Dubai Tennis Championships: Carnage everywhere as Kenin, Svitolina and Bencic gone in first round
IN a remarkable day of upsets, three of the top five seeds are out of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, including Australian Open winner, Sofia Kenin in her first WTA Tour match since her triumph at Melbourne Park. While she lost to Jelena Ostapenko in the Fed Cup, her last singles match for WTA […]
Dubai Tennis Championships: Jabeur continues 2020 form with win over Riske
A HUGE opening Round of 32 saw a number of upsets occur in the first WTA Premier event of February. The Dubai Tennis Championships welcomed back a familiar face in Kim Clijsters, with the Grand Slam winner returning to the WTA Tour circuit for the second time. While she ultimately ran into Australian Open runner-up […]
St Petersburg Ladies Trophy: Kvitova pulls out as Sakkari downs Bencic
ILLNESS has forced third seed, Petra Kvitova to forfeit her St Petersburg Ladies Trophy quarter final clash, allowing safe passage for Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova into the semi-finals. It was not the only result where the lower ranked player took home the win, as sixth seed Maria Sakkari bundled out number one seeded Swiss star, Belinda […]
2020 Dubai Tennis Championships preview: Clijsters returns in tournament full of Grand Slam winners
ARGUABLY the most anticipated tournament since the Australian Open, the 2020 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships are choc-a-block full of big names and Grand Slam winners from the WTA Tour. Most of the top 10 are in appearance despite Ash Barty and Bianca Andreescu unfortunately withdrawing from the tournament. Three of the four Australian Open […]
St Petersburg Ladies Trophy: Kvitova survives scare as Alexandrova continues run
THREE more seeds have booked their spot in the St Petersburg Ladies Trophy quarter finals with the completion of Round of 16 yesterday. In a day of largely expected results and straight sets wins, there was one surprise three-setter. Third seed, Petra Kvitova took two hours and 16 minutes to shake off determined Belgian, Alison […]
St Petersburg Ladies Trophy: Dodin piles on more pain for sore Konta
JOHANNA Konta‘s winless streak on the WTA Tour stretched into its fifth month, having not won since the fourth round of the US Open last year. Having publicly announced her soreness this year, Konta was bundled out in the first round of Brisbane (Barbora Strycova) and Melbourne Park (Ons Jabeur), then bypassed Fed Cup in […]
Fed Cup qualifiers wrap: Eight nations book spot in Finals
SIX of the eight seeded nations have booked a spot in the Fed Cup finals following the round’s qualifying action over the weekend. Plenty of top 20 WTA Tour players were running around the courts across the world in a number of tight contests. Fourth seed Germany was the only side to sweep the opponent […]
2020 St Petersburg preview: Past three champions to search for second crown in Russia
THREE former St Petersburg champions will battle it out next week in the first WTA Tour tournament since the conclusion of the Australian Open. Reigning champion, Kiki Bertens will hope to defend the crown against Czech Republic’s Petra Kvitova who triumphed in 2018. Meanwhile France’s Kristina Mladenovic is also attending the event which has 18 […]
2020 Fed Cup qualifiers preview: Nations load up on star talent
MUCH like the Davis Cup last year, the Fed Cup in 2020 has undergone a revamp with a World Cup-style tournament planned for Budapest in April. In it, 12 nations will compete for the title, with last year’s grand finalists, France and Australia automatically qualifying, as well as host nation Hungary, and wildcard Czech Republic […]
Australian Open: Semi-final preview – Simona Halep vs. Garbine Muguruza
A FORMER world number one and Grand Slam winner will reach the final of the Australian Open following victories by Romanian fourth seed, Simona Halep and Spain’s Garbine Muguruza yesterday. The pair faces off this afternoon for a chance to win the title at Melbourne Park, one Slam event that has evaded them to-date. FOR […]
