Open Women’s draw after all of the highest ranked players won through on day five of the Grand Slam event. The final unseeded player remaining is Chinese Taipei’s Su-Wei Hsieh, who took out Italian qualifier and former Top 5 player Sara Errani in […]
Australian Open Women’s Round of 64 wrap: Cirstea stuns Kvitova as Halep holds on
A COUPLE of massive upsets and an almost even bigger upset were the talking points on day three of the Australian Open women’s competition. Eighth seed Bianca Andreescu‘s second match back from injury did not go to plan, losing in straight sets to Chinese Taipei’s Su-Wei Hsieh, while ninth seed Petra Kvitova‘s lacklustre form of […]
Australian Open Women’s Round of 128 wrap: Barty dominates as Sherif first Egyptian woman to make it to grand slam second round
A flurry of exciting players joined the Australian Open fray on Day 2 of proceedings at Melbourne Park, with world number one Ash Barty making her Open return in smashing fashion, while the likes of Sofia Kenin, Elina Svitolina and Karolina Pliskova all came out flying as the top seeds of the day. In a highly competitive day of […]
WTA 500 wraps: Barty and Mertens claim crowns ahead of Aus Open
ASH Barty and Elise Mertens will head into the Australian Open undefeated after claiming WTA Tour 500 crowns yesterday. As part of the new Summer Series at Melbourne Park, Barty took out the Yarra Valley Classic in straight sets over Spain’s Garbine Muguruza, while Mertens won the Gippsland Trophy thanks to a 6-4 6-1 victory […]
WTA 500 wraps: Withdrawals reduce matches as finals decided
WITHDRAWALS galore across the three WTA Tour tournaments as players having little niggles opted to take a rest given the short turnaround to the Australian Open, presenting others with chances for their maiden titles. World number one Ash Barty might have had the walkover when Serena Williams pulled out of the pair’s semi-final at the […]
WTA 500 wraps: Barty Party rolls into final as other semi-finalists decided
IT was a massive day at the WTA 500 events as players squeezed in shortened matches to keep the tournaments on track after no play took place on Thursday. The Yarra Valley Classic and Gippsland Trophy semi-finals have been determined, whilst the quarter finalists are known in the Gippsland Trophy. Ash Barty is through to […]
