WTA Tour wrap: Collins claims second straight title as Petkovic returns to winners list
TWO WTA Tour events came to a close today, with the WTA 500 Silicon Valley Classic and WTA 250 Winners Open decided. iN San Jose, USA, The Silicon Valley Classic finished off with a hometown winner as Danielle Collins claimed her second title in as many weeks, with the seventh seed breaking through to win 6-3 […]
WTA Tour wrap: Collins earn another final berth as Sherif makes history in Romania
THE Silicon Valley Classic and Winners Open finalists have been decided in both San Jose, USA and Cluj-Napoca, Romania, following straight sets victories across the board during the semi finals. At the WTA 500 event in San Jose, fourth seed Daria Kasatkina and seventh seed Danielle Collins both overcame their respective opposition to earn finals berths. For […]
WTA Tour wrap: Collins survives tight encounter as Mertens moves through
DANIELLE Collins has fought through a couple of tight tiebreakers to be one of three seeds through to the semi-finals at the Silicon Valley Classic in San Jose. Collins overcame a plucky Elena Rybakina, with the seventh seed American toppling the second seed Kazakh 7-6 7-6. The first tiebreaker went 7-5, and the second one […]
WTA Tour wrap: Seeds proceed in one-sided days at San Jose and Romania
COME from behind wins appeared to be the theme of the day at the Silicon Valley Classic in San Jose, with all four seeds claiming three set wins. It was a different story at the Winners Open in Romania, as the lone seed of the day also participated in the only three-setter in a much […]
WTA Tour wrap: Americans dominate in San Jose while seeds fall in Romania
THE Silicon Valley Classic WTA 500 event in San Jose has continued with six matches playing out to finish off the Round of 32, whilst in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, seeds fell across the board as four home hopefuls claimed opening round wins. Three of six American competitors claimed a second round berth in the United States, […]
WTA Tour wrap: Silicon Valley Open and Winners Open shape up on day one
TWO WTA events have begun overnight, with the Silicon Valley Classic hard court 500 tournament starting up in San Jose, United States, while the newly coined Winners Open 250 event has begun in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. In San Jose, both seeds reigned supreme on the opening day, with sixth seed Croatian Petra Martic claiming a speedy […]
WTA Tour wrap: Collins, Zanevksa claim maiden titles
A COUPLE of maiden WTA Tour winners entered the books on the weekend as the Palermo Ladies Open and Poland Open came to a close, with top seed American Danielle Collins claiming the Palermo trophy and Belgian world number 165 Maryna Zanevska taking out the Gdynia event in Poland. In Italy, Collins ended Elena-Gabriela Ruse‘s 12-match winning […]
WTA Tour wrap: Finals set at Palermo and Gdynia
THE semi-finals are done and dusted at both the Palermo Ladies Open and Poland Open, with some intriguing clashes finalising the trophy matches. In Italy, number one seed Danielle Collins continued her excellent run with another win over a seeded competitor, downing China’s Zhang Shuai 6-4 6-3 to earn her maiden tour-level final opportunity. The 75-minute clash […]
WTA Tour wrap: Collins rolls on in Palermo
DANIELLE Collins is well on her way to her first ever WTA Tour title, with the world number 44 the overwhelming favourite in Palermo after another muscle-flexing win. The top seeded American rolled past seventh seed Australian Astra Sharma in straight sets, 6-1 6-4 to move into the final four of the tournament. The top […]
WTA Tour wrap: Quarter finals decided at Palermo, Poland
THE WTA Tour Palermo Ladies Open and Poland Open quarter-finalists have been fully decided, with nine matches played out across the two events on a huge day of action. While the seeds all had their way in Italy, it was a different story in Poland with one of yesterday’s Round of 16 matches delayed. AT […]
