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Andreeva advances after towelling up Tauson

RUSSIAN young gun Mirra Andreeva is through to the fourth round of the 2025 Indian Wells WTA1000 event after an eye-catching win over Dane Clara Tauson for the second time in a month. The two hard-hitting compatriots faced off in the Dubai Tennis Championships decider, and like on that occasion, it was the higher ranked […]

Pegula powers past Pole at Indian Wells

IN-FORM American Jessica Pegula‘s recent form rolled on with her sixth straight victory to book her place in the third round of Indian Wells today. The fourth seed notched up her WTA Tour 80th victory in the process when knocking off Poland’s Magda Linette 6-4 6-2 and winning her third straight match against the world […]

Osorio overcomes Osaka at Indian Wells

COLOMBIAN young gun Camila Osorio produced one of the better victories of her career, toppling former world number one and 2018 Indian Wells champion on day one of the WTA1000 event. Osorio took care of the 56th ranked Osaka 6-4 6-4, denying the Japanese star the chance to re-enter the Top 50 for the first […]

Andreeva storms home to make Dubai history

TEENAGE star Mirra Andreeva made history overnight as the youngest WTA1000 winner in history after the 17-year-old shook off an early challenge from Denmark’s Clara Tauson to win 7-6 6-1 in the Dubai Tennis Championships final overnight. The format began in 2009 and Andreeva – aged 17 years and 299 days – broke new group […]

History to be made in Dubai final

TWO FIRST-time WTA Tour 1000 finalists will face off in a historic Dubai Tennis Championships final after both Mirra Andreeva and Clara Tauson beat their more experienced, Grand Slam-final opponents in the semi-finals of the tournament overnight. Andreeva in particular will break special ground, with the 17-year-old becoming the youngest ever WTA 1000 finalist since […]

Teenage Mirra dismantles Swiatek in Dubai

DAMAGING Russian young gun Mirra Andreeva took out the highest remaining seed at the 2025 Dubai Tennis Championships, with the 17-year-old eliminating world number two Iga Swiatek in the quarter finals overnight. In a match that lasted one hour and 36 minutes, Andreeva closed it out rather easily 6-3 6-3 to advance through to the […]

Deadly Dane shocks Sabs in Dubai domination

FOR THE greatest current hard court player, world number one Aryna Sabalenka sure is making a habit of losing on hard courts of late. Since her run to the Australian Open final – and narrowly missing a three-peat – the Belarussian has won just one match – against qualifier Veronika Kudermetova – and lost three, […]

Doha finalists defeated in Dubai

MAKING the final in the Qatar Open proved to be a poison chalice for the Dubai Tennis Championships as both Doha champion Amanda Anisimova and runner-up Jelena Ostapenko suffered shock losses in the first round overnight. Ansimova had just cracked the Top 20 for the first time but went down to compatriot McCartney Kessler 6-2 […]

Lobsided Linz semis provide intriguing final

A COUPLE of one-sided semi-finals at the 2025 Upper Austria Ladies Linz event saw just 29 games played from the women’s singles matches. Top seed and tournament favourite Karolina Muchova barely gave a yelp against Russian fourth seed Ekaterina Alexandrova who bagelled her in the first set and won 6-0 6-4. In what was anticipated […]

Semi-finals decided in Linz, Singapore

THE FINAL four in each of the WTA 500 Upper Austria Ladies Linz, and WTA 250 Singapore Tennis Open have been decided after the quarter finals were completed overnight. There were a couple of surprises, but it largely went to plan with three of the four top seeds competing in the Singapore semis, while all […]

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