Around the Tours: Barty overruns Coco
WORLD number one Ash Barty produced a strong comeback to put away teenage prodigy Coco Gauff in three sets at the Adelaide International last night. In one of the matches of the day, Gauff took the first set against the rusty Australian, and went 4-2 up seemingly set to advance to the quarter finals. Instead, […]
Around the Tour: Hon stuns Kvitova in Adelaide
AUSTRALIAN wildcard Priscilla Hon has taken out Czech star Petra Kvitova in a stunning night match at the Adelaide International. The 263rd ranked Hon was a heavy underdog against the 17th ranked Kvitova and former world number two, but battled hard to run away with the contest in the third set. The 31-year-old Czech is […]
Five WTA Grand Slam winners land in Adelaide
A BLOCKBUSTER top half of the draw for the Adelaide International will see a massive five WTA Grand Slam winners contest for semi-finals spots. Alongside the return of world number one Ash Barty, the likes of Iga Swiatek (fifth seed), Sofia Kenin (sixth seed), Petra Kvitova and Victoria Azarenka have all been placed in the […]
2021 WTA Tour preview: Sabalenka returns in Moscow
TWO WTA Tour tournaments kick off this week in the wake of the Indian Wells concluding, with world number two Aryna Sabalenka returning following her positive COVID-19 test that forced her to miss the BNP Paribas Open. She will suit up for the WTA 500 event on the hard courts of Moscow, as we preview […]
A combined Laver-Williams Cup: The time is now
THE Laver Cup was run and done last month, and for the fourth time, taken out by Team Europe. The men’s team competition which is supposed to feature the best ATP Tour players in the world outside of the European continent, has not been able to match it with those in it, for some time. […]
2021 WTA BNP Paribas preview: Andreescu returns to defend her title
FOUR past winners, including reigning champion Bianca Andreescu will line up at the 2021 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California. The WTA 1000 event is the last major event on the calendar prior to the WTA Finals, with only a sprinkling of 250 events and one 500 left for the season. Andreescu joins two-time […]
WTA Tour weekly title wrap: Muguruza storms to Chicago title
IT was an action-packed week of WTA Tour events, as a Grand Slam winner further confirmed her WTA Finals spot with her second title of the year, and a Belgian veteran upset a younger opponent on her home court. CHICAGO FALL TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS WTA 500 FINAL RESULT: [2] Garbine Muguruza (ESP) defeated [6] Ons Jabeur […]
WTA Tour midweek update: Hontama stuns top talents
QUARTER finalists have been decided at the Chicago fall Tennis Classic, with the final four determined in Nur-Saltan with Indian Wells edging closer by the day. CHICAGO FALL TENNIS CLASSIC WTA 500: Japanese 200th ranked talent Mai Hontama has stunned onlookers at the Chicago Fall Tennis Classic by reaching the quarter final of the event, […]
WTA Tour midweek update: Top seeds all advance in predictable week in Ostrava and Columbus
TWO WTA Tour tournaments are at the quarter finals stage of the event, with unsurprising results across the board for the most part. We take a look at who is firing as the Tour gets to the pointy end of the season. OSTRAVA OPEN WTA 500: The four big guns in at the WTA Tour […]
WTA Tour wrap: Fernandez stuns Osaka in sole upset of day five
CANADIAN young gun Leylah Fernandez has produced a sensational comeback to defeat reigning US Open champion and world number two Naomi Osaka in three sets to book her Round of 16 spot. In the only real upset of day five, Fernandez is the sole unseeded player advancing through to the Round of 16 in the […]
