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 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, […]
Top seed bundled out as past Grand Slam winners step up in Ostrava
TOP seed Elina Svitolina is out of the Ostrava Open with her season seemingly now over on a low note, going down to Greek sensation, Maria Sakkari in straight sets. With just one international tournament remaining in the year on the WTA Tour, Svitolina looks to have ended her season with the second round exit […]
Qualifers continue to rule as three top 30 players knocked out in Ostrava
THERE were plenty of upsets to pick from on the latest day at the Ostrava Open, though the three-set win by 75th ranked Russian qualifier Daria Kasatkina against top 20 talent Elena Rybakina might have been the pick of the bunch. The 23-year-old Russian has achieved a lot more than many might expect of her […]
Kontaveit survives double-break and match points against Alexandrova in Ostrava
ANETT Kontaveit has exacted a come-from-behind win over unseeded top 30 Russian, Ekaterina Alexandrova in the first round of the Ostrava Open. Trailing by a set, Kontaveit managed to steady with an important second set, then held on in a nail-biting decider to come away with the 4-6 6-2 7-6 victory. The final set was […]
Swiatek and Trevisan mount upset wins in Round of 16
THE Roland Garros Round of 16 started with a bang, with tournament favourite and top seed Simona Halep knocked out in straight sets by 19-year-old Iga Swiatek. Fifth seed Kiki Bertens also went down in just over 90 minutes on court, while Elina Svitolina is now the top seed left in the tournament after racing […]
Halep flies through Round of 32 on tough day for fellow seeds
ROLAND Garros Day 6 saw the Round of 32 begin, with a couple of fully seeded matches coming into fruition as the competition heats up. Simona Halep registered the quickest win of the day against a sloppy Amanda Anisimova in just 54 minutes, while comparatively 20th seed Maria Sakkari had to battle hard against Italian […]
Schmiedlova upsets Azarenka as Williams withdraws
DAY four of Roland Garros saw some huge results, with the biggest news to come out of the day the withdrawal from Serena Williams, bowing out to Tsvetana Pironkova prior to the match starting, citing an Achilles injury and more than likely now not playing another tournament in 2020. As for other top 10 seed […]
Intriguing winners list on day one of Roland Garros
A HUGE day one of the 2020 Roland Garros began with a couple of intriguing winners on the list among a plethora of seeds. As expected, top seed Simona Halep dominated her contest to head through to the second round, as did six of her fellow seeds. Halep was clinical in her effort against Spaniard […]
